California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 17 km ESE of McCloud, California

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km ESE of McCloud, California on Tue, Apr 26, 1983, 3:01 AM PDT (10:01 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 15 km NNE of Mineral, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
1983-04-26 10:01:54 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.203° N, 121.945° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
175°
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.93 km NW of Lakehead, California · 15863 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.814 km NNE of Mineral, California · 15849 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.014 km NNE of Mineral, California · 15844 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.1Northern California · 15840 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.01 km WSW of Central Valley (historical), California · 15836 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.24 km ENE of Keswick, California · 15832 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.218 km N of Lookout, California · 15829 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.515 km NNE of Mineral, California · 15825 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.615 km NNE of Mineral, California · 15825 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.714 km NNE of Mineral, California · 15817 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.810 km ENE of Shingletown, California · 15816 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.110 km SE of Millville, California · 15815 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 3.610 km W of Manton, California · 15870 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.524 km ENE of McCloud, California · 15871 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.713 km N of Burney, California · 15872 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.96 km ESE of Redding, California · 15872 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.019 km ESE of McCloud, California · 15885 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.211 km N of Lakehead, California · 15888 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.70 km SSW of Lakehead, California · 15888 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1090880. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC.