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M2.1 earthquake 27 km NW of Benton, California

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 27 km NW of Benton, California on Mon, Jun 14, 1982, 8:24 AM PDT (15:24 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 15 km SW of Aspen Springs, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-06-14 15:24:58 UTC
Depth
3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.009° N, 118.669° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.210 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16175 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.013 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16174 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.812 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16174 days ago · -1 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.92 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16174 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.811 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16174 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.61 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16173 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.51 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16173 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.612 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16173 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.25 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16173 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.84 km SW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16173 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.49 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16172 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.712 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16172 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.815km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16172 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.611 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16172 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.25 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16171 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.34 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16171 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 2.027 km NW of Benton, California · 16171 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.58 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16171 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.910 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16171 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.310 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16171 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.74 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16171 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 2.242km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16170 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 1.515 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16169 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 2.59 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16169 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 2.015 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16169 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 3.214 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16169 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.413 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16169 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 1.77 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16168 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 2.411 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16168 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.712 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16168 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 2.918km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16167 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 2.415 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16167 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 3.513 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16167 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 2.613 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16167 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 2.015 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16167 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.540km ENE of Hawthorne, NV · 16167 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 2.411 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16166 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 1.917 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16166 days ago · -2 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 2.115 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16166 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 3.415 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16166 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 3.815 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16165 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 2.215 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16165 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 2.014 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16165 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.414 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16165 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 1.65 km SSW of Swall Meadows, California · 16164 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 1.66 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16164 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.07 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16164 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 1.615 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16164 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.912 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16164 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 2.211 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16164 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.812 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16163 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  52. 3.012 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16163 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.81 km NW of Swall Meadows, California · 16163 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 2.35 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16163 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  55. 2.75 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16162 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  56. 2.110 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16162 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 3.318 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16161 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 3.123km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16161 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 2.318 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16161 days ago · -1 km deep · 64 km away
  60. 1.915 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16161 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.91 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16176 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.05 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16176 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.811 km NW of Aspen Springs, California · 16176 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 2.510 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16176 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.210 km NNE of Big Creek, California · 16176 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.05 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16176 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.53 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16176 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.93 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16176 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.836km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16177 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.012 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16178 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.310 km NNE of Big Creek, California · 16178 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.21 km NW of Round Valley, California · 16178 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.69 km SW of Swall Meadows, California · 16178 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.712km NE of Big Pine, CA · 16178 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 3.0California-Nevada border region · 16179 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.7California-Nevada border region · 16179 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.117 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16179 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.710 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16180 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.915 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16180 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.317 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16180 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1075331. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC.