M1.7 earthquake 2 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California

Magnitude

1.7 (md), micro

Local time

Fri, May 22, 1981, 3:00 PM PDT

UTC

1981-05-22 22:00:21 UTC

Depth

4.9 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.636° N, 118.955° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

209°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

9

• Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaPopulation 7,946. Forecast2 kmSE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast112 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast404 kmN

After

1. 1.921km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Jun 29, 5:50 AM PDT · 16521 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
2. 2.019km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Jun 29, 8:34 AM PDT · 16521 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
3. 2.515km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Jun 29, 6:35 PM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
4. 3.310 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Jun 29, 7:30 PM PDT · 16520 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
5. 3.2California-Nevada border regionTue, Jun 30, 12:24 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
6. 1.716km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 1:24 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
7. 2.012 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jun 30, 1:31 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
8. 3.712 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jun 30, 1:31 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
9. 2.810 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Jun 30, 1:32 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
10. 3.211 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jun 30, 1:56 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
11. 3.012 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jun 30, 2:32 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
12. 3.212 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jun 30, 2:36 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
13. 2.67km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 7:23 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
14. 3.07km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 7:28 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
15. 1.910km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 7:59 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
16. 2.15km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 8:03 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
17. 1.77km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 8:10 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
18. 2.47km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 8:21 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
19. 3.112 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Jun 30, 8:45 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
20. 1.98 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jun 30, 9:33 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
21. 1.955km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 10:04 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
22. 1.98km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 11:14 AM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
23. 2.77km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 12:13 PM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
24. 2.69km N of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 12:37 PM PDT · 16520 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
25. 2.711 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jun 30, 12:55 PM PDT · 16520 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
26. 3.19 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jun 30, 12:59 PM PDT · 16520 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
27. 3.210 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jun 30, 2:36 PM PDT · 16519 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
28. 2.16km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 2:44 PM PDT · 16519 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
29. 2.255km SE of Hawthorne, NVTue, Jun 30, 3:47 PM PDT · 16519 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
30. 2.88km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 4:01 PM PDT · 16519 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
31. 2.77km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Jun 30, 9:39 PM PDT · 16519 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
32. 3.113 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Jul 1, 4:19 AM PDT · 16519 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
33. 3.18 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Jul 1, 5:30 AM PDT · 16519 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
34. 3.09 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Jul 1, 5:42 AM PDT · 16519 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
35. 3.19 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Jul 1, 6:17 AM PDT · 16519 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
36. 2.515km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Jul 1, 2:38 PM PDT · 16518 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
37. 2.346km SSE of Hawthorne, NVWed, Jul 1, 5:49 PM PDT · 16518 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
38. 3.11 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jul 2, 5:42 AM PDT · 16518 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
39. 2.911 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jul 2, 6:48 AM PDT · 16518 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
40. 3.011 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jul 2, 7:07 AM PDT · 16518 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
41. 2.111 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jul 2, 7:20 AM PDT · 16518 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
42. 1.512km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Jul 2, 8:53 AM PDT · 16518 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
43. 1.813 km NNW of Benton, CaliforniaThu, Jul 2, 9:30 AM PDT · 16518 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
44. 1.614km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Jul 4, 4:53 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
45. 1.919km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASat, Jul 4, 7:32 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
46. 1.94 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 4, 7:36 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
47. 1.55 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 4, 7:37 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
48. 2.85 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 4, 7:42 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
49. 1.54 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 4, 7:43 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
50. 1.62 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 4, 8:15 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
51. 2.84 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 4, 8:52 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
52. 1.85 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 4, 9:42 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
53. 1.84 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jul 4, 10:23 PM PDT · 16515 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
54. 1.85 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 5, 4:06 AM PDT · 16515 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
55. 1.64 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 5, 4:08 AM PDT · 16515 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
56. 1.74 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 5, 4:19 AM PDT · 16515 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
57. 2.510km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Jul 5, 6:02 AM PDT · 16515 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
58. 1.74 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 5, 7:21 AM PDT · 16515 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
59. 1.74 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 5, 8:18 AM PDT · 16515 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
60. 1.94 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jul 5, 8:41 AM PDT · 16515 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1063913 (also filed as ci516394). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:55 AM UTC.