California earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 16 km NE of Upper Lake, California

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 16 km NE of Upper Lake, California on Wed, Nov 17, 1982, 12:47 AM PST (08:47 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 6 km WNW of Williams, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-11-17 08:47:09 UTC
Depth
1.1 km (0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.279° N, 122.786° 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, 3.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
69°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16020 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.58 km ENE of Willits, California · 16019 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.04 km ESE of Clearlake Oaks, California · 16019 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.57 km SSW of Calistoga, California · 16019 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.921 km ENE of Potter Valley, California · 16018 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.76 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16017 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.814 km SSE of Laytonville, California · 16016 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.46 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16016 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.96 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16016 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 16015 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.17 km N of Princeton, California · 16015 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.53 km NNE of Clearlake, California · 16015 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.76 km SW of Cobb, California · 16015 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.67 km ESE of Santa Rosa, California · 16015 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.55 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16014 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 1.65 km W of Cobb, California · 16014 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.66 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16013 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.97 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16013 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 16012 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 1.66 km SW of Hopland, California · 16012 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.25 km ESE of Santa Rosa, California · 16012 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.77 km W of Cobb, California · 16011 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 1.78 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16011 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 2.07 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16009 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 1.77 km W of Cobb, California · 16008 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.87 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16007 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.96 km W of Cobb, California · 16007 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 1.89 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16007 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 1.712 km NNE of Angwin, California · 16006 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 1.74 km S of Cobb, California · 16006 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.88 km SSE of Laytonville, California · 16006 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 2.17 km SSW of Maxwell, California · 16004 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 3.0Northern California · 16004 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 2.011 km W of Williams, California · 16004 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 1.714 km WSW of Williams, California · 16004 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  36. 3.1Northern California · 16004 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 2.37 km WNW of Williams, California · 16004 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 1.78 km WNW of Williams, California · 16004 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 2.78 km NW of Williams, California · 16004 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 2.95 km WNW of Williams, California · 16004 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 2.030 km E of Covelo, California · 16004 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 2.66 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16004 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 2.131 km E of Covelo, California · 16004 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 2.99 km WNW of Williams, California · 16004 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 3.05 km W of Williams, California · 16004 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 2.64 km WNW of Williams, California · 16004 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.37 km W of Cobb, California · 16003 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 2.16 km WNW of Williams, California · 16003 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 2.07 km W of Cobb, California · 16003 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 3.56 km WNW of Williams, California · 16002 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 2.08 km NNE of Princeton, California · 16002 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 2.39 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16002 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 2.18 km WNW of Williams, California · 16001 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 3.37 km NW of Williams, California · 16001 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 3.08 km NW of Williams, California · 16001 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 1.86 km W of Cobb, California · 15999 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 2.228 km ENE of Covelo, California · 15999 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 1.95 km SW of Cobb, California · 15999 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 1.85 km SW of Cobb, California · 15999 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 1.67 km SSW of Cobb, California · 15998 days ago · -1 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 161.

Before

  1. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 16020 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.78 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16020 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.65 km WSW of Laytonville, California · 16020 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.56 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16021 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.72 km NW of Princeton, California · 16022 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 3.09 km SW of Paskenta, California · 16022 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.24 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16022 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.06 km W of Cobb, California · 16023 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.86 km W of Cobb, California · 16023 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.816 km NE of Upper Lake, California · 16023 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 1.57 km W of Cobb, California · 16024 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.87 km W of Cobb, California · 16024 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 16024 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.56 km WNW of Cobb, California · 16025 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.13 km SE of Larkfield-Wikiup, California · 16025 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.86 km W of Cobb, California · 16026 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.16 km NNW of Redwood Valley, California · 16026 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.66 km SW of Covelo, California · 16027 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.66 km WSW of Covelo, California · 16027 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.6Northern California · 16027 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1082004. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC.