California earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 2 km SSE of Comptche, California

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Comptche, California on Sun, Mar 27, 1983, 7:27 PM PST (03:27 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 3 km E of Talmage, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-03-28 03:27:44 UTC
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.248° N, 123.584° 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, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
201°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 83 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15890 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.13 km N of Healdsburg, California · 15890 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.819 km SW of Cloverdale, California · 15890 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.97 km W of Cobb, California · 15885 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 3.126 km W of Paskenta, California · 15885 days ago · -1 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 15885 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.57 km W of Cobb, California · 15884 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.92 km ESE of Geyserville, California · 15884 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.97 km NW of Redwood Valley, California · 15884 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.47 km W of Cobb, California · 15884 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.87 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15883 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.96 km W of Cobb, California · 15883 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.59 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15883 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.64 km W of Cobb, California · 15882 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.77 km W of Cobb, California · 15881 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.57 km W of Cobb, California · 15881 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.86 km W of Cobb, California · 15881 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.31 km ESE of Geyserville, California · 15881 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.77 km W of Cobb, California · 15881 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.811 km SE of Laytonville, California · 15881 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 2.05 km SW of Cobb, California · 15881 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 3.63 km E of Talmage, California · 15881 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 1.92 km ENE of Talmage, California · 15881 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 15881 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 2.427 km N of Potter Valley, California · 15880 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 2.56 km W of Cobb, California · 15879 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 2.25 km W of Cobb, California · 15878 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.16 km W of Cobb, California · 15877 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.68 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15877 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.27 km W of Cobb, California · 15877 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 1.510 km SE of Laytonville, California · 15877 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 2.46 km W of Cobb, California · 15876 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 2.06 km W of Cobb, California · 15876 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.56 km W of Cobb, California · 15875 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 2.75 km SW of Cobb, California · 15874 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.97 km W of Cobb, California · 15874 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 1.611 km NNE of Brooktrails, California · 15874 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 2.26 km SW of Cobb, California · 15874 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 3.27 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15873 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  40. 3.07 km W of Cobb, California · 15873 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 2.28 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15873 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 1.95 km SW of Cobb, California · 15873 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 2.77 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15873 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.69 km W of Cobb, California · 15872 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15871 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15870 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  47. 1.922 km NE of Potter Valley, California · 15870 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 1.97 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15869 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 3.56 km W of Cobb, California · 15869 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 1.56 km W of Cobb, California · 15869 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.94 km S of Cobb, California · 15869 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 3.47 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15868 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.57 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15868 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  54. 1.58 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15868 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 1.95 km SSW of Cobb, California · 15867 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 3.118 km E of Potter Valley, California · 15867 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  57. 1.818 km E of Potter Valley, California · 15867 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 1.65 km SW of Cobb, California · 15866 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.14 km SW of Cobb, California · 15866 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 2.04 km SSE of Clear Lake Riviera, California · 15866 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 1.57 km W of Cobb, California · 15891 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.07 km W of Cobb, California · 15891 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15891 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.18 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15892 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.66 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15892 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.56 km W of Cobb, California · 15893 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.75 km E of Calpella, California · 15893 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.011 km SSW of Benbow, California · 15893 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.0Northern California · 15894 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 3.06 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15895 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.16 km W of Cobb, California · 15895 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.58 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15896 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.69 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15896 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 1.93 km ENE of Covelo, California · 15896 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.024 km NE of Potter Valley, California · 15896 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.014 km W of Laytonville, California · 15896 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.816 km NE of Upper Lake, California · 15896 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 15897 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.912 km SSE of Laytonville, California · 15898 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.55 km SSW of Kelseyville, California · 15899 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1089675. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC.