California earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 10 km WNW of Bridgeport, California

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 10 km WNW of Bridgeport, California on Mon, Sep 27, 1982, 5:32 PM PDT (00:32 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 4 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (md), minor
Local time
UTC
1982-09-28 00:32:11 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.285° N, 119.343° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.4 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.39
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
153°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 198.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1079650 (also filed as ci508317). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC.