M2.4 earthquake 49km S of Hawthorne, NV

Magnitude

2.4 (mh), micro

Local time

Sun, Mar 15, 1981, 7:34 PM PST

UTC

1981-03-16 03:34:18 UTC

Depth

3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.094° N, 118.526° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.6 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.39

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

313°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

7

• Hawthorne, NevadaPopulation 3,269. Forecast49 kmS
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast138 kmSE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast175 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast450 kmN

After

1. 1.655km ENE of Bishop, CAFri, Apr 3, 12:53 AM PST · 16608 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
2. 2.643km SSE of Hawthorne, NVFri, Apr 3, 10:39 AM PST · 16608 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
3. 2.059km SSE of Hawthorne, NVFri, Apr 3, 10:50 AM PST · 16608 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
4. 1.840km S of Hawthorne, NVFri, Apr 3, 11:55 AM PST · 16608 days ago · -2 km deep · 9 km away
5. 1.811km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Apr 4, 4:18 AM PST · 16607 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
6. 2.011km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Apr 4, 6:56 AM PST · 16607 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
7. 1.924km WNW of West Bishop, CASat, Apr 4, 8:56 AM PST · 16607 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
8. 2.111km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Apr 4, 9:52 AM PST · 16607 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
9. 1.820km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Apr 4, 11:55 AM PST · 16607 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
10. 1.928km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Apr 4, 12:31 PM PST · 16607 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
11. 1.910km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Apr 4, 2:47 PM PST · 16607 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
12. 2.410km E of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Apr 4, 4:31 PM PST · 16607 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
13. 2.311km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Apr 4, 4:45 PM PST · 16606 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
14. 1.99 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Apr 4, 6:49 PM PST · 16606 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
15. 1.911km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Apr 4, 8:13 PM PST · 16606 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
16. 1.79 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Apr 4, 8:23 PM PST · 16606 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
17. 2.314km E of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Apr 4, 10:37 PM PST · 16606 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
18. 1.610 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Apr 5, 5:06 PM PST · 16605 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
19. 2.010km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 6, 3:18 AM PST · 16605 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
20. 3.012 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Apr 6, 8:05 AM PST · 16605 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
21. 2.17 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Apr 6, 9:41 AM PST · 16605 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
22. 1.851km SE of Hawthorne, NVMon, Apr 6, 12:10 PM PST · 16605 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
23. 2.017km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 6, 3:11 PM PST · 16605 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
24. 2.026km S of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 7, 3:34 AM PST · 16604 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
25. 1.668km WSW of Tonopah, NVTue, Apr 7, 4:14 AM PST · 16604 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
26. 2.39km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 7, 7:31 AM PST · 16604 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
27. 1.919km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 7, 7:47 AM PST · 16604 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
28. 1.98km E of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 7, 6:35 PM PST · 16603 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
29. 2.212km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 8, 3:12 AM PST · 16603 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
30. 2.47km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 8, 6:27 AM PST · 16603 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
31. 2.013km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 8, 11:40 AM PST · 16603 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
32. 2.410km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 8, 3:30 PM PST · 16603 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
33. 2.211km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 8, 3:35 PM PST · 16603 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
34. 2.011 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Apr 8, 3:40 PM PST · 16603 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
35. 2.045km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Apr 8, 6:29 PM PST · 16602 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
36. 1.711 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Apr 9, 4:05 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
37. 2.312km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 9, 4:05 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
38. 2.010 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Apr 9, 4:06 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
39. 2.28km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 9, 5:42 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
40. 2.03km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 9, 8:22 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
41. 2.011 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Apr 9, 9:26 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
42. 2.351km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Apr 9, 9:26 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
43. 2.92 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Apr 9, 10:21 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
44. 2.542km ENE of Hawthorne, NVThu, Apr 9, 10:30 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
45. 2.064km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Apr 9, 10:51 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
46. 2.33km NNW of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 9, 11:33 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
47. 2.44km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 9, 11:35 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
48. 2.24km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 9, 11:37 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
49. 2.15km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 9, 11:41 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
50. 2.11km NNW of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 9, 11:47 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
51. 2.120km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 9, 5:25 PM PST · 16601 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
52. 1.953km NNE of Yosemite Valley, CAThu, Apr 9, 6:55 PM PST · 16601 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
53. 2.610km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Apr 10, 8:32 AM PST · 16601 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
54. 2.312km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Apr 10, 9:43 AM PST · 16601 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
55. 2.249km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Apr 10, 3:47 PM PST · 16601 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
56. 3.728 km NNW of Benton, CaliforniaFri, Apr 10, 8:13 PM PST · 16600 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
57. 2.912 km NW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Apr 10, 11:03 PM PST · 16600 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
58. 2.151km S of Hawthorne, NVSat, Apr 11, 2:27 AM PST · 16600 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
59. 3.08 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Apr 11, 2:54 AM PST · 16600 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
60. 2.422km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Apr 11, 3:08 AM PST · 16600 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci12261971. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.