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M2.5 earthquake Northern California

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Northern California on Sat, Dec 13, 1986, 4:30 AM PST (12:30 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-12-13 12:30:27 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.401° N, 120.089° 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, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.99 km N of Truckee, California · 14526 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.610 km NNW of Truckee, California · 14526 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.13 km E of Keddie, California · 14525 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.712 km N of Truckee, California · 14508 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.812 km N of Truckee, California · 14508 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.515 km S of Kingvale, California · 14507 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.8Northern California · 14490 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.1Northern California · 14488 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.613 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 14482 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away

Before

  1. 2.314 km S of Kingvale, California · 14540 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.05 km N of Greenhorn, California · 14544 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.07 km N of Greenhorn, California · 14544 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.86 km W of Floriston, California · 14545 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.111 km N of Truckee, CA · 14546 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.414 km S of Kingvale, California · 14550 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.63 km W of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 14550 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.24 km NW of Topaz, California · 14553 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 3.014 km S of Kingvale, California · 14562 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.211 km SE of Sierraville, California · 14565 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc90121. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:11 PM UTC.