M1.7 earthquake 15 km S of Kingvale, California
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 15 km S of Kingvale, California on Sun, Apr 5, 1987, 11:03 PM PDT (06:03 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 9 km SSE of Mogul, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-04-06 06:03:07 UTC
- Depth
- -0.7 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.185° N, 120.440° W
- Region
- California
- 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 1.1 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 238°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.310 km E of Markleeville, California · 14427 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.110 km S of Truckee, California · 14422 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.49 km E of Markleeville, California · 14421 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.52 km W of Soda Springs, California · 14418 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.311 km SE of Sierraville, California · 14417 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Sierraville, California · 14417 days ago · -2 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.10 km NW of Mesa Vista, California · 14414 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.67 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 14412 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.87 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 14411 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.65 km S of Markleeville, California · 14411 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.312 km N of Truckee, California · 14408 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.911 km E of Kirkwood, California · 14405 days ago · -2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.812 km E of Kirkwood, California · 14405 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.85 km NE of Clipper Mills, California · 14405 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.13 km E of Truckee, California · 14400 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of Truckee, California · 14396 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.35 km WNW of Topaz, California · 14377 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Mogul, Nevada · 14375 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.39 km SSE of Mogul, Nevada · 14375 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.010 km NE of Chilcoot-Vinton, California · 14371 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 3.114 km S of Kingvale, California · 14427 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.36 km SW of Cromberg, California · 14429 days ago · -2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 14436 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Truckee, California · 14445 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.02 km S of Graeagle, California · 14446 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.812 km ESE of Kirkwood, California · 14448 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Clipper Mills, California · 14451 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.38 km NE of Clipper Mills, California · 14456 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1148868. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC.