California earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 4 km SW of Rutherford, California

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Rutherford, California on Wed, Jan 6, 1982, 3:15 AM PST (11:15 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 16 km E of Lower Lake, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-01-06 11:15:22 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.434° N, 122.457° 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
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 158 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.013 km NE of Angwin, California · 16337 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.35 km E of Penngrove, California · 16336 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.47 km W of Cobb, California · 16336 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.65 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16335 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.84 km E of Penngrove, California · 16334 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.96 km W of Cobb, California · 16333 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.610 km NW of Cobb, California · 16333 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.54 km E of Penngrove, California · 16333 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.75 km E of Penngrove, California · 16333 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 2.12 km SSE of Concord, California · 16333 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.45 km E of Penngrove, California · 16333 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.48 km WNW of Montara, California · 16333 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.72 km SE of Talmage, California · 16332 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.516 km E of Lower Lake, California · 16332 days ago · 70 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 2.24 km NNW of Kelseyville, California · 16332 days ago · 63 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.58 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16332 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.84 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16332 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 3.16 km W of Cobb, California · 16332 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 2.09 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16331 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 1.710 km ENE of Blackhawk, California · 16331 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.86 km W of Cobb, California · 16331 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 1.66 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16331 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.69 km W of Cobb, California · 16330 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 1.910 km ENE of Blackhawk, California · 16330 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 1.86 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16330 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.74 km W of Cobb, California · 16330 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 2.02 km SSE of Kelseyville, California · 16329 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 3.07 km W of Cobb, California · 16329 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.78 km W of Cobb, California · 16329 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.63 km WNW of Clearlake Oaks, California · 16329 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 1.67 km W of Cobb, California · 16329 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 1.96 km W of Cobb, California · 16329 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 2.04 km E of Geyserville, California · 16329 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 1.86 km ESE of Roseland, California · 16329 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 2.33 km ENE of Lower Lake, California · 16328 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.73 km S of Clayton, California · 16328 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 2.12 km SSW of Pittsburg, California · 16328 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 1.83 km SW of North Richmond, California · 16328 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 3.04 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16328 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 1.97 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16327 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 1.69 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16326 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  42. 2.21 km ESE of Pittsburg, California · 16326 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 1.58 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16326 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 16325 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 1.76 km W of Cobb, California · 16325 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 1.59 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16325 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.47 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16324 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 3.03 km E of Berkeley, California · 16324 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 3.03 km W of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 16321 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16321 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 2.36 km W of Cobb, California · 16321 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 3.19 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16321 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.01 km SE of Fairfax, California · 16319 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 1.77 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16318 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 2.03 km E of Berkeley, California · 16318 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 2.14 km WSW of Antioch, California · 16318 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 2.13 km SSE of Pittsburg, California · 16318 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 2.34 km NNE of Benicia, California · 16317 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 3.26 km W of Cobb, California · 16316 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 1.59 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16316 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 158.

Before

  1. 2.44 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16337 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.04 km E of Penngrove, California · 16337 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.47 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16337 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.65 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16338 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16338 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.912 km NE of Lucerne, California · 16339 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.56 km W of Cobb, California · 16340 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.012 km SW of Byron, California · 16340 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.09 km W of Healdsburg, California · 16341 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.07 km W of Cobb, California · 16341 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.69 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16341 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.87 km W of Cobb, California · 16341 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.17 km NNW of Pittsburg, California · 16342 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.66 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16342 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 1.86 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16343 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.35 km SW of Cobb, California · 16343 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.77 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16343 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.96 km ESE of Talmage, California · 16343 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.77 km W of Cobb, California · 16343 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.87 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16344 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1070997. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC.