California earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 7 km NNW of Truckee, California

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 7 km NNW of Truckee, California on Fri, May 28, 1982, 7:43 PM PDT (02:43 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 6 km SSW of Whitehawk, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-05-29 02:43:52 UTC
Depth
17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.392° N, 120.203° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
269°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.36 km SSW of Whitehawk, California · 16188 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.76 km SSW of Whitehawk, California · 16187 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.93 km NE of Clipper Mills, California · 16185 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.113 km W of La Porte, California · 16184 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 1.84 km E of Diamond Springs, California · 16182 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.33 km ENE of Sierra Brooks, California · 16182 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 3.92 km NW of Alpine Village, California · 16180 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.55 km SE of Mesa Vista, California · 16175 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.57 km NE of Markleeville, California · 16175 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 2.010 km ESE of Mesa Vista, California · 16175 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.63 km NNE of Markleeville, California · 16175 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.46 km E of Alpine Village, California · 16175 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.410 km NE of Markleeville, California · 16175 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.93 km WNW of Truckee, California · 16174 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.57 km E of Keddie, California · 16173 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.82 km NNW of Alpine Village, California · 16158 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.511 km NW of Sierra City, California · 16146 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.83 km ESE of Goodyears Bar, California · 16142 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.67 km N of Pike, California · 16142 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.93 km WNW of Cromberg, California · 16141 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 2.43 km N of Camptonville, California · 16141 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 1.95 km SSW of Whitehawk, California · 16188 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.8Northern California · 16189 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 2.411 km N of Little Grass Valley, California · 16191 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.73 km NW of Truckee, California · 16194 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 1.75 km WSW of Markleeville, California · 16198 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.012 km W of La Porte, California · 16205 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.312 km ESE of Graniteville, California · 16210 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.22 km N of Mesa Vista, California · 16215 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.50 km W of Graeagle, California · 16215 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1074848. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC.