California earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 2 km SE of Topaz, California

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Topaz, California on Thu, Sep 9, 1982, 1:57 AM PDT (08:57 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 1 km W of Alpine Village, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-09-09 08:57:37 UTC
Depth
4.1 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.605° N, 119.502° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
215°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.41 km W of Alpine Village, California · 16073 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.21 km NW of Alpine Village, California · 16073 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 3.210 km WNW of Bridgeport, California · 16066 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.011 km W of Bridgeport, California · 16060 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 1.733 km NW of Benton, California · 16056 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.812 km E of Bridgeport, California · 16055 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.646km SSE of Smith Valley, NV · 16055 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.811 km E of Bridgeport, California · 16054 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.18 km WSW of Topaz, California · 16044 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 3.124km NNW of Hawthorne, NV · 16040 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.27 km WNW of Topaz, California · 16037 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.620 km N of El Portal, California · 16033 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.929km NNW of Hawthorne, NV · 16029 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.311 km SE of Kirkwood, California · 16025 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 2.4California-Nevada border region · 16088 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.328km NNW of Hawthorne, NV · 16089 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.320km NW of Hawthorne, NV · 16090 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 3.69 km NNE of Walker Lake, Nevada · 16096 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.31 km ESE of Mesa Vista, California · 16097 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 3.048km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16099 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.66 km S of Floriston, California · 16099 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.93 km S of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 16107 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 1.68 km E of Mono City, California · 16110 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.721 km E of Mono City, California · 16112 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.17 km W of Mono City, California · 16114 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1078726. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.