M1.8 earthquake 17 km ENE of Doyle, California

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km ENE of Doyle, California on Tue, Dec 8, 2020, 8:38 AM PST (16:38 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 9km S of Truckee, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00790700. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:17 AM UTC.