California earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 4 km WNW of Plumas Eureka, California

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Plumas Eureka, California on Wed, Jan 6, 1982, 8:20 AM PST (16:20 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
2.4 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-01-06 16:20:25 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.805° N, 120.697° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
294°, 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: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.71 km NNE of Loma Rica, California · 16335 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.09 km SW of Sattley, California · 16334 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.711 km WSW of Chester, California · 16332 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.815 km ESE of Mineral, California · 16332 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.915 km W of Lake Almanor West, California · 16332 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.27 km SW of Sierraville, California · 16330 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.612 km WSW of Chester, CA · 16329 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.614 km W of Chester, California · 16328 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.62 km NE of Prattville, California · 16322 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.09 km NNW of Sierra City, California · 16316 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 1.913 km NNE of Mineral, California · 16315 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.613 km SSE of Mineral, California · 16315 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.516 km NNW of Chester, California · 16315 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.88 km W of Janesville, California · 16314 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.04 km WSW of Belden, California · 16312 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.64 km WSW of Susanville, California · 16312 days ago · -2 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.96 km SE of Belden, California · 16311 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.711 km S of Sierraville, California · 16310 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.99 km WSW of Plumas Eureka (historical), California · 16309 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 1.73 km SSE of Palermo, California · 16306 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 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 · 59 km away
  25. 1.911 km SW of Butte Meadows, California · 16304 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 2.011 km NW of Truckee, California · 16301 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 1.51 km NW of Chico, California · 16297 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 2.21 km NE of Kingvale, California · 16296 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 4.02 km N of Cromberg, California · 16294 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 2.15 km S of Spring Garden, California · 16294 days ago · 23 km deep · 10 km away
  31. 2.23 km NNW of Cromberg, California · 16293 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 2.07 km NW of Chester, California · 16288 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 1.911 km SW of Kingvale, California · 16285 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.19 km NE of Soda Springs, California · 16282 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.85 km ENE of Soda Springs, California · 16282 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 1.87 km SSW of Sierra City, California · 16282 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 3.14 km SW of Canyondam, California · 16280 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 2.07 km SE of La Porte, California · 16279 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 2.81 km SE of Janesville, California · 16278 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.511 km SW of Kingvale, California · 16278 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 2.011 km NE of Soda Springs, California · 16278 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 2.66 km SE of Palermo, California · 16277 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 1.55 km ESE of Palermo, California · 16277 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 3.94 km N of Plumas Eureka, California · 16339 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.212 km NE of Beckwourth, California · 16340 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.73 km WNW of Greenville, California · 16342 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.66 km W of Sierra City, California · 16345 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.110 km SW of Lake Almanor West, California · 16351 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.0Northern California · 16351 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.86 km W of Dobbins, California · 16352 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 3.2Northern California · 16353 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 2.48 km WNW of Belden, California · 16355 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.12 km SE of South Oroville, California · 16362 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.77 km WNW of Paradise, California · 16364 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1071004. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC.