California earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 6 km SSW of Whitehawk, California

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Whitehawk, California on Fri, May 28, 1982, 7:57 PM PDT (02:57 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 3 km ENE of Sierra Brooks, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-05-29 02:57:45 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.671° N, 120.592° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
276°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.76 km SSW of Whitehawk, California · 16187 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.93 km NE of Clipper Mills, California · 16185 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.113 km W of La Porte, California · 16184 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.117 km WSW of Chester, California · 16184 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 3.33 km ENE of Sierra Brooks, California · 16182 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 3.12 km E of Oroville, California · 16179 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 3.02 km E of Oroville, California · 16179 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 3.22 km E of Oroville, California · 16179 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.62 km ENE of Oroville, California · 16179 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.98 km NW of Newcastle, California · 16177 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.93 km WNW of Truckee, California · 16174 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.57 km E of Keddie, California · 16173 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.18 km W of Chester, California · 16172 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.23 km N of Lake Almanor West, California · 16172 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 3.48 km ENE of Lincoln, California · 16170 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.813 km W of Chester, California · 16168 days ago · -2 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.12 km SSW of Chester, California · 16161 days ago · -2 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.48 km NE of Lincoln, California · 16156 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.212 km N of Butte Meadows, California · 16154 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.21 km NE of Canyondam, California · 16151 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 2.511 km NW of Sierra City, California · 16146 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 1.83 km ESE of Goodyears Bar, California · 16142 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 2.67 km N of Pike, California · 16142 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.93 km WNW of Cromberg, California · 16141 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 2.43 km N of Camptonville, California · 16141 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.37 km NNW of Truckee, California · 16188 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.95 km SSW of Whitehawk, California · 16188 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.8Northern California · 16188 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.411 km N of Little Grass Valley, California · 16191 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.73 km NW of Truckee, California · 16194 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.64 km SE of Palermo, California · 16199 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.34 km SE of Palermo, California · 16201 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.012 km W of La Porte, California · 16205 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.84 km W of Twain, California · 16206 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.312 km ESE of Graniteville, California · 16210 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.82 km E of Oroville, California · 16212 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.50 km W of Graeagle, California · 16215 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1074849. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.