M3.3 earthquake 11 km N of Benton, California

Magnitude

3.3 (md), minor

Local time

Sat, Apr 11, 1981, 1:21 PM PST

UTC

1981-04-11 21:21:31 UTC

Depth

1.4 km (0.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.922° N, 118.485° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

129°

Stations used

10

• Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaPopulation 7,946. Forecast53 kmNE
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast153 kmSE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast163 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast431 kmN

After

1. 1.935km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Apr 12, 12:59 AM PST · 16600 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
2. 1.511km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Apr 12, 2:29 AM PST · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
3. 1.964km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Apr 12, 4:23 AM PST · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
4. 1.858km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Apr 12, 4:44 AM PST · 16599 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
5. 1.921km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Apr 12, 7:33 AM PST · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
6. 1.69km E of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Apr 12, 7:44 AM PST · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
7. 3.011 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Apr 12, 8:27 AM PST · 16599 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
8. 2.215km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Apr 12, 9:11 AM PST · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
9. 2.23km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Apr 12, 4:23 PM PST · 16599 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
10. 2.011km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Apr 12, 6:24 PM PST · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
11. 2.712 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Apr 12, 6:25 PM PST · 16599 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
12. 3.212 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Apr 12, 6:37 PM PST · 16599 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
13. 3.513 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Apr 12, 11:37 PM PST · 16599 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
14. 2.311km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 13, 1:02 AM PST · 16599 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
15. 2.119km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 13, 1:48 AM PST · 16598 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
16. 1.910km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 13, 6:14 AM PST · 16598 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
17. 1.717km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 13, 6:50 AM PST · 16598 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
18. 1.813km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 13, 8:17 AM PST · 16598 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
19. 2.310 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Apr 13, 11:03 AM PST · 16598 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
20. 1.613km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 13, 12:20 PM PST · 16598 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
21. 1.620km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 13, 7:25 PM PST · 16598 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
22. 2.211km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 14, 2:38 AM PST · 16597 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
23. 2.424km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 14, 3:09 AM PST · 16597 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
24. 2.014 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Apr 14, 11:21 AM PST · 16597 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
25. 2.048km ESE of Hawthorne, NVTue, Apr 14, 12:38 PM PST · 16597 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
26. 2.19km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 4:07 AM PST · 16596 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
27. 2.19km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 9:35 AM PST · 16596 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
28. 1.647km ENE of Bishop, CAWed, Apr 15, 10:40 PM PST · 16596 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
29. 1.87km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 10:45 PM PST · 16596 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
30. 1.87km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 10:53 PM PST · 16596 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
31. 1.67km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 11:02 PM PST · 16596 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
32. 2.07km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 11:45 PM PST · 16596 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
33. 1.67km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 12:02 AM PST · 16596 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
34. 2.57km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 1:24 AM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
35. 2.011km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 5:12 AM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
36. 2.112km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 5:54 AM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
37. 1.87km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 9:43 AM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
38. 2.410km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 10:59 AM PST · 16595 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
39. 1.820km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 1:26 PM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
40. 2.766km SE of Hawthorne, NVThu, Apr 16, 6:27 PM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
41. 2.665km SE of Hawthorne, NVThu, Apr 16, 6:33 PM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
42. 1.917km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Apr 17, 9:49 AM PST · 16594 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
43. 2.159km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAFri, Apr 17, 11:59 AM PST · 16594 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
44. 3.729 km NNW of Benton, CaliforniaFri, Apr 17, 4:35 PM PST · 16594 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
45. 2.016km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Apr 17, 10:57 PM PST · 16594 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
46. 1.716km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Apr 17, 11:51 PM PST · 16594 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
47. 2.913 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Apr 19, 12:29 PM PST · 16592 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
48. 2.69 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Apr 19, 3:09 PM PST · 16592 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
49. 3.415 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 11:21 AM PST · 16591 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
50. 2.32km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 20, 7:42 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
51. 1.52 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 7:44 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
52. 2.12 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 7:44 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
53. 2.42km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 20, 7:45 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
54. 2.23km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 20, 7:47 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
55. 2.021km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 20, 7:47 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
56. 3.310 km NW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 7:49 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
57. 3.03 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 7:56 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
58. 3.23 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 7:57 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
59. 1.851km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Apr 20, 8:00 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
60. 2.114km WNW of Hawthorne, NVMon, Apr 20, 8:11 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1062419 (also filed as ci514122). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC.