M2.0 earthquake 3 km NE of Fremont, California
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Fremont, California on Mon, Aug 30, 1982, 12:21 AM PDT (07:21 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 1 km SSE of Concord, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-30 07:21:41 UTC
- Depth
- 9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.572° N, 121.961° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 60 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.65 km WSW of Green Valley, California · 16095 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.31 km SSE of Concord, California · 16093 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.70 km N of Pittsburg, California · 16093 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.72 km E of East Foothills, California · 16089 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Milpitas, California · 16088 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.30 km SE of Concord, California · 16088 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.74 km WNW of Newman, California · 16088 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.710 km ENE of Blackhawk, California · 16088 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Newman, California · 16087 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.16 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 16085 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.515 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 16084 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.16 km ENE of East Foothills, California · 16083 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of East Foothills, California · 16083 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of Clayton, California · 16082 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of East Foothills, California · 16079 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.411 km ESE of East Foothills, California · 16077 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.82 km ENE of Inverness, California · 16075 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.89 km N of East Foothills, California · 16075 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.79 km NE of San Martin, California · 16075 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.914 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 16074 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.82 km SSW of San Juan Bautista, California · 16074 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.73 km S of San Juan Bautista, California · 16074 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.02 km SSW of San Juan Bautista, California · 16071 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.711 km NNW of Hollister, California · 16070 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.64 km ESE of San Ramon, California · 16070 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.93 km W of Livermore, California · 16069 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.817 km NE of East Foothills, California · 16068 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Gilroy, California · 16068 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Moskowite Corner, California · 16068 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 16067 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.513 km N of Morgan Hill, California · 16067 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.08 km ENE of Gilroy, California · 16066 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Cambrian Park, California · 16066 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.34 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, California · 16063 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.210 km SW of Brentwood, California · 16062 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.13 km ENE of Berkeley, California · 16062 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of East Foothills, California · 16061 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of San Martin, California · 16061 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.04 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, California · 16059 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.614 km E of Seven Trees, California · 16056 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.71 km NE of Pacheco, California · 16056 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.04 km NNE of Fremont, California · 16055 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.43 km NNE of East Foothills, California · 16052 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.52 km NNW of Hollister, California · 16051 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.67 km ESE of East Foothills, California · 16051 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Alamo, California · 16051 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Gilroy, California · 16050 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.93 km W of San Juan Bautista, California · 16048 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Santa Cruz, California · 16048 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.615 km S of Davenport, California · 16048 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.41 km NE of Danville, California · 16046 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.71 km ESE of Aromas, California · 16046 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.610 km E of Blackhawk, California · 16045 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of San Martin, California · 16045 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.212 km WSW of Byron, California · 16044 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.78 km NE of Corralitos, California · 16044 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Eldridge, California · 16044 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.312 km NE of Morgan Hill, California · 16042 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.610 km S of Muir Beach, California · 16037 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.87 km S of Sunol, California · 16035 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 2.17 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 16096 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Gilroy, California · 16096 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.810 km E of Blackhawk, California · 16097 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.610 km E of Blackhawk, California · 16097 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.611 km E of Blackhawk, California · 16097 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.311 km E of Blackhawk, California · 16097 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.812 km E of Blackhawk, California · 16097 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.710 km E of Blackhawk, California · 16097 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.814 km E of East Foothills, California · 16097 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.75 km SSW of Gilroy, California · 16099 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.91 km N of Orinda, California · 16099 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.98 km N of East Foothills, California · 16100 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.87 km E of East Foothills, California · 16101 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.92 km NNW of Kensington, California · 16102 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.714 km NNE of Morgan Hill, California · 16102 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.69 km NNW of Hollister, California · 16103 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Livermore, California · 16103 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.52 km SW of San Juan Bautista, California · 16103 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.32 km SSW of Dublin, California · 16104 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.80 km SSE of Concord, California · 16106 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1078298. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:06 AM UTC.