Nevada earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 6 km S of Floriston, California

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km S of Floriston, California on Wed, Aug 25, 1982, 12:02 AM PDT (07:02 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 2 km NNE of Chilcoot-Vinton, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-08-25 07:02:30 UTC
Depth
3.8 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.334° N, 120.026° W
Region
Nevada
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 0.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
177°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.31 km ESE of Mesa Vista, California · 16097 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.4California-Nevada border region · 16089 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.12 km SE of Topaz, California · 16085 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.72 km NNE of Chilcoot-Vinton, California · 16078 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.41 km W of Alpine Village, California · 16074 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.21 km NW of Alpine Village, California · 16073 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.59 km S of Kingvale, California · 16059 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.18 km WSW of Topaz, California · 16045 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.111 km SSW of Sattley, California · 16044 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.910 km NNW of Sierra City, California · 16042 days ago · 29 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 2.93 km S of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 16107 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.54 km NNE of Kings Beach, California · 16115 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.97 km S of East Quincy, California · 16117 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.811 km N of Soda Springs, California · 16119 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.010 km NW of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, California · 16121 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.05 km S of Whitehawk, California · 16122 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.810 km W of Plumas Eureka (historical), California · 16124 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.8Northern California · 16125 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1078038. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC.