M2.5 earthquake 15km SE of Lone Pine, CA

Magnitude

2.5 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Jul 21, 1981, 10:09 AM PDT

UTC

1981-07-21 17:09:43 UTC

Depth

0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.493° N, 117.948° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.24

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

52°

Stations used

0

• Lone Pine, CaliforniaPopulation 2,035. Forecast16 kmSE
• Ridgecrest, CaliforniaPopulation 28,780. Forecast100 kmNNW
• Visalia, CaliforniaPopulation 130,104. Forecast122 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast273 kmN

After

1. 2.020km NNE of Inyokern, CAWed, Jul 22, 11:45 AM PDT · 16506 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
2. 1.82km E of Little Lake, CAThu, Jul 23, 3:26 PM PDT · 16505 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
3. 1.522km E of Coso Junction, CAThu, Jul 23, 10:41 PM PDT · 16504 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
4. 3.058km ENE of Big Pine, CAFri, Jul 24, 5:02 AM PDT · 16504 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
5. 2.013km SE of Olancha, CAFri, Jul 24, 2:15 PM PDT · 16504 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
6. 1.612km ESE of Olancha, CASat, Jul 25, 3:25 AM PDT · 16503 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
7. 2.216km ENE of Coso Junction, CASat, Jul 25, 9:32 AM PDT · 16503 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
8. 2.017km ENE of Coso Junction, CASat, Jul 25, 10:03 AM PDT · 16503 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
9. 1.617km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Jul 25, 10:28 AM PDT · 16503 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
10. 2.216km ENE of Coso Junction, CASat, Jul 25, 11:04 AM PDT · 16503 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
11. 2.916km ENE of Coso Junction, CASat, Jul 25, 1:05 PM PDT · 16503 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
12. 1.814km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Jul 25, 6:28 PM PDT · 16502 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
13. 1.817km E of Little Lake, CASat, Jul 25, 10:49 PM PDT · 16502 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
14. 1.613km ENE of Coso Junction, CASun, Jul 26, 12:48 AM PDT · 16502 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
15. 2.542km E of Big Pine, CAMon, Jul 27, 9:36 AM PDT · 16501 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
16. 2.120km ENE of Coso Junction, CATue, Jul 28, 4:29 AM PDT · 16500 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
17. 1.622km N of Searles Valley, CASat, Aug 1, 6:04 PM PDT · 16495 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
18. 1.72km SW of Kernville, CAMon, Aug 3, 10:55 PM PDT · 16493 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
19. 2.128km N of Searles Valley, CATue, Aug 4, 7:37 PM PDT · 16492 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away
20. 1.527km ENE of Little Lake, CAWed, Aug 5, 1:30 AM PDT · 16492 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
21. 1.724km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Aug 5, 3:23 PM PDT · 16492 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
22. 2.134km WSW of Olancha, CASat, Aug 8, 6:34 AM PDT · 16489 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
23. 1.916km NNE of Inyokern, CASat, Aug 8, 10:29 AM PDT · 16489 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
24. 2.316km NNE of Inyokern, CASat, Aug 8, 7:19 PM PDT · 16488 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
25. 1.56km E of Coso Junction, CAWed, Aug 12, 9:44 PM PDT · 16484 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
26. 1.68km SE of Independence, CAFri, Aug 14, 9:02 PM PDT · 16482 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
27. 1.614km ENE of Big Pine, CASun, Aug 16, 1:24 PM PDT · 16481 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
28. 1.529km ESE of Porterville, CAMon, Aug 17, 5:34 PM PDT · 16479 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
29. 1.79km ESE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Aug 17, 6:59 PM PDT · 16479 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
30. 1.715km NNE of Inyokern, CAWed, Aug 19, 7:43 PM PDT · 16477 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
31. 1.67km E of Coso Junction, CAThu, Aug 20, 2:20 PM PDT · 16477 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
32. 1.624km SSW of Little Lake, CAThu, Aug 20, 6:44 PM PDT · 16476 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
33. 2.16km E of Coso Junction, CAThu, Aug 20, 8:24 PM PDT · 16476 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
34. 1.913km ENE of Little Lake, CAFri, Aug 21, 6:26 AM PDT · 16476 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
35. 1.713km E of Little Lake, CAFri, Aug 21, 10:44 AM PDT · 16476 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
36. 2.06km ESE of Coso Junction, CASat, Aug 22, 11:02 AM PDT · 16475 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
37. 1.927km WSW of Coso Junction, CAMon, Aug 24, 4:20 AM PDT · 16473 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
38. 1.77km NW of Olancha, CAMon, Aug 24, 9:36 PM PDT · 16472 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
39. 1.513km NNE of Inyokern, CAMon, Aug 31, 1:57 AM PDT · 16466 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
40. 1.814km NE of Inyokern, CAMon, Aug 31, 4:03 AM PDT · 16466 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
41. 1.715km NE of Inyokern, CASat, Sep 5, 7:09 AM PDT · 16461 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
42. 1.516km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Sep 5, 8:32 AM PDT · 16461 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
43. 1.514km E of Coso Junction, CASat, Sep 5, 12:00 PM PDT · 16461 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
44. 1.67km WNW of Little Lake, CASun, Sep 6, 6:35 AM PDT · 16460 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
45. 2.120km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Sep 9, 10:42 AM PDT · 16457 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
46. 2.020km WNW of Searles Valley, CAMon, Sep 14, 6:53 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
47. 1.65km WNW of Little Lake, CATue, Sep 15, 5:02 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
48. 1.59km SSW of Olancha, CAFri, Sep 18, 6:23 AM PDT · 16448 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
49. 2.321km WSW of Olancha, CAFri, Sep 18, 6:56 PM PDT · 16447 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
50. 2.511km SSW of Olancha, CAFri, Sep 18, 11:18 PM PDT · 16447 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
51. 1.514km S of Olancha, CAFri, Sep 18, 11:30 PM PDT · 16447 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
52. 1.79km WNW of Olancha, CASat, Sep 19, 12:17 AM PDT · 16447 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
53. 1.56km WNW of Olancha, CASat, Sep 19, 7:00 AM PDT · 16447 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away

