California earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 43km S of Hawthorne, NV

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 43km S of Hawthorne, NV on Fri, Jan 2, 1981, 2:35 AM PST (10:35 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 32 km SW of Mina, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (Mh), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1981-01-02 10:35:15 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.135° N, 118.615° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.40
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
308°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 103 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.337km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16708 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.547km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16708 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.243km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16708 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.649km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16707 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 1.941km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16707 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.925km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16707 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.247km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16706 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.925km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16706 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.346km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16706 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.914km NE of Bishop, CA · 16706 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.538km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16706 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.827km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16705 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.58km SSW of Hawthorne, NV · 16704 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 2.527km SSW of Hawthorne, NV · 16704 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.932km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16704 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.232km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16704 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.323km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.022km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.244km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.123km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.229km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 2.248km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.428km E of Hawthorne, NV · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 2.347km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 2.448km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.346km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 2.148km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16703 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.414km N of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16702 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 2.313km N of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16702 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.224km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16702 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 2.535km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16702 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 2.313km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16702 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 2.97 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16702 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 1.936km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16702 days ago · -2 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.150km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16702 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 2.044km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16702 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.452km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16701 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 1.918km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16701 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 2.217km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16701 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.98km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16701 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 2.441km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16701 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 2.747km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16700 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 1.927km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16700 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 2.912 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16700 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 1.946km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16700 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 2.39km NNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16700 days ago · -2 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 2.538km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16700 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 2.541km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16700 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 2.713km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16699 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 1.72 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16699 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 2.011 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16699 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 2.632km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16699 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 3.433 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 16699 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  54. 1.87 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16699 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 2.529km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16698 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 2.73km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16698 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  57. 1.724km ENE of Bishop, CA · 16698 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 1.642km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16698 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 1.946km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16698 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 3.021km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16698 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.233km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16708 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.236km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16708 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.420km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16708 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.527km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16708 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.127km WNW of West Bishop, CA · 16708 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 3.213 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16708 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.018km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16708 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.260km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16709 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.657km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16709 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 4.227 km NNW of Benton, California · 16709 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.94 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16709 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.838km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16709 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.323km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16709 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 3.06 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16710 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 3.512 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16710 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.421km W of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16710 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.79 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16710 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 3.159km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 16710 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.866km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 16711 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.964km W of Tonopah, NV · 16711 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3301603. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:57 AM UTC.