California earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 13 km NNW of Benton, California

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 13 km NNW of Benton, California on Thu, Feb 5, 1981, 12:18 AM PST (08:18 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 14 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-02-05 08:18:32 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.922° N, 118.550° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
228°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.78 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16665 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.034km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16665 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.149km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16665 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.229km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16665 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.914 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16664 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 3.212 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16664 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.425km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16664 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 1.921km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16664 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.348km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.017km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.925km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.927km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.538km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.440km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.420km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16663 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.236km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16662 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.114 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16662 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.037km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16662 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 1.942km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16661 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.012km SE of Bishop, CA · 16661 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 2.353km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16661 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 2.434km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16660 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 2.918km W of Hawthorne, NV · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 1.735km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.432km NW of Hawthorne, NV · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.115km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16658 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 2.149km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16658 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 1.936km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16658 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  29. 2.425km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16658 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.725km W of Tonopah, NV · 16658 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.411km SE of Bishop, CA · 16658 days ago · -2 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 2.313km N of Big Pine, CA · 16658 days ago · -2 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 1.812km N of Big Pine, CA · 16658 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 3.412 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 2.646km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 2.534km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  37. 2.166km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 2.324km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  39. 2.522km SSW of Hawthorne, NV · 16656 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 2.133km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16655 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 2.412km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16655 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 2.418km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16654 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 2.438km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16654 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 2.444km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16653 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 2.336km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16653 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 2.541km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16653 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 1.89 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16653 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 2.126km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16652 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.331km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16652 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  50. 2.42km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16652 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 3.12 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16652 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 1.861km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16652 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 2.343km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16652 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 1.841km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 2.350km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 2.121km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 2.127km NW of West Bishop, CA · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.86km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16650 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 2.120km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16650 days ago · -2 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 1.625km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16649 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away

The first 60 of 174.

Before

  1. 2.44km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16666 days ago · -2 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.138km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.343km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.438km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.140km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.441km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.734km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.74 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16668 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.346km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.950km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.9California-Nevada border region · 16668 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.543km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.122km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16669 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.971km W of Tonopah, NV · 16669 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.246km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 2.069km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.573km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.973km W of Tonopah, NV · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.972km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.325km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16670 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1060020 (also filed as ci12254155). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC.