California earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 5 km WSW of Walker, California

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Walker, California on Tue, Aug 18, 1981, 5:33 AM PDT (12:33 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 32 km NW of Benton, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-08-18 12:33:33 UTC
Depth
13.9 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.501° N, 119.534° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
174°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.639km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16468 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.611km NNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16467 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.010 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 16464 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.538km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16457 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 3.732 km NW of Benton, California · 16452 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.3California-Nevada border region · 16448 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.735km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16447 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.214 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16446 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.212 km SSW of Bridgeport, California · 16446 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.146km N of Hawthorne, NV · 16444 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 3.18 km E of Markleeville, California · 16443 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.936km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16441 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.513 km SW of Markleeville, California · 16435 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.49 km S of Dayton, Nevada · 16430 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.529km N of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16430 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.715km N of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16430 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.011 km ESE of Greeley Hill, California · 16428 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.2California-Nevada border region · 16424 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.831 km NW of Benton, California · 16424 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.130 km NW of Benton, California · 16424 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.830 km NW of Benton, California · 16424 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.130 km NW of Benton, California · 16424 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 1.730 km NW of Benton, California · 16424 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.131 km NW of Benton, California · 16424 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.623 km WSW of June Lake, California · 16423 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.523 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16423 days ago · 26 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.930 km NW of Benton, California · 16420 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.831 km NW of Benton, California · 16420 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 1.830 km NW of Benton, California · 16420 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 2.030 km NW of Benton, California · 16418 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 1.917 km W of Kirkwood, California · 16417 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 1.831 km NW of Benton, California · 16414 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 1.8California-Nevada border region · 16414 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.31 km SSE of Coleville, California · 16476 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.730 km NW of Benton, California · 16485 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.630 km NW of Benton, California · 16487 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.947km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16495 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.850km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16495 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.96 km NNW of Incline Village, Nevada · 16500 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1066898. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.