California earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 9 km SW of Doyle, California

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Doyle, California on Mon, Oct 6, 1986, 9:17 PM PDT (04:17 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 7 km SSW of Lake Almanor West, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-10-07 04:17:41 UTC
Depth
-1.7 km (-1.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.969° N, 120.182° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
140°
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: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.81 km SSW of Floriston, California · 14596 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.91 km SW of Floriston, California · 14596 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.52 km NNE of Lake Almanor West, California · 14596 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.86 km SW of Lake Almanor West, California · 14594 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.87 km SSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 14593 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.06 km SSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 14593 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.86 km SSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 14591 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.51 km WSW of Lake Almanor Peninsula, California · 14589 days ago · -2 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.53 km ESE of Chester, California · 14589 days ago · -2 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.52 km W of Lake Almanor Peninsula, California · 14588 days ago · -2 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.04 km WSW of Sierraville, California · 14587 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.03 km SW of Sierraville, California · 14586 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.93 km SW of Sierraville, California · 14586 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.93 km SW of Sierraville, California · 14585 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.72 km SSW of Sierraville, California · 14585 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.34 km SSE of Doyle, California · 14583 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.04 km SSW of Sattley, California · 14582 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.84 km S of Sattley, California · 14581 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.49 km SSW of Sattley, California · 14579 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 2.539 km ENE of Herlong, California · 14577 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 2.22 km W of Lake Almanor Peninsula, California · 14575 days ago · -2 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.14 km S of Sattley, California · 14574 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 1.5Northern California · 14574 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 2.12 km S of Taylorsville, California · 14574 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 1.98 km NNW of Kingvale, California · 14570 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 1.82 km ENE of Belden, California · 14569 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 3.013 km E of Alta, California · 14569 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 2.56 km SSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 14564 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 1.99 km N of Truckee, California · 14562 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 2.211 km SE of Sierraville, California · 14558 days ago · -1 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 3.014 km S of Kingvale, California · 14555 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 2.414 km S of Kingvale, California · 14543 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.93 km NW of Belden, California · 14540 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.111 km N of Truckee, CA · 14539 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 2.86 km W of Floriston, California · 14538 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 2.07 km N of Greenhorn, California · 14537 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 2.05 km N of Greenhorn, California · 14537 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 1.87 km W of Lake Almanor West, California · 14596 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.06 km SSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 14598 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.88 km S of Sierraville, California · 14598 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.6Northern California · 14599 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.9Northern California · 14605 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.22 km S of Canyondam, California · 14615 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.38 km N of Verdi, California · 14615 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.711 km N of Truckee, California · 14620 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc84972. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.