M2.0 earthquake Central California

Magnitude

2.0 (ma), micro

Local time

Thu, Jul 9, 1981, 9:30 AM PDT

UTC

1981-07-09 16:30:04 UTC

Depth

2.5 km (1.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.614° N, 119.021° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 59.0 km horizontally, 19.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

336°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaPopulation 7,946. Forecast6 kmSW
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast107 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast402 kmN

After

1. 1.627km ENE of Yosemite Valley, CAFri, Jul 10, 12:56 AM PDT · 16510 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
2. 2.45km N of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Jul 10, 3:57 AM PDT · 16510 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
3. 2.75km NNW of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Jul 10, 3:58 AM PDT · 16510 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
4. 2.82km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Jul 10, 4:22 AM PDT · 16510 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
5. 3.12 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 4:26 AM PDT · 16510 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
6. 1.63 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 4:30 AM PDT · 16510 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
7. 1.53 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 4:35 AM PDT · 16510 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
8. 2.42 km S of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 4:35 AM PDT · 16510 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
9. 2.637km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAFri, Jul 10, 5:26 AM PDT · 16510 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
10. 3.32 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 9:36 AM PDT · 16510 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
11. 2.68km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Jul 10, 11:30 AM PDT · 16510 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
12. 3.33 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 1:27 PM PDT · 16510 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
13. 1.83 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 1:46 PM PDT · 16510 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
14. 2.14 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 1:46 PM PDT · 16510 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
15. 2.34 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 1:48 PM PDT · 16510 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
16. 1.87 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 1:53 PM PDT · 16510 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
17. 1.83 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 1:54 PM PDT · 16510 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
18. 2.73 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 2:07 PM PDT · 16510 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
19. 1.813km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Jul 10, 3:02 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
20. 1.83 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 3:09 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
21. 1.93 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 3:37 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
22. 1.73km NNW of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Jul 10, 5:21 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
23. 3.24 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 6:02 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
24. 1.65 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 6:22 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
25. 3.19km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Jul 10, 9:42 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
26. 1.94 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jul 10, 11:43 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
27. 3.47 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Jul 11, 12:09 AM PDT · 16509 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
28. 1.93 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 11, 1:02 AM PDT · 16509 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
29. 1.914 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 11, 1:43 AM PDT · 16509 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
30. 1.73 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 11, 1:56 AM PDT · 16509 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
31. 2.44 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 11, 1:07 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
32. 1.94 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 11, 1:10 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
33. 1.74 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 11, 1:47 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
34. 1.82 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 11, 3:42 PM PDT · 16508 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
35. 2.62 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 11, 3:44 PM PDT · 16508 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
36. 1.613km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Jul 11, 10:12 PM PDT · 16508 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
37. 3.03 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 12, 12:33 PM PDT · 16508 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
38. 1.83 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 12, 4:55 PM PDT · 16507 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
39. 1.73 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 12, 4:56 PM PDT · 16507 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
40. 1.84 km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 12, 5:04 PM PDT · 16507 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
41. 1.85 km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 12, 5:15 PM PDT · 16507 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
42. 1.84 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 12, 6:59 PM PDT · 16507 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
43. 3.430 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaMon, Jul 13, 9:37 AM PDT · 16507 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
44. 1.74 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Jul 13, 11:45 AM PDT · 16507 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
45. 2.130 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaMon, Jul 13, 12:15 PM PDT · 16507 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
46. 2.830 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaTue, Jul 14, 12:04 AM PDT · 16506 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
47. 1.820km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jul 14, 10:50 AM PDT · 16506 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
48. 1.968km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Jul 14, 11:09 AM PDT · 16506 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
49. 1.563km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Jul 15, 4:12 AM PDT · 16505 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
50. 2.74 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Jul 15, 9:55 AM PDT · 16505 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
51. 1.667km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Jul 15, 12:38 PM PDT · 16505 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
52. 1.83 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Jul 15, 2:13 PM PDT · 16505 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
53. 1.6California-Nevada border regionWed, Jul 15, 2:15 PM PDT · 16504 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
54. 2.510 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Jul 15, 9:36 PM PDT · 16504 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
55. 1.62 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jul 16, 3:21 AM PDT · 16504 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
56. 2.52 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jul 16, 4:19 AM PDT · 16504 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
57. 2.63 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jul 16, 4:40 AM PDT · 16504 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
58. 2.83 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jul 16, 5:13 AM PDT · 16504 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
59. 2.22 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jul 16, 5:24 AM PDT · 16504 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
60. 2.62 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jul 16, 6:10 AM PDT · 16504 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1065351 (also filed as ci519092). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:43 AM UTC.