M2.3 earthquake 4 km S of Cassel, California
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 4 km S of Cassel, California on Tue, Aug 10, 1982, 11:43 AM PDT (18:43 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 22 km ESE of Tennant, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-10 18:43:39 UTC
- Depth
- -1.3 km (-0.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.880° N, 121.546° W
- Region
- California
- 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 1.2 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.24 km NNW of Hat Creek, California · 16124 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.94 km S of Cassel, California · 16123 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.018 km N of Big Bend, California · 16123 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.79 km SW of Prattville, California · 16119 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 16119 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.08 km W of Old Station, California · 16117 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.417 km W of Old Station, California · 16117 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.27 km W of Old Station, California · 16116 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.88 km W of Old Station, California · 16116 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.29 km W of Old Station, California · 16116 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.99 km W of Old Station, California · 16116 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.09 km W of Old Station, California · 16116 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.18 km W of Old Station, California · 16115 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.615 km NNE of McCloud, California · 16115 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.77 km NNE of Belden, California · 16114 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.09 km W of Old Station, California · 16114 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.85 km W of Old Station, California · 16113 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.79 km W of Old Station, California · 16113 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.710 km E of Lakehead, California · 16112 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.37 km NW of Old Station, California · 16111 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Old Station, California · 16111 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.810 km ESE of Bend, California · 16110 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.110 km W of Old Station, California · 16109 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.212 km NE of Millville, California · 16108 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.222 km ESE of Tennant, California · 16107 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of Old Station, California · 16107 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.86 km NE of Bella Vista, California · 16107 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.89 km ENE of Bella Vista, California · 16107 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.210 km W of Old Station, California · 16104 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.013 km W of Old Station, California · 16104 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.028 km NW of McArthur, California · 16104 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.29 km W of Old Station, California · 16103 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.431 km SE of Nubieber, California · 16100 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Lake Almanor West, California · 16100 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.98 km W of Old Station, California · 16099 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.08 km W of Old Station, California · 16098 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.88 km W of Old Station, California · 16097 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.721 km N of Mineral, California · 16097 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.210 km W of Old Station, California · 16096 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Old Station, California · 16094 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.59 km W of Old Station, California · 16093 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.53 km ESE of Paynes Creek, California · 16092 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.026 km E of Tennant, California · 16092 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 16091 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.220 km ENE of Shingletown, California · 16091 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.813 km ENE of Butte Meadows, California · 16089 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.128 km E of Tennant, California · 16086 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.713 km S of Old Station, California · 16083 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.812 km W of Chester, California · 16081 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.913 km W of Chester, California · 16081 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.712 km WSW of Chester, California · 16081 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.814 km W of Chester, California · 16081 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.04 km S of Mineral, CA · 16081 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Los Molinos, California · 16080 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.613 km W of Chester, California · 16080 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.513 km W of Chester, California · 16079 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.713 km W of Chester, California · 16079 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.03 km E of Canyondam, California · 16075 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.717 km WNW of McArthur, California · 16073 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Chester, California · 16072 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 64.
Before
- 2.218 km N of Mineral, California · 16124 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.34 km SSE of Cassel, California · 16125 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.115 km ENE of Shingletown, California · 16126 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.94 km SSW of Cassel, California · 16128 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.24 km SSW of Cassel, California · 16128 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.1Northern California · 16128 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.04 km S of Cassel, California · 16128 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.14 km NNE of Mineral, California · 16130 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Old Station, California · 16131 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.313 km ESE of Mineral, California · 16138 days ago · -2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.85 km NE of Mineral, California · 16143 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.713 km N of McCloud, California · 16145 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.611 km N of McCloud, California · 16145 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.819 km ENE of McCloud, California · 16145 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.012 km N of McCloud, California · 16145 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Mount Shasta, California · 16145 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.110 km NW of Paynes Creek, California · 16145 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.019 km ESE of McCloud, California · 16146 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.010 km W of Paynes Creek, California · 16147 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.06 km NE of Bend, California · 16151 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1077272. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.