California earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 6 km SSW of Whitehawk, California

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Whitehawk, California on Sat, May 29, 1982, 9:26 PM PDT (04:26 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 3 km NE of Clipper Mills, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-05-30 04:26:18 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.661° N, 120.576° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 22.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.02
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
297°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.93 km NE of Clipper Mills, California · 16185 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.113 km W of La Porte, California · 16184 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.117 km WSW of Chester, California · 16184 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.33 km ENE of Sierra Brooks, California · 16182 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 3.12 km E of Oroville, California · 16180 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.02 km E of Oroville, California · 16180 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.22 km E of Oroville, California · 16180 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.62 km ENE of Oroville, California · 16180 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.98 km NW of Newcastle, California · 16178 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.93 km WNW of Truckee, California · 16175 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.57 km E of Keddie, California · 16174 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.18 km W of Chester, California · 16173 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.23 km N of Lake Almanor West, California · 16173 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.48 km ENE of Lincoln, California · 16170 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.813 km W of Chester, California · 16168 days ago · -2 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.12 km SSW of Chester, California · 16162 days ago · -2 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.48 km NE of Lincoln, California · 16157 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.21 km NE of Canyondam, California · 16152 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.511 km NW of Sierra City, California · 16146 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.83 km ESE of Goodyears Bar, California · 16142 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.67 km N of Pike, California · 16142 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 1.93 km WNW of Cromberg, California · 16142 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 2.43 km N of Camptonville, California · 16141 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.36 km SSW of Whitehawk, California · 16188 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.37 km NNW of Truckee, California · 16188 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 1.95 km SSW of Whitehawk, California · 16188 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.8Northern California · 16189 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.411 km N of Little Grass Valley, California · 16192 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.73 km NW of Truckee, California · 16195 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.64 km SE of Palermo, California · 16200 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.34 km SE of Palermo, California · 16202 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.012 km W of La Porte, California · 16205 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 1.84 km W of Twain, California · 16207 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.312 km ESE of Graniteville, California · 16211 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.82 km E of Oroville, California · 16212 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.50 km W of Graeagle, California · 16216 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1074910. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC.