California earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 16 km NNE of Mesa, California

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 16 km NNE of Mesa, California on Mon, Jul 21, 1986, 9:04 AM PDT (16:04 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.8 10 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-07-21 16:04:01 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.551° N, 118.462° 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 4.8 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
315°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.913 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 2.813 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.817 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 3.413 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 3.016 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 3.410 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 3.214 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.714 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 3.417 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.711 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 2.611 km NE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.616 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.511 km NE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.18 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.719 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 3.713 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.616 km NE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 3.113 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.815 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.615 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 3.014 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 4.611 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 1.93 km NNE of Round Valley, California · 14681 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 2.410 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.319 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 2.311 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 1.511 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 3.815 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 2.515 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 2.47 km ENE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.114 km NE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 2.618 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 2.214 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 2.516 km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 1.916 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 2.216 km E of Sunny Slopes, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 1.615 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 2.12 km NE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 1.79 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 2.710 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  41. 1.720 km W of Dyer, Nevada · 14681 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 2.116 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 2.715 km E of Sunny Slopes, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 2.610 km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  45. 3.114 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 2.322 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 2.013 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 3.013 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 2.016 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  50. 2.315 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 2.010 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 2.216 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 1.812 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 1.915 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  55. 2.111 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 4.513 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 3.517 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 3.513 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 1.719 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 2.318 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.53 km N of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · -2 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.716 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · -2 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 3.28 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 3.38 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 2.512 km NE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 3.410 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.315 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 3.817 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 3.97 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 3.48 km ENE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 14681 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.518 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.415 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 4.520 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 4.516 km NE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 4.217 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.816 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 3.410 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 4.017 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 3.020 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14681 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 3.114 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1139710. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.