M2.4 earthquake 10 km S of Markleeville, California
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 10 km S of Markleeville, California on Tue, Dec 4, 1979, 10:01 PM PST (06:01 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 8 km W of Bridgeport, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-12-05 06:01:51 UTC
- Depth
- 6.2 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.604° N, 119.760° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 279°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.57 km W of Bridgeport, California · 17096 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.98 km W of Bridgeport, California · 17096 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.917 km WSW of Coleville, California · 17096 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.924 km NW of Yosemite Valley, California · 17093 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.029 km SE of Cold Springs, California · 17080 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.224 km E of Mono City, California · 17069 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.823 km E of Mono City, California · 17069 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.027 km NW of Yosemite Valley, California · 17056 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 3.129 km SW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 17112 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.3California-Nevada border region · 17114 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.616 km W of Bridgeport, California · 17114 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.08 km W of Bridgeport, California · 17114 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.69 km W of Bridgeport, California · 17119 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.17 km W of Bridgeport, California · 17132 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1049167. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:18 PM UTC.