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M1.9 earthquake 3 km WNW of Truckee, California

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Truckee, California on Thu, Jun 10, 1982, 10:26 PM PDT (05:26 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 7 km E of Keddie, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-06-11 05:26:17 UTC
Depth
4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.335° N, 120.222° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
323°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.57 km E of Keddie, California · 16173 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 3.48 km ENE of Lincoln, California · 16169 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.82 km NNW of Alpine Village, California · 16158 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.48 km NE of Lincoln, California · 16156 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.511 km NW of Sierra City, California · 16145 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.83 km ESE of Goodyears Bar, California · 16142 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.67 km N of Pike, California · 16141 days ago · 34 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.93 km WNW of Cromberg, California · 16141 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.43 km N of Camptonville, California · 16141 days ago · 26 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.8Northern California · 16124 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 1.810 km W of Plumas Eureka (historical), California · 16124 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.05 km S of Whitehawk, California · 16122 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.010 km NW of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, California · 16120 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 1.811 km N of Soda Springs, California · 16119 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.97 km S of East Quincy, California · 16117 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.54 km NNE of Kings Beach, California · 16115 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away

Before

  1. 2.410 km NE of Markleeville, California · 16175 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 2.46 km E of Alpine Village, California · 16175 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.63 km NNE of Markleeville, California · 16175 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.010 km ESE of Mesa Vista, California · 16175 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.57 km NE of Markleeville, California · 16175 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.55 km SE of Mesa Vista, California · 16175 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.98 km NW of Newcastle, California · 16177 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.92 km NW of Alpine Village, California · 16180 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 1.51 km ESE of Shingle Springs, California · 16181 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 3.33 km ENE of Sierra Brooks, California · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.84 km E of Diamond Springs, California · 16182 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.113 km W of La Porte, California · 16184 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.93 km NE of Clipper Mills, California · 16185 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.76 km SSW of Whitehawk, California · 16186 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 2.36 km SSW of Whitehawk, California · 16187 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.37 km NNW of Truckee, California · 16187 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.95 km SSW of Whitehawk, California · 16187 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.8Northern California · 16188 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.411 km N of Little Grass Valley, California · 16191 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.73 km NW of Truckee, California · 16194 days ago · 21 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1075247. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.