Before

1. 1.89km ESE of Bishop, CAMon, Jul 20, 8:26 AM PDT · 16508 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
2. 2.416km NNE of Inyokern, CASun, Jul 19, 12:06 PM PDT · 16509 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
3. 1.719km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Jul 19, 3:03 AM PDT · 16509 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
4. 3.021km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Jul 18, 2:22 PM PDT · 16510 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
5. 1.915km NE of Inyokern, CAMon, Jul 13, 2:06 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
6. 2.015km NNE of Inyokern, CAMon, Jul 13, 6:40 AM PDT · 16515 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
7. 1.519km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Jul 12, 10:38 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
8. 1.832km ENE of Coso Junction, CASat, Jul 11, 7:14 AM PDT · 16517 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
9. 1.816km N of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Jul 6, 1:15 PM PDT · 16522 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
10. 2.014km NNE of Inyokern, CASun, Jul 5, 7:47 PM PDT · 16522 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
11. 2.212km NNE of Inyokern, CASun, Jul 5, 5:23 PM PDT · 16522 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
12. 3.116km NNE of Inyokern, CASun, Jul 5, 10:45 AM PDT · 16523 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
13. 2.114km NE of Inyokern, CASun, Jul 5, 7:17 AM PDT · 16523 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
14. 2.614km NE of Inyokern, CASun, Jul 5, 6:34 AM PDT · 16523 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
15. 2.915km NNE of Inyokern, CASun, Jul 5, 6:33 AM PDT · 16523 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
16. 2.816km NNE of Inyokern, CASun, Jul 5, 5:31 AM PDT · 16523 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
17. 3.117km NNE of Inyokern, CASun, Jul 5, 3:30 AM PDT · 16523 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
18. 2.012km ENE of Little Lake, CAFri, Jul 3, 9:35 PM PDT · 16524 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
19. 2.130km N of Searles Valley, CAFri, Jul 3, 7:57 AM PDT · 16525 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
20. 2.924km ENE of Coso Junction, CASun, Jun 28, 4:49 PM PDT · 16529 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci519711. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC.