M1.7 earthquake 30 km WNW of Paskenta, California

Magnitude

1.7 (md), micro

Local time

Tue, May 25, 1982, 6:49 PM PDT

UTC

1982-05-26 01:49:57 UTC

Depth

5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

39.946° N, 122.899° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.2 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.03

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

140°

Stations used

5

• Covelo, CaliforniaPopulation 1,255. Forecast34 kmENE
• Red Bluff, CaliforniaPopulation 14,131. Forecast62 kmWSW
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast94 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast775 kmNNW

After

1. 2.08 km NNE of Ruth, CaliforniaWed, May 26, 10:42 AM PDT · 16198 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
2. 1.724 km WNW of Elk Creek, CaliforniaFri, May 28, 7:34 PM PDT · 16196 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
3. 1.817 km NE of Upper Lake, CaliforniaSat, May 29, 4:49 AM PDT · 16196 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
4. 2.63 km W of Calpella, CaliforniaSat, May 29, 9:36 AM PDT · 16195 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
5. 2.31 km SE of Palo Cedro, CaliforniaSun, May 30, 2:12 PM PDT · 16194 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
6. 1.77 km NE of Covelo, CaliforniaMon, May 31, 7:03 AM PDT · 16194 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
7. 2.313 km N of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CaliforniaWed, Jun 2, 7:55 PM PDT · 16191 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away
8. 2.83 km ENE of Talmage, CaliforniaWed, Jun 2, 11:09 PM PDT · 16191 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
9. 2.219 km WNW of Paskenta, CaliforniaThu, Jun 3, 12:59 AM PDT · 16191 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
10. 1.66 km NW of Anderson, CaliforniaThu, Jun 3, 4:17 AM PDT · 16191 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
11. 2.413 km WNW of Paskenta, CaliforniaThu, Jun 3, 4:34 AM PDT · 16191 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
12. 2.119 km WNW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CaliforniaSat, Jun 5, 5:57 PM PDT · 16188 days ago · -1 km deep · 27 km away
13. 1.52 km NE of Redway, CaliforniaTue, Jun 8, 5:07 PM PDT · 16185 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
14. 1.822 km ENE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaTue, Jun 8, 6:46 PM PDT · 16185 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
15. 1.65 km E of Paynes Creek, CaliforniaThu, Jun 10, 1:44 AM PDT · 16184 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
16. 1.93 km E of Calpella, CAThu, Jun 10, 5:51 AM PDT · 16184 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
17. 1.67 km ENE of Brooktrails, CaliforniaSat, Jun 12, 8:32 PM PDT · 16181 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
18. 1.57 km NNW of Potter Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jun 14, 9:45 AM PDT · 16179 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
19. 2.215 km NNE of Brooktrails, CaliforniaTue, Jun 15, 12:07 AM PDT · 16179 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
20. 2.04 km NE of Talmage, CaliforniaTue, Jun 15, 12:57 AM PDT · 16179 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
21. 1.64 km NE of Talmage, CaliforniaWed, Jun 16, 2:55 PM PDT · 16177 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
22. 1.61 km NW of Weott, CaliforniaWed, Jun 16, 5:37 PM PDT · 16177 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
23. 2.822 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaFri, Jun 18, 3:46 AM PDT · 16176 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
24. 1.622 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaFri, Jun 18, 3:46 AM PDT · 16176 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
25. 2.322 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaFri, Jun 18, 3:48 AM PDT · 16176 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
26. 1.922 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaFri, Jun 18, 3:49 AM PDT · 16176 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
27. 1.922 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaFri, Jun 18, 3:58 AM PDT · 16176 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
28. 2.122 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaFri, Jun 18, 6:45 AM PDT · 16176 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
29. 1.95 km NE of Brooktrails, CaliforniaFri, Jun 18, 2:29 PM PDT · 16175 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
30. 2.522 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaSat, Jun 19, 11:17 AM PDT · 16174 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
31. 1.517 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaSat, Jun 19, 9:33 PM PDT · 16174 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
32. 1.84 km E of Garberville, CaliforniaTue, Jun 22, 11:42 AM PDT · 16171 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
33. 1.723 km NNE of Upper Lake, CaliforniaTue, Jun 22, 6:35 PM PDT · 16171 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
34. 1.523 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaWed, Jun 23, 8:19 PM PDT · 16170 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
35. 1.516 km NNE of Brooktrails, CaliforniaSun, Jun 27, 6:00 AM PDT · 16167 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
36. 1.818 km E of Potter Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jun 28, 1:10 AM PDT · 16166 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
37. 1.61 km NE of Calpella, CaliforniaMon, Jun 28, 3:56 AM PDT · 16166 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
38. 1.913 km NNW of Brooktrails, CaliforniaMon, Jun 28, 5:25 PM PDT · 16165 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
39. 1.9Northern CaliforniaWed, Jun 30, 12:13 PM PDT · 16163 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
40. 1.95 km WNW of Mountain Gate, CaliforniaFri, Jul 2, 2:24 PM PDT · 16161 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
41. 1.94 km SSE of Calpella, CaliforniaSat, Jul 3, 7:07 AM PDT · 16161 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
42. 2.76 km N of Princeton, CaliforniaSun, Jul 4, 5:05 PM PDT · 16159 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
43. 1.87 km ESE of Willits, CaliforniaWed, Jul 7, 11:31 AM PDT · 16156 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
44. 1.84 km SSE of Calpella, CaliforniaWed, Jul 7, 8:39 PM PDT · 16156 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
45. 1.924 km SE of Covelo, CaliforniaThu, Jul 8, 2:10 AM PDT · 16156 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
46. 2.216 km NE of Upper Lake, CaliforniaSat, Jul 10, 6:56 AM PDT · 16154 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
47. 1.615 km NE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaSat, Jul 10, 7:17 AM PDT · 16153 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
48. 2.48 km SW of Willows, CaliforniaSun, Jul 11, 5:11 AM PDT · 16153 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
49. 2.012 km N of Brooktrails, CaliforniaSun, Jul 11, 4:08 PM PDT · 16152 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
50. 1.816 km NNE of Upper Lake, CaliforniaSun, Jul 11, 10:15 PM PDT · 16152 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
51. 2.10 km NE of North Lakeport, CaliforniaMon, Jul 12, 10:38 PM PDT · 16151 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
52. 2.422 km NNE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaTue, Jul 13, 10:45 AM PDT · 16150 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
53. 1.723 km NNE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaTue, Jul 13, 1:10 PM PDT · 16150 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
54. 2.118 km NNE of Nice, CaliforniaTue, Jul 13, 2:32 PM PDT · 16150 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
55. 2.018 km NNE of Nice, CaliforniaTue, Jul 13, 2:33 PM PDT · 16150 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
56. 2.217 km NNE of Nice, CaliforniaTue, Jul 13, 7:11 PM PDT · 16150 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
57. 1.64 km WNW of Ukiah, CaliforniaWed, Jul 14, 3:20 AM PDT · 16150 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
58. 1.54 km WNW of Ukiah, CaliforniaWed, Jul 14, 3:21 AM PDT · 16150 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
59. 1.714 km N of Brooktrails, CaliforniaWed, Jul 14, 11:20 AM PDT · 16149 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
60. 1.812 km W of Paskenta, CaliforniaWed, Jul 14, 2:32 PM PDT · 16149 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

