California earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 7 km SW of Doyle, California

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Doyle, California on Sun, Oct 16, 1983, 2:20 PM PDT (21:20 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km NNW of Spring Garden, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-10-16 21:20:57 UTC
Depth
-0.1 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.974° N, 120.166° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
203°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.59 km NE of Soda Springs, California · 15681 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.73 km N of Tobin, California · 15680 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.19 km NW of Twain, California · 15680 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.02 km N of Tobin, California · 15680 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.54 km NW of Tobin, California · 15679 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.98 km WNW of Twain, California · 15679 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.74 km S of Kingvale, California · 15678 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.26 km NNE of Truckee, California · 15675 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.913 km N of Clipper Mills, California · 15672 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.31 km W of Calpine, California · 15663 days ago · -1 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.68 km NNW of Westwood, California · 15662 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.77 km NNW of Spring Garden, California · 15652 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.711 km NNE of Susanville, California · 15651 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.15 km NE of Taylorsville, California · 15651 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.61 km W of Plumas Eureka, California · 15643 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.55 km ESE of Canyondam, CA · 15637 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.44 km S of Westwood, California · 15637 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.49 km NE of Alta, California · 15630 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 3.19 km ESE of Sierra Brooks, California · 15688 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.8Northern California · 15692 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.61 km S of Chester, California · 15695 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.01 km NW of Chester, California · 15701 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.58 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 15704 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.06 km NW of Carnelian Bay, California · 15708 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.210 km N of Truckee, California · 15711 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.111 km NNW of Sierra City, California · 15712 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 3.42 km SW of Crystal Bay, Nevada · 15716 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1105045. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC.