M2.1 earthquake 3 km WSW of Topaz Lake, Nevada
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Topaz Lake, Nevada on Sat, Mar 27, 1982, 4:09 AM PST (12:09 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 17 km ENE of Bridgeport, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-03-27 12:09:37 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.679° N, 119.583° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 171°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.115 km E of Tuolumne City, California · 16245 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.631 km E of Mono City, California · 16230 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.217 km ENE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16228 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.22 km N of Mesa Vista, California · 16226 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.117 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 16217 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Walker, California · 16214 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.917 km SE of Walker, California · 16214 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.217 km NW of Bridgeport, California · 16214 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Markleeville, California · 16208 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.89 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 16208 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.73 km NW of Truckee, California · 16205 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 2.6California-Nevada border region · 16270 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.710 km N of Truckee, California · 16278 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.68 km NW of Truckee, California · 16279 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.85 km ENE of Soda Springs, California · 16285 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.19 km NE of Soda Springs, California · 16285 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1073287. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC.