M2.3 earthquake 43km SSE of Hawthorne, NV

Magnitude

2.3 (mh), micro

Local time

Tue, Feb 3, 1981, 5:18 AM PST

UTC

1981-02-03 13:18:06 UTC

Depth

4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.168° N, 118.437° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.0 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.31

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

342°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Hawthorne, NevadaPopulation 3,269. Forecast43 kmSSE
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast139 kmSE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast187 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast458 kmN

After

1. 2.138km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Feb 3, 7:47 AM PST · 16674 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
2. 2.44km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Feb 3, 8:34 PM PST · 16674 days ago · -2 km deep · 73 km away
3. 2.213 km NNW of Benton, CaliforniaThu, Feb 5, 12:18 AM PST · 16673 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
4. 1.78 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Feb 5, 6:14 AM PST · 16673 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
5. 2.034km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 5, 3:21 PM PST · 16672 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
6. 2.149km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 5, 5:13 PM PST · 16672 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
7. 2.229km S of Hawthorne, NVThu, Feb 5, 7:21 PM PST · 16672 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
8. 2.914 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Feb 6, 12:13 AM PST · 16672 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
9. 3.212 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Feb 6, 12:44 AM PST · 16672 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
10. 2.425km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Feb 6, 12:47 AM PST · 16672 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
11. 1.921km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Feb 6, 6:11 AM PST · 16672 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
12. 2.348km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAFri, Feb 6, 12:18 PM PST · 16671 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
13. 2.017km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Feb 6, 10:41 PM PST · 16671 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
14. 1.925km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Feb 7, 3:44 AM PST · 16671 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
15. 1.927km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Feb 7, 10:26 AM PST · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
16. 2.538km SSE of Hawthorne, NVSat, Feb 7, 1:00 PM PST · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
17. 2.440km SSE of Hawthorne, NVSat, Feb 7, 4:21 PM PST · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
18. 2.420km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Feb 7, 5:22 PM PST · 16670 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
19. 2.236km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASun, Feb 8, 12:21 AM PST · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
20. 2.114 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Feb 8, 2:05 AM PST · 16670 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
21. 2.037km SSE of Hawthorne, NVSun, Feb 8, 3:02 AM PST · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
22. 1.942km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASun, Feb 8, 8:44 PM PST · 16669 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
23. 2.012km SE of Bishop, CASun, Feb 8, 10:41 PM PST · 16669 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
24. 2.353km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Feb 9, 9:34 AM PST · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
25. 2.434km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Feb 10, 8:12 AM PST · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
26. 2.918km W of Hawthorne, NVWed, Feb 11, 6:23 AM PST · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
27. 1.735km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 11, 6:41 AM PST · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
28. 2.432km NW of Hawthorne, NVWed, Feb 11, 10:05 AM PST · 16666 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
29. 2.115km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Feb 11, 10:00 PM PST · 16666 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
30. 2.149km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 12, 4:51 AM PST · 16666 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
31. 1.936km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 12, 4:51 AM PST · 16666 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
32. 2.425km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Feb 12, 12:23 PM PST · 16665 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
33. 2.725km W of Tonopah, NVThu, Feb 12, 2:33 PM PST · 16665 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
34. 2.411km SE of Bishop, CAThu, Feb 12, 4:52 PM PST · 16665 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
35. 2.313km N of Big Pine, CAThu, Feb 12, 4:52 PM PST · 16665 days ago · -2 km deep · 100 km away
36. 3.412 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Feb 13, 7:01 AM PST · 16665 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
37. 2.646km SE of Hawthorne, NVFri, Feb 13, 1:11 PM PST · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
38. 2.534km SE of Hawthorne, NVFri, Feb 13, 1:25 PM PST · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
39. 2.166km SE of Hawthorne, NVFri, Feb 13, 3:06 PM PST · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
40. 2.324km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAFri, Feb 13, 4:46 PM PST · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
41. 2.522km SSW of Hawthorne, NVFri, Feb 13, 10:30 PM PST · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
42. 2.133km E of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Feb 14, 10:06 PM PST · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
43. 2.412km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Feb 15, 4:05 PM PST · 16662 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
44. 2.418km SE of Hawthorne, NVSun, Feb 15, 8:27 PM PST · 16662 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
45. 2.438km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Feb 16, 3:27 AM PST · 16662 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
46. 2.444km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Feb 17, 2:56 AM PST · 16661 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
47. 2.336km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Feb 17, 4:57 AM PST · 16661 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
48. 2.541km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Feb 17, 2:52 PM PST · 16660 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
49. 1.89 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Feb 17, 8:07 PM PST · 16660 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
50. 2.126km E of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Feb 17, 11:54 PM PST · 16660 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
51. 2.331km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 18, 1:09 AM PST · 16660 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
52. 2.42km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Feb 18, 6:01 AM PST · 16660 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
53. 3.12 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Feb 18, 6:02 AM PST · 16660 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
54. 1.861km SE of Hawthorne, NVWed, Feb 18, 3:45 PM PST · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
55. 2.343km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 18, 4:11 PM PST · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
56. 1.841km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 18, 9:30 PM PST · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
57. 2.350km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 18, 10:19 PM PST · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
58. 2.121km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 19, 8:46 AM PST · 16658 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
59. 2.127km NW of West Bishop, CAThu, Feb 19, 4:18 PM PST · 16658 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
60. 2.86km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Feb 20, 8:57 AM PST · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

1. 2.438km SSE of Hawthorne, NVTue, Feb 3, 12:28 AM PST · 16675 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
2. 2.140km SSE of Hawthorne, NVTue, Feb 3, 12:22 AM PST · 16675 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
3. 2.441km SSE of Hawthorne, NVMon, Feb 2, 9:41 PM PST · 16675 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
4. 2.734km S of Hawthorne, NVMon, Feb 2, 6:50 PM PST · 16675 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
5. 2.74 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Feb 2, 6:01 PM PST · 16675 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
6. 2.346km ESE of Hawthorne, NVMon, Feb 2, 3:35 PM PST · 16675 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
7. 1.950km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Feb 2, 2:52 AM PST · 16676 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
8. 2.9California-Nevada border regionMon, Feb 2, 1:15 AM PST · 16676 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
9. 2.543km SE of Hawthorne, NVSun, Feb 1, 8:48 PM PST · 16676 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
10. 2.122km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Feb 1, 6:15 PM PST · 16676 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
11. 1.971km W of Tonopah, NVSun, Feb 1, 12:54 AM PST · 16677 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
12. 2.246km S of Hawthorne, NVSat, Jan 31, 6:20 AM PST · 16678 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
13. 2.069km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASat, Jan 31, 4:39 AM PST · 16678 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
14. 2.573km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASat, Jan 31, 4:22 AM PST · 16678 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
15. 2.973km W of Tonopah, NVSat, Jan 31, 4:05 AM PST · 16678 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
16. 2.972km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASat, Jan 31, 3:14 AM PST · 16678 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
17. 2.325km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Jan 31, 12:42 AM PST · 16678 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
18. 2.520km SSE of Hawthorne, NVFri, Jan 30, 6:24 PM PST · 16678 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
19. 2.516km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Jan 30, 9:54 AM PST · 16678 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
20. 2.411 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jan 29, 6:57 PM PST · 16679 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3302155. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.