M2.2 earthquake 7 km WNW of Topaz, California
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 7 km WNW of Topaz, California on Mon, Oct 25, 1982, 10:00 PM PDT (05:00 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 29km NNW of Hawthorne, NV. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-10-26 05:00:28 UTC
- Depth
- 8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.639° N, 119.601° W
- Region
- Nevada
- 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 0.7 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 244°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.620 km N of El Portal, California · 16032 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.929km NNW of Hawthorne, NV · 16028 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.311 km SE of Kirkwood, California · 16025 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.99 km ENE of Buck Meadows, California · 16024 days ago · 36 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.32 km NW of Alpine Village, California · 16020 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.3California-Nevada border region · 16007 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.38 km N of Tahoe Vista, California · 16003 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 3.124km NNW of Hawthorne, NV · 16040 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.18 km WSW of Topaz, California · 16044 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.811 km E of Bridgeport, California · 16054 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.646km SSE of Smith Valley, NV · 16055 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.812 km E of Bridgeport, California · 16055 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.59 km S of Kingvale, California · 16059 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.011 km W of Bridgeport, California · 16060 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.210 km WNW of Bridgeport, California · 16065 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1080886. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC.