California earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 6 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California on Sat, Nov 28, 1981, 1:31 AM PST (09:31 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 10 km W of Aspen Springs, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-11-28 09:31:27 UTC
Depth
3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.596° N, 118.948° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.32
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
202°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.014km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16368 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.59km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16368 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.612km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16367 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.322km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16367 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 3.510 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16366 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 3.110 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16366 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.466km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16366 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.915 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16363 days ago · -2 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.310 km SSW of Bootjack, California · 16363 days ago · 32 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.814 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16363 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 1.614 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16363 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.53km NNW of West Bishop, CA · 16358 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 3.52 km W of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 16357 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.59km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16357 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.655km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16357 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.618 km ESE of Long Barn, California · 16357 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.918 km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, California · 16357 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.23 km W of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 16356 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.646km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16356 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.813km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16355 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 2.19 km NE of Midpines, California · 16355 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.118 km WNW of Bridgeport, California · 16355 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 1.514 km SE of Catheys Valley, California · 16354 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.615 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16352 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 1.58 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16351 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 1.58 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16351 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 1.811 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16350 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 1.612 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16349 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 1.712 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16348 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 1.721km SSW of West Bishop, CA · 16348 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 2.610 km N of Friant, California · 16347 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.922 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 16347 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 1.812 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16345 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 2.215km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16345 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 3.211 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16341 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.36 km SSW of El Portal, California · 16340 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.66 km SE of Catheys Valley, California · 16338 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.86 km SE of Catheys Valley, California · 16338 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 1.910 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16338 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 3.44 km SE of Swall Meadows, California · 16338 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 1.81 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16336 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 1.81 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16336 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 1.71 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16336 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 1.97 km E of Fish Camp, California · 16336 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  45. 2.414 km ENE of Fish Camp, California · 16336 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 1.918 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16331 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 3.56 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16330 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  48. 2.029 km NW of Benton, California · 16328 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 1.814 km NNW of Benton, California · 16328 days ago · -2 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.93 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16327 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 1.62 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16327 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 2.619 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16325 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 2.320 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16325 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 1.920 km E of Wawona, California · 16325 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 2.929 km NW of Benton, California · 16321 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 1.86 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16317 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 3.029 km NW of Benton, California · 16315 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 2.77 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16315 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 3.011 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16314 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 2.021 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16314 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 2.76km N of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16370 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 3.44 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16370 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.422km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16371 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 3.48 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16371 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 3.29 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16371 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.28 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16374 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.810 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16374 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 1.912km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16375 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 1.915km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16375 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.651km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16375 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.09 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16375 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.818km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16376 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.18km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16376 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.39 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16376 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 3.1Central California · 16377 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 2.312 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16377 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 1.925km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16378 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 3.112 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16378 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 1.814km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16379 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.664km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16379 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1069792 (also filed as ci152081). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC.