M2.3 earthquake 46km ESE of Hawthorne, NV

Magnitude

2.3 (mh), micro

Local time

Mon, Feb 2, 1981, 3:35 PM PST

UTC

1981-02-02 23:35:09 UTC

Depth

3.6 km (2.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.301° N, 118.186° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.8 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

328°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

5

• Hawthorne, NevadaPopulation 3,269. Forecast46 kmESE
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast150 kmESE
• Reno, NevadaPopulation 264,165. Forecast196 kmSE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast473 kmN

After

1. 2.74 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Feb 2, 6:01 PM PST · 16667 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
2. 2.734km S of Hawthorne, NVMon, Feb 2, 6:50 PM PST · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
3. 2.441km SSE of Hawthorne, NVMon, Feb 2, 9:41 PM PST · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
4. 2.140km SSE of Hawthorne, NVTue, Feb 3, 12:22 AM PST · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
5. 2.438km SSE of Hawthorne, NVTue, Feb 3, 12:28 AM PST · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
6. 2.343km SSE of Hawthorne, NVTue, Feb 3, 5:18 AM PST · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
7. 2.138km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Feb 3, 7:47 AM PST · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
8. 2.44km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Feb 3, 8:34 PM PST · 16666 days ago · -2 km deep · 98 km away
9. 2.630km N of Tonopah, NVWed, Feb 4, 11:42 AM PST · 16666 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
10. 2.213 km NNW of Benton, CaliforniaThu, Feb 5, 12:18 AM PST · 16665 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
11. 1.78 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Feb 5, 6:14 AM PST · 16665 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
12. 2.034km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 5, 3:21 PM PST · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
13. 2.149km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 5, 5:13 PM PST · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
14. 2.229km S of Hawthorne, NVThu, Feb 5, 7:21 PM PST · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
15. 2.425km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Feb 6, 12:47 AM PST · 16664 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
16. 2.348km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAFri, Feb 6, 12:18 PM PST · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
17. 2.017km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Feb 6, 10:41 PM PST · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
18. 1.927km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Feb 7, 10:26 AM PST · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
19. 2.538km SSE of Hawthorne, NVSat, Feb 7, 1:00 PM PST · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
20. 2.440km SSE of Hawthorne, NVSat, Feb 7, 4:21 PM PST · 16662 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
21. 2.236km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASun, Feb 8, 12:21 AM PST · 16662 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
22. 2.037km SSE of Hawthorne, NVSun, Feb 8, 3:02 AM PST · 16662 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
23. 1.942km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASun, Feb 8, 8:44 PM PST · 16661 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
24. 2.353km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Feb 9, 9:34 AM PST · 16661 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
25. 2.434km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Feb 10, 8:12 AM PST · 16660 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
26. 2.918km W of Hawthorne, NVWed, Feb 11, 6:23 AM PST · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
27. 1.735km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 11, 6:41 AM PST · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
28. 2.432km NW of Hawthorne, NVWed, Feb 11, 10:05 AM PST · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
29. 2.332km N of Tonopah, NVWed, Feb 11, 4:43 PM PST · 16658 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
30. 2.115km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Feb 11, 10:00 PM PST · 16658 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
31. 2.149km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 12, 4:51 AM PST · 16658 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
32. 1.936km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 12, 4:51 AM PST · 16658 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
33. 2.725km W of Tonopah, NVThu, Feb 12, 2:33 PM PST · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
34. 3.412 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Feb 13, 7:01 AM PST · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
35. 2.646km SE of Hawthorne, NVFri, Feb 13, 1:11 PM PST · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
36. 2.534km SE of Hawthorne, NVFri, Feb 13, 1:25 PM PST · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
37. 2.166km SE of Hawthorne, NVFri, Feb 13, 3:06 PM PST · 16656 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
38. 2.324km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAFri, Feb 13, 4:46 PM PST · 16656 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
39. 2.522km SSW of Hawthorne, NVFri, Feb 13, 10:30 PM PST · 16656 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
40. 2.133km E of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Feb 14, 10:06 PM PST · 16655 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
41. 2.412km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Feb 15, 4:05 PM PST · 16654 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
42. 2.418km SE of Hawthorne, NVSun, Feb 15, 8:27 PM PST · 16654 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
43. 2.438km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Feb 16, 3:27 AM PST · 16654 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
44. 2.444km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Feb 17, 2:56 AM PST · 16653 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
45. 2.336km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Feb 17, 4:57 AM PST · 16653 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
46. 2.541km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Feb 17, 2:52 PM PST · 16652 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
47. 1.89 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Feb 17, 8:07 PM PST · 16652 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
48. 2.126km E of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Feb 17, 11:54 PM PST · 16652 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
49. 2.331km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 18, 1:09 AM PST · 16652 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
50. 2.42km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Feb 18, 6:01 AM PST · 16652 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
51. 3.12 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Feb 18, 6:02 AM PST · 16652 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
52. 1.861km SE of Hawthorne, NVWed, Feb 18, 3:45 PM PST · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
53. 2.343km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 18, 4:11 PM PST · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
54. 1.841km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 18, 9:30 PM PST · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
55. 2.350km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 18, 10:19 PM PST · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
56. 2.121km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 19, 8:46 AM PST · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
57. 2.127km NW of West Bishop, CAThu, Feb 19, 4:18 PM PST · 16650 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
58. 2.86km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Feb 20, 8:57 AM PST · 16650 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
59. 2.120km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Feb 20, 12:53 PM PST · 16650 days ago · -2 km deep · 98 km away
60. 2.219km E of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Feb 22, 9:47 PM PST · 16647 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

1. 1.950km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Feb 2, 2:52 AM PST · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
2. 2.9California-Nevada border regionMon, Feb 2, 1:15 AM PST · 16668 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
3. 2.543km SE of Hawthorne, NVSun, Feb 1, 8:48 PM PST · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
4. 1.971km W of Tonopah, NVSun, Feb 1, 12:54 AM PST · 16669 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
5. 2.246km S of Hawthorne, NVSat, Jan 31, 6:20 AM PST · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
6. 2.069km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASat, Jan 31, 4:39 AM PST · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
7. 2.573km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASat, Jan 31, 4:22 AM PST · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
8. 2.973km W of Tonopah, NVSat, Jan 31, 4:05 AM PST · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
9. 2.972km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASat, Jan 31, 3:14 AM PST · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
10. 2.520km SSE of Hawthorne, NVFri, Jan 30, 6:24 PM PST · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
11. 2.411 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jan 29, 6:57 PM PST · 16671 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
12. 2.117km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Jan 29, 5:24 AM PST · 16672 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
13. 1.932km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Jan 29, 4:23 AM PST · 16672 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
14. 2.833km SE of Hawthorne, NVWed, Jan 28, 11:23 PM PST · 16672 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
15. 2.442km SSE of Hawthorne, NVWed, Jan 28, 1:35 PM PST · 16673 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
16. 2.536km SSE of Hawthorne, NVWed, Jan 28, 12:35 PM PST · 16673 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
17. 2.439km SSE of Hawthorne, NVWed, Jan 28, 12:18 PM PST · 16673 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
18. 4.532 km SW of Mina, NevadaWed, Jan 28, 12:08 PM PST · 16673 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
19. 3.038km SE of Hawthorne, NVWed, Jan 28, 12:06 PM PST · 16673 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
20. 1.818km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Jan 28, 5:25 AM PST · 16673 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3302134. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.