California earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 3 km SSE of Palermo, California

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Palermo, California on Sat, Feb 6, 1982, 9:52 PM PST (05:52 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 2 km N of Cromberg, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-02-07 05:52:05 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.409° N, 121.520° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.911 km SW of Butte Meadows, California · 16304 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 2.15 km ENE of Citrus Heights, California · 16303 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.84 km SSE of Rocklin, California · 16301 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.516 km NNE of Princeton, California · 16300 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 1.917 km N of Princeton, California · 16300 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.810 km N of Princeton, California · 16299 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.51 km NW of Chico, California · 16298 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.21 km NE of Kingvale, California · 16296 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 4.02 km N of Cromberg, California · 16294 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.15 km S of Spring Garden, California · 16294 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.23 km NNW of Cromberg, California · 16294 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.56 km WNW of Princeton, California · 16289 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 2.35 km NW of Princeton, California · 16287 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 1.911 km SW of Kingvale, California · 16286 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.94 km SW of Hamilton City, California · 16285 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.87 km SSW of Sierra City, California · 16283 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.24 km SSE of Rocklin, California · 16282 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.93 km W of Granite Bay, California · 16282 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.66 km WNW of Lodoga, California · 16280 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 3.14 km SW of Canyondam, California · 16280 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 2.07 km SE of La Porte, California · 16279 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.511 km SW of Kingvale, California · 16278 days ago · 44 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.66 km SE of Palermo, California · 16278 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 1.55 km ESE of Palermo, California · 16278 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 1.75 km SSE of Rocklin, California · 16277 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  26. 1.613 km ENE of Clearlake Oaks, California · 16274 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.73 km ESE of Loomis, California · 16272 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 2.88 km WSW of Chester, California · 16263 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.714 km NNE of Princeton, California · 16262 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 1.93 km SE of Greenhorn, California · 16259 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 1.97 km SSW of Sierra City, California · 16258 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 2.38 km NW of Plumas Eureka (historical), California · 16256 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 2.54 km WSW of Paradise, California · 16255 days ago · 20 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 1.54 km SSE of Rocklin, California · 16254 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 2.54 km ESE of East Quincy, California · 16247 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 1.74 km NW of Princeton, California · 16306 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 3.05 km NW of Princeton, California · 16306 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.72 km WNW of Princeton, California · 16307 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.72 km WSW of Princeton, California · 16307 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.99 km WSW of Plumas Eureka (historical), California · 16309 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.96 km SE of Belden, California · 16312 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.04 km WSW of Belden, California · 16313 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.95 km NW of Elk Creek, California · 16314 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.613 km SSE of Mineral, California · 16315 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.09 km NNW of Sierra City, California · 16316 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.62 km NE of Prattville, California · 16323 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.614 km W of Chester, California · 16328 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.612 km WSW of Chester, CA · 16329 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.27 km SW of Sierraville, California · 16330 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.915 km W of Lake Almanor West, California · 16332 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.711 km WSW of Chester, California · 16333 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.516 km E of Lower Lake, California · 16333 days ago · 70 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.09 km SW of Sattley, California · 16334 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.71 km NNE of Loma Rica, California · 16335 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1071871. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:25 AM UTC.