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M2.3 earthquake 7 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 7 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California on Tue, Apr 13, 1982, 4:29 PM PST (00:29 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 8 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-04-14 00:29:53 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.582° N, 118.966° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 11.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
300°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.58 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16232 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 4.524 km N of Benton, California · 16231 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.911 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16229 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 1.631 km NW of Benton, California · 16226 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 3.48 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16224 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.612 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16223 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.611 km NW of Aspen Springs, California · 16222 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 3.35 km S of Mesa, California · 16221 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.631 km E of Mono City, California · 16220 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 3.015 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16219 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.911 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16218 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.217 km ENE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16218 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 3.454km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16216 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.8California-Nevada border region · 16211 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.53 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16210 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 3.32 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.53 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 1.92 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 3.43 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.53 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 2.02 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 2.11 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 2.33 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  24. 1.712 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16209 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 1.82 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 1.71 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 1.510 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 2.13 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 1.73 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 1.55 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16209 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 3.83 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16209 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 1.91 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16208 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 2.46 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16208 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 1.77 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16208 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 3.34 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16208 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 3.42 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16208 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  37. 3.10 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16207 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 1.72 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16207 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 2.96km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16207 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 3.117 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 16207 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 1.64 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16207 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 2.44 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16206 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  43. 3.33 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16206 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 1.68 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16206 days ago · -2 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 3.26km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16206 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.17 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16204 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.017 km SE of Walker, California · 16203 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.917 km SE of Walker, California · 16203 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.217 km NW of Bridgeport, California · 16203 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 2.86 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16203 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 1.660km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16201 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 1.89 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 16197 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.616 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16197 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  54. 1.510 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16197 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 1.732 km NW of Benton, California · 16193 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 2.210 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16190 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  57. 2.312km N of Independence, CA · 16190 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 1.815 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16189 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  59. 2.411 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16189 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 3.410 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16189 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 2.42 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16233 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.39 km W of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16234 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 1.99 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16234 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.410 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16234 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.44 km ENE of Midpines, California · 16234 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.86 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16234 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 1.87 km W of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16234 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 2.516 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16235 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.79 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16235 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.59 km NNE of Wawona, California · 16235 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.39 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16235 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.79 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16235 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.57 km W of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16235 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.911 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16235 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.923 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16235 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 3.211 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16237 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 3.26 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16241 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.510 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16242 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 1.611 km S of Bootjack, California · 16243 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.810 km NW of Aspen Springs, California · 16243 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1073705. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC.