M2.5 earthquake 13 km SW of Markleeville, California
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km SW of Markleeville, California on Thu, Sep 24, 1981, 6:51 PM PDT (01:51 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 9 km S of Dayton, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-09-25 01:51:14 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.626° N, 119.906° W
- Region
- California
- 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 0.8 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 243°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.49 km S of Dayton, Nevada · 16428 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.917 km W of Kirkwood, California · 16415 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.916 km ESE of Alta, California · 16408 days ago · 24 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.313 km SSE of Sparks, Nevada · 16393 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.87 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 16391 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.17 km N of Truckee, California · 16387 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.912 km N of Soda Springs, California · 16377 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 3.18 km E of Markleeville, California · 16441 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.84 km S of San Andreas, California · 16443 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.212 km SSW of Bridgeport, California · 16444 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Floriston, California · 16446 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.93 km S of San Andreas, California · 16450 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.66 km S of Kingvale, California · 16458 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.010 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 16462 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1067897. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.