M1.6 earthquake 2 km S of Plumas Eureka, California
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2 km S of Plumas Eureka, California on Sat, Nov 24, 2018, 6:45 PM PST (02:45 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 5km WNW of Hamilton Branch, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-25 02:45:08 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.771° N, 120.654° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.29 km NNE of Glenbrook, Nevada · 2870 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.94km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2870 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.627 km ENE of Herlong, California · 2868 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.42km ESE of Taylorsville, CA · 2868 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.44km ESE of Taylorsville, CA · 2867 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 1.635 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2867 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.62km SE of Twain, CA · 2866 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.14km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2866 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.52 km SE of Johnsville, California · 2864 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.44km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2861 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.87km NE of East Quincy, CA · 2861 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.44km SSE of Taylorsville, CA · 2861 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.54km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2861 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.54 km SSE of Taylorsville, California · 2861 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Taylorsville, California · 2861 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Taylorsville, California · 2861 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.66km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2860 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69 km SSE of Taylorsville, California · 2860 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Taylorsville, California · 2860 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2860 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 6
- 2.04km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2860 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88km NNE of East Quincy, CA · 2860 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.45km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2860 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86km SSE of Taylorsville, CA · 2859 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.25km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2858 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.13km NW of Oroville East, CA · 2856 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.44km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2851 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km SSE of Soda Springs, California · 2849 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.78 km NNE of Calpine, California · 2849 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Soda Springs, California · 2848 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.10km ENE of Canyondam, CA · 2847 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.59 km S of Taylorsville, California · 2846 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.64km NNE of Caribou, CA · 2845 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.65km NNE of Caribou, CA · 2845 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.327km SE of Honey Lake, CA · 2845 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Taylorsville, California · 2844 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.85km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2844 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.94km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2844 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 17
- 1.84km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2844 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.25km SE of Taylorsville, CA · 2844 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.417km WSW of Truckee, CA · 2842 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.514 km NW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2841 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Loyalton, California · 2840 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.54km SE of Palermo, CA · 2836 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.73 km NNE of Spanish Springs, Nevada · 2835 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.618km NNW of Belden, CA · 2834 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53 km SE of Canyondam, California · 2832 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.59 km N of Greenhorn, California · 2820 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.15km SE of Chester, CA · 2817 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.45km WNW of Hamilton Branch, CA · 2814 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 68
- 2.55km SE of Chester, CA · 2814 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.65km SSE of Chester, CA · 2814 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 3.04km WSW of Tahoe Vista, CA · 2884 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 113
- 1.711 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 2887 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.98km W of La Porte, CA · 2887 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.140 km ENE of Herlong, California · 2890 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010km WSW of Susanville, CA · 2890 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.714km WSW of Susanville, CA · 2890 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.09km SW of Susanville, CA · 2890 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510km WSW of Susanville, CA · 2890 days ago · -1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.615km S of Mineral, CA · 2890 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.532 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2891 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.35km E of Johnstonville, CA · 2891 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 11
- 1.60 km WNW of Carnelian Bay, California · 2892 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.738 km ENE of Herlong, California · 2892 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.539 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2893 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.739 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2893 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.538 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2893 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.816km SW of La Porte, CA · 2901 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00666789. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC.