California earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 9 km NE of Clipper Mills, California

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Clipper Mills, California on Thu, Mar 5, 1987, 12:02 PM PST (20:02 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 14 km S of Kingvale, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1987-03-05 20:02:21 UTC
Depth
12.3 km (7.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.593° N, 121.087° 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, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
215°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.80 km SSW of Sierraville, California · 14445 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.38 km NE of Clipper Mills, California · 14444 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.26 km SSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 14442 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.25 km WSW of Prattville, California · 14442 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.66 km WSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 14442 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.610 km NNE of Clipper Mills, California · 14439 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.02 km S of Graeagle, California · 14434 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.615 km NNW of Truckee, California · 14433 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.714 km WSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 14425 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.36 km SW of Cromberg, California · 14417 days ago · -2 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.512 km ESE of Mineral, California · 14415 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.114 km S of Kingvale, California · 14415 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.715 km S of Kingvale, California · 14415 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.59 km SW of Mineral, California · 14414 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 1.83 km ESE of Chester, California · 14413 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.110 km S of Truckee, California · 14410 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.24 km NW of Belden, California · 14407 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.52 km W of Soda Springs, California · 14406 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.311 km SE of Sierraville, California · 14405 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.911 km SE of Sierraville, California · 14405 days ago · -2 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 3.11 km WNW of Palermo, California · 14404 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 2.312 km N of Truckee, California · 14396 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.85 km NE of Clipper Mills, California · 14393 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 2.011 km NNE of Butte Meadows, California · 14391 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.81 km NW of Lake Almanor Country Club, California · 14388 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.13 km E of Truckee, California · 14388 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 2.614 km E of Artois, California · 14449 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.27 km S of Spring Garden, California · 14456 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 2.53 km SE of Lake Davis, California · 14459 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.66 km WSW of Hamilton City, California · 14463 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 3.02 km WSW of Plumas Eureka (historical), California · 14465 days ago · -2 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.98 km NNW of Nord, California · 14466 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.8Northern California · 14467 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.71 km SE of Sattley, California · 14468 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.91 km SSE of Sattley, California · 14468 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.68 km SSW of Storrie, California · 14471 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.613 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 14475 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.53 km SW of Oroville East, California · 14476 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc96269. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.