California earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 11 km SW of Kingvale, California

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 11 km SW of Kingvale, California on Sat, Feb 27, 1982, 1:38 AM PST (09:38 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 3 km W of Granite Bay, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-02-27 09:38:48 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.246° N, 120.519° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.02
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
283°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.19 km NE of Soda Springs, California · 16282 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.85 km ENE of Soda Springs, California · 16282 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 1.87 km SSW of Sierra City, California · 16282 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.24 km SSE of Rocklin, California · 16282 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.93 km W of Granite Bay, California · 16282 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.07 km SE of La Porte, California · 16279 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.511 km SW of Kingvale, California · 16278 days ago · 44 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.011 km NE of Soda Springs, California · 16278 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.66 km SE of Palermo, California · 16278 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.55 km ESE of Palermo, California · 16278 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.75 km SSE of Rocklin, California · 16277 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.68 km NW of Truckee, California · 16276 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.710 km N of Truckee, California · 16275 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.73 km ESE of Loomis, California · 16271 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.93 km SE of Greenhorn, California · 16258 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.97 km SSW of Sierra City, California · 16258 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.38 km NW of Plumas Eureka (historical), California · 16256 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.54 km SSE of Rocklin, California · 16254 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.54 km ESE of East Quincy, California · 16247 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 2.55 km W of Bangor, California · 16240 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 2.03 km E of Twain, California · 16228 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 2.14 km SSE of Keddie, California · 16226 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 2.23 km NNW of Cromberg, California · 16294 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.15 km S of Spring Garden, California · 16294 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 4.02 km N of Cromberg, California · 16294 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.21 km NE of Kingvale, California · 16296 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 2.84 km SSE of Rocklin, California · 16301 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.011 km NW of Truckee, California · 16301 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.15 km ENE of Citrus Heights, California · 16303 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.010 km NW of Truckee, California · 16304 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.19 km NW of Truckee, California · 16305 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.210 km NW of Truckee, California · 16305 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.211 km NE of Soda Springs, California · 16305 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.73 km SSE of Palermo, California · 16306 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.99 km WSW of Plumas Eureka (historical), California · 16309 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.711 km S of Sierraville, California · 16311 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.96 km SE of Belden, California · 16312 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.97 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 16312 days ago · -2 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.59 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 16314 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1072482. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC.