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M1.6 earthquake 2 km SSW of Sutter, California

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of Sutter, California on Fri, May 15, 1987, 11:45 PM PDT (06:45 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 7 km W of Cobb, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1987-05-16 06:45:14 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.139° N, 121.762° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
211°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.07 km W of Cobb, California · 14365 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.28 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14364 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.77 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14364 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.07 km W of Cobb, California · 14364 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.65 km W of Cobb, California · 14364 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.63 km W of Cobb, California · 14364 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.67 km W of Cobb, California · 14363 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.75 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14363 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.17 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14363 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.75 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14363 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.65 km SW of Cobb, California · 14363 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 3.35 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14363 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.06 km SW of Cobb, California · 14363 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.95 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14363 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.65 km SW of Cobb, California · 14363 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.66 km SW of Cobb, California · 14363 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.716 km NNE of Upper Lake, California · 14363 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.77 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14363 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.44 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14362 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 2.36 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14362 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 1.94 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14362 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.75 km SW of Cobb, California · 14362 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.64 km SW of Cobb, California · 14362 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.25 km W of Cobb, California · 14362 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 3.34 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14361 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.68 km W of Cobb, California · 14360 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 1.614 km ENE of Angwin, California · 14360 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 2.45 km W of Cobb, California · 14360 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 2.55 km W of Cobb, California · 14360 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.37 km SSW of Hamilton City, California · 14360 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 1.84 km W of Cobb, California · 14360 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.46 km SW of Cobb, California · 14360 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.36 km SW of Cobb, California · 14360 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 1.86 km SSW of Sutter, California · 14360 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 1.65 km SW of Cobb, California · 14359 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 1.56 km SW of Cobb, California · 14359 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 14358 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 1.66 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14358 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.15 km SW of Cobb, California · 14356 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 1.94 km W of Cobb, California · 14356 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.08 km W of Cobb, California · 14356 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 2.54 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14355 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 1.86 km W of Cobb, California · 14355 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.27 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14354 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 1.77 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14354 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.06 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14353 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 2.8Northern California · 14352 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  48. 2.87 km W of Cobb, California · 14352 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 1.84 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14352 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 3.09 km W of Cobb, California · 14352 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  51. 1.59 km W of Cobb, California · 14352 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.49 km W of Cobb, California · 14352 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.89 km W of Cobb, California · 14352 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.95 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14351 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.68 km W of Cobb, California · 14351 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 1.69 km W of Cobb, California · 14351 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 1.64 km W of Cobb, California · 14351 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.9Northern California · 14350 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 1.69 km E of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14349 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.06 km W of Cobb, California · 14349 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away

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