California earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 4 km N of Plumas Eureka, California

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 4 km N of Plumas Eureka, California on Mon, Jan 4, 1982, 7:26 PM PST (03:26 UTC), -1 km (-1 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
3.9 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
1982-01-05 03:26:57 UTC
Depth
-1.2 km (-0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.827° N, 120.652° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
47

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.44 km WNW of Plumas Eureka, California · 16337 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.71 km NNE of Loma Rica, California · 16335 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.09 km SW of Sattley, California · 16334 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.711 km WSW of Chester, California · 16332 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.815 km ESE of Mineral, California · 16332 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.915 km W of Lake Almanor West, California · 16331 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.27 km SW of Sierraville, California · 16330 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.612 km WSW of Chester, CA · 16329 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.614 km W of Chester, California · 16327 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.62 km NE of Prattville, California · 16322 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.09 km NNW of Sierra City, California · 16315 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.613 km SSE of Mineral, California · 16315 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.516 km NNW of Chester, California · 16315 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.88 km W of Janesville, California · 16314 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.04 km WSW of Belden, California · 16312 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.64 km WSW of Susanville, California · 16311 days ago · -2 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.96 km SE of Belden, California · 16311 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.711 km S of Sierraville, California · 16310 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.99 km WSW of Plumas Eureka (historical), California · 16309 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 1.73 km SSE of Palermo, California · 16305 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.211 km NE of Soda Springs, California · 16304 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 2.210 km NW of Truckee, California · 16304 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.19 km NW of Truckee, California · 16304 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 2.010 km NW of Truckee, California · 16304 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 1.911 km SW of Butte Meadows, California · 16304 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 2.011 km NW of Truckee, California · 16301 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.21 km NE of Kingvale, California · 16295 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 4.02 km N of Cromberg, California · 16293 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  29. 2.15 km S of Spring Garden, California · 16293 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 2.23 km NNW of Cromberg, California · 16293 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 2.07 km NW of Chester, California · 16288 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.911 km SW of Kingvale, California · 16285 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.19 km NE of Soda Springs, California · 16282 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.85 km ENE of Soda Springs, California · 16282 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 1.87 km SSW of Sierra City, California · 16282 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 3.14 km SW of Canyondam, California · 16280 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.07 km SE of La Porte, California · 16279 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 2.212 km NE of Beckwourth, California · 16340 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.73 km WNW of Greenville, California · 16342 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.66 km W of Sierra City, California · 16345 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.110 km SW of Lake Almanor West, California · 16351 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.0Northern California · 16351 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.86 km W of Dobbins, California · 16352 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 3.2Northern California · 16353 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.48 km WNW of Belden, California · 16355 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.12 km SE of South Oroville, California · 16362 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.77 km WNW of Paradise, California · 16364 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1070963 (also filed as usp0001hw7). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:56 PM UTC.