M2.2 earthquake 6 km N of Sunny Slopes, California

Magnitude

2.2 (md), micro

Local time

Wed, May 16, 1979, 1:46 AM PDT

UTC

1979-05-16 08:46:12 UTC

Depth

2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.624° N, 118.665° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.3 km horizontally, 14.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.25

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

309°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaPopulation 7,946. Forecast27 kmE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast128 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast399 kmN

After

1. 2.98 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 25, 7:50 AM PDT · 17287 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
2. 3.49 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, May 27, 7:51 AM PDT · 17285 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
3. 3.419 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaTue, May 29, 1:50 PM PDT · 17283 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
4. 1.610 km NNE of Sunny Slopes, CaliforniaWed, May 30, 1:49 PM PDT · 17282 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
5. 2.610 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jun 1, 10:02 PM PDT · 17280 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
6. 4.318 km ESE of Hawthorne, NevadaTue, Jun 5, 6:49 PM PDT · 17276 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
7. 2.413km ENE of Big Pine, CAWed, Jun 6, 2:27 AM PDT · 17276 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
8. 4.37 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jun 16, 3:44 PM PDT · 17265 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
9. 3.78 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jun 16, 3:57 PM PDT · 17265 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
10. 2.85 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jun 16, 4:06 PM PDT · 17265 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
11. 2.026km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Jun 21, 5:46 PM PDT · 17260 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
12. 3.3California-Nevada border regionSat, Jun 23, 10:26 AM PDT · 17258 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
13. 2.311 km W of Bridgeport, CaliforniaSat, Jun 23, 11:51 AM PDT · 17258 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
14. 2.725km E of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Jun 23, 4:14 PM PDT · 17258 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
15. 1.79 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, CaliforniaMon, Jun 25, 3:48 AM PDT · 17257 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
16. 3.77 km NE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Jun 26, 7:27 AM PDT · 17255 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
17. 3.56 km NE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Jun 26, 7:28 AM PDT · 17255 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
18. 3.36 km NE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Jun 26, 8:13 AM PDT · 17255 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
19. 3.320 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaThu, Jun 28, 5:02 PM PDT · 17253 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
20. 2.511 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Jul 9, 4:07 AM PDT · 17242 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
21. 2.712 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Jul 9, 4:08 AM PDT · 17242 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
22. 2.58 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jul 10, 9:13 PM PDT · 17241 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
23. 2.226km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jul 10, 9:32 PM PDT · 17241 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
24. 2.124 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaFri, Jul 13, 4:58 PM PDT · 17238 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
25. 2.68 km ENE of Mono City, CaliforniaFri, Jul 13, 4:59 PM PDT · 17238 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
26. 1.95 km NNE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Jul 15, 12:07 AM PDT · 17237 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away

Before

1. 1.913 km NE of Sunny Slopes, CaliforniaMon, May 14, 8:33 PM PDT · 17298 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.342km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, May 14, 4:12 AM PDT · 17298 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
3. 2.223km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAFri, May 11, 11:34 PM PDT · 17301 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
4. 2.15 km N of Sunny Slopes, CaliforniaSat, May 5, 5:12 AM PDT · 17307 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
5. 1.810 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, May 3, 5:37 AM PDT · 17309 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
6. 2.120 km ENE of Mono City, CaliforniaThu, May 3, 3:33 AM PDT · 17310 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
7. 2.317km E of Bishop, CASun, Apr 29, 6:28 PM PDT · 17313 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
8. 2.226km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Apr 18, 8:38 AM PST · 17324 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
9. 2.110 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Apr 18, 1:38 AM PST · 17325 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
10. 1.810 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Apr 17, 1:49 AM PST · 17326 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1045821 (also filed as ci3349148). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC.