California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 15 km NNE of McCloud, California

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km NNE of McCloud, California on Fri, Aug 20, 1982, 2:21 AM PDT (09:21 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 22 km ESE of Tennant, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-08-20 09:21:02 UTC
Depth
3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.395° N, 122.092° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 15.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
199°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
3

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.09 km W of Old Station, California · 16109 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.85 km W of Old Station, California · 16109 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.79 km W of Old Station, California · 16109 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.710 km E of Lakehead, California · 16108 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.37 km NW of Old Station, California · 16107 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.110 km W of Old Station, California · 16105 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.212 km NE of Millville, California · 16103 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.222 km ESE of Tennant, California · 16103 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.24 km WSW of Old Station, California · 16103 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.86 km NE of Bella Vista, California · 16102 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.89 km ENE of Bella Vista, California · 16102 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.210 km W of Old Station, California · 16100 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.013 km W of Old Station, California · 16100 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.028 km NW of McArthur, California · 16099 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.29 km W of Old Station, California · 16098 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.98 km W of Old Station, California · 16094 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.08 km W of Old Station, California · 16093 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.88 km W of Old Station, California · 16093 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.617 km WSW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 16092 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.210 km W of Old Station, California · 16092 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.715 km SW of Old Station, California · 16090 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 2.59 km W of Old Station, California · 16089 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 2.026 km E of Tennant, California · 16088 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.128 km E of Tennant, California · 16082 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 2.717 km WNW of McArthur, California · 16068 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 2.37 km WSW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 16065 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.110 km NNE of McCloud, California · 16059 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 1.917 km NE of Carrick, California · 16055 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.617 km NW of McArthur, California · 16054 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.412 km WSW of Klamath Falls, Oregon · 16051 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 1.57 km WSW of Lakehead, California · 16051 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 2.18 km W of Old Station, California · 16110 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.09 km W of Old Station, California · 16111 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.99 km W of Old Station, California · 16111 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.29 km W of Old Station, California · 16112 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.88 km W of Old Station, California · 16112 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.27 km W of Old Station, California · 16112 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.417 km W of Old Station, California · 16112 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 3.08 km W of Old Station, California · 16113 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.018 km N of Big Bend, California · 16118 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 3.016 km W of Macdoel, California · 16119 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.615 km W of Mount Hebron, California · 16119 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.815 km W of Mount Hebron, California · 16119 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.94 km S of Cassel, California · 16119 days ago · -2 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.24 km NNW of Hat Creek, California · 16120 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.34 km S of Cassel, California · 16120 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.34 km SSE of Cassel, California · 16120 days ago · -2 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.115 km ENE of Shingletown, California · 16122 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.94 km SSW of Cassel, California · 16124 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 3.24 km SSW of Cassel, California · 16124 days ago · -2 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.1Northern California · 16124 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1077791. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:45 PM UTC.