California earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 1 km W of Plumas Eureka, California

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 1 km W of Plumas Eureka, California on Wed, Nov 30, 1983, 5:07 AM PST (13:07 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 2 km NNE of Delleker, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-11-30 13:07:13 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.789° N, 120.663° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
143°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.55 km ESE of Canyondam, CA · 15631 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.44 km S of Westwood, California · 15631 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.612 km SE of Mineral, California · 15629 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.011 km WSW of Chester, California · 15626 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.917 km NNW of Chester, California · 15625 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.49 km NE of Alta, California · 15624 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.618 km NNE of Chester, California · 15623 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.83 km SW of Lake Almanor West, California · 15620 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.03 km W of Truckee, California · 15616 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.810 km WSW of Chester, California · 15610 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.51 km SSE of Chester, California · 15610 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.72 km NNE of Delleker, California · 15610 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.82 km NNW of Chester, California · 15609 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.010 km NE of Greenville, California · 15609 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 2.314 km NNW of Chester, California · 15607 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 1.820 km NNW of Chester, California · 15606 days ago · -2 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.03 km WNW of Lake Almanor Country Club, California · 15601 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.84 km N of Lake Almanor West, California · 15596 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.12 km WNW of Lake Davis, California · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.59 km NE of Mineral, California · 15594 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.717 km N of Chester, California · 15592 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.113 km NE of Butte Meadows, California · 15591 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  23. 1.92 km SSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 15591 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.76 km NNE of Chester, California · 15590 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 1.77 km S of Clipper Mills, California · 15587 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.315 km E of Graniteville, California · 15585 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 1.83 km N of Tobin, California · 15577 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 2.76 km NW of Chester, California · 15640 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.15 km NE of Taylorsville, California · 15644 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.711 km NNE of Susanville, California · 15644 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.77 km NNW of Spring Garden, California · 15646 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.513 km W of Chester, California · 15652 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.59 km NE of Butte Meadows, California · 15653 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.68 km NNW of Westwood, California · 15656 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.31 km W of Calpine, California · 15657 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.93 km SE of South Oroville, California · 15660 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.913 km N of Clipper Mills, California · 15666 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.02 km SW of Oroville East, California · 15666 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1107747. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.