California earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 30 km NW of Benton, California

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 30 km NW of Benton, California on Tue, Jul 14, 1981, 12:04 AM PDT (07:04 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-07-14 07:04:00 UTC
Depth
3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.010° N, 118.734° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.820km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16506 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.968km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16506 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.563km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16505 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.74 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16505 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.667km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16505 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.83 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16505 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.6California-Nevada border region · 16505 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.510 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16504 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.62 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16504 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.52 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16504 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.63 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16504 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.83 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16504 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.22 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16504 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.62 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16504 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 3.03 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16504 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 1.637km W of Tonopah, NV · 16504 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.617km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16503 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.82 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16503 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.93 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16502 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.615km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16502 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.89km ESE of Bishop, CA · 16500 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.72 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16498 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 1.622km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16496 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.95 km NE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16495 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 1.517km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16495 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 1.713km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16495 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 1.956km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16495 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 2.26km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16494 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 2.547km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16494 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  30. 1.850km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16494 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 2.3California-Nevada border region · 16493 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 1.947km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16493 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 2.814 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16492 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 2.04 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16492 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.059km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16492 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 1.715km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16490 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.522km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16490 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 2.53km N of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16490 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 1.83 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16490 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 1.510 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16489 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 2.84km N of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16489 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 1.83 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16489 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 1.84 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16489 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  44. 1.54 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16488 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 1.63 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16488 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  46. 1.524km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16487 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 2.811 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16487 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 1.65 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16487 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  49. 2.23km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16487 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 2.83 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16487 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 1.73 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16487 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 1.6California-Nevada border region · 16487 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 1.83 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16487 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  54. 1.8California-Nevada border region · 16487 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  55. 1.630 km NW of Benton, California · 16486 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  56. 1.53 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16485 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 1.947km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 16485 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 2.463km E of Hawthorne, NV · 16485 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 1.515km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16484 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 1.619km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16484 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 2.130 km NW of Benton, California · 16507 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.74 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16507 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 3.430 km NW of Benton, California · 16507 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.736km WNW of Tonopah, NV · 16507 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.84 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16508 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.85 km NE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16508 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.84 km NE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16508 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.73 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16508 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.83 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16508 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 3.03 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16508 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.613km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16508 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.62 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16509 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.82 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16509 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 1.74 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16509 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.94 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16509 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.44 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16509 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 1.73 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16509 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.914 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16509 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.93 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16509 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 3.47 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16509 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1065539 (also filed as ci519314). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:11 PM UTC.