California earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 17km S of Big Pine, CA

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 17km S of Big Pine, CA on Tue, Apr 14, 1981, 12:42 AM PST (08:42 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 11km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (mh), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-04-14 08:42:13 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.012° N, 118.262° 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, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.35
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 149 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.211km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16597 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.958km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 16597 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.014 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16597 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.19km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16596 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.19km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16596 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.647km ENE of Bishop, CA · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.87km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.87km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.67km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.07km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.67km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.57km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.011km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.112km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.87km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.410km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16595 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.820km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.917km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16594 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 2.159km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16594 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.016km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16593 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.716km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16593 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.913 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16592 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.69 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16592 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.663km WNW of Beatty, NV · 16591 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 3.415 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16591 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.32km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16591 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.52 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16591 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 2.12 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16591 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 2.42km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16591 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.23km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16591 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 2.021km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16591 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 3.310 km NW of Aspen Springs, California · 16591 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 3.03 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16591 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 3.23 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16591 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.851km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16591 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.712km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16590 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.125km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16590 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.21km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16590 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 2.911 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16590 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 2.158km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16590 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.712km N of Coso Junction, CA · 16590 days ago · -1 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 2.311km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16590 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 2.10km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16589 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 2.559km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 16589 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.118km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16589 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 1.79 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16589 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 1.83km NNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16589 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.043km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16589 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 2.310km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16589 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 2.872km NW of Beatty, NV · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 1.766km E of Big Pine, CA · 16588 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  52. 2.048km ENE of Independence, CA · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 2.126km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 1.742km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16588 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.363km NW of Beatty, NV · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 1.954km ENE of Independence, CA · 16588 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 1.966km NW of Beatty, NV · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 1.762km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 16588 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 1.7California-Nevada border region · 16587 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 2.611 km SW of Swall Meadows, California · 16587 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 149.

Before

  1. 1.620km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16598 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.613km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16598 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.310 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16598 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.813km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16598 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.717km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16598 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.910km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16598 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.119km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16598 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.311km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16598 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.513 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16598 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 3.212 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16599 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.712 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16599 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.011km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.23km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16599 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.215km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 3.011 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16599 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.69km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.921km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.511km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.935km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16599 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.012km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16599 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci514424. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.