1. 1.77 km ENE of Covelo, CaliforniaTue, May 25, 6:00 PM PDT · 16199 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
2. 2.00 km NNE of Calpella, CaliforniaTue, May 25, 3:51 PM PDT · 16199 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
3. 1.67 km N of Brooktrails, CaliforniaSun, May 23, 1:23 PM PDT · 16201 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
4. 1.815 km NNE of Brooktrails, CaliforniaSun, May 23, 10:18 AM PDT · 16201 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
5. 1.78 km ENE of Covelo, CaliforniaSun, May 23, 12:20 AM PDT · 16202 days ago · -1 km deep · 26 km away
6. 1.97 km NE of Covelo, CaliforniaFri, May 21, 9:03 PM PDT · 16203 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
7. 2.08 km ESE of Willits, CaliforniaWed, May 19, 9:27 PM PDT · 16205 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
8. 2.78 km NNW of Paskenta, CaliforniaWed, May 19, 1:18 PM PDT · 16205 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
9. 1.66 km ENE of Covelo, CaliforniaSun, May 16, 9:06 PM PDT · 16208 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
10. 1.86 km NE of Willits, CaliforniaSat, May 15, 9:33 PM PDT · 16209 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
11. 2.017 km ESE of Alderpoint, CaliforniaSat, May 15, 7:24 PM PDT · 16209 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
12. 2.411 km SE of Paskenta, CaliforniaSat, May 15, 3:25 PM PDT · 16209 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
13. 1.823 km ENE of Potter Valley, CaliforniaWed, May 12, 10:14 AM PDT · 16212 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
14. 1.820 km NNE of Upper Lake, CaliforniaMon, May 10, 3:15 AM PDT · 16215 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
15. 1.65 km NNE of Mad River, CaliforniaFri, May 7, 5:31 AM PDT · 16218 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
16. 1.714 km NNW of Laytonville, CaliforniaFri, May 7, 5:15 AM PDT · 16218 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
17. 1.610 km ESE of Willits, CaliforniaThu, May 6, 9:51 PM PDT · 16218 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
18. 2.512 km ENE of Bend, CaliforniaThu, May 6, 3:23 PM PDT · 16218 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
19. 1.69 km ESE of Willits, CaliforniaWed, May 5, 6:12 PM PDT · 16219 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
20. 2.410 km N of Princeton, CaliforniaWed, May 5, 2:46 AM PDT · 16220 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1074737. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:43 AM UTC.