California earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 5 km ENE of Mesa, California

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Mesa, California on Sat, May 31, 1986, 8:20 AM PDT (15:20 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.4 The 1986 Chalfant Valley, California Earthquake. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-05-31 15:20:50 UTC
Depth
12.7 km (7.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.428° N, 118.486° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.25
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
32

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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.212 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 14729 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.512 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14729 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.815 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14729 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 1.84 km SE of Swall Meadows, California · 14728 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.56 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14728 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.824 km SW of Big Pine, California · 14726 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.62 km N of Round Valley, California · 14726 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.67 km E of Swall Meadows, California · 14725 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.515 km W of Dyer, Nevada · 14725 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 1.65 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14725 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.917 km NW of Benton, California · 14724 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.66 km N of Round Valley, California · 14723 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.31 km E of Round Valley, California · 14722 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 1.75 km SSE of Swall Meadows, California · 14721 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.91 km E of Round Valley, California · 14721 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 1.61 km W of Mesa, California · 14721 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.81 km E of Round Valley, California · 14721 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.712 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14721 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.631 km E of Mono City, California · 14721 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 1.514 km NW of Benton, California · 14720 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 2.712 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14719 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 1.912 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14719 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 2.223 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14719 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.811 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14717 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 2.112 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14717 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 3.054km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 14717 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.653km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 14716 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.511 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14715 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 1.76 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14715 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 1.56 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14715 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 2.010 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14714 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.113 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14714 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 2.427 km NE of Big Creek, California · 14713 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 1.515 km W of Round Valley, California · 14713 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 2.94 km NW of Round Valley, California · 14712 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 1.8California-Nevada border region · 14711 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 1.95 km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14711 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 1.67 km NNW of Auberry, California · 14711 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 1.612 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14711 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 2.02 km W of Round Valley, California · 14710 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.030 km E of Mono City, California · 14710 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.68 km SW of West Bishop, California · 14710 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 2.05 km ESE of Bishop, California · 14710 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 1.69 km E of Mono City, California · 14709 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 1.615 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14709 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 1.68 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 14708 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  47. 2.337km ENE of Independence, CA · 14708 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 1.616 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14708 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 1.55 km N of Round Valley, California · 14708 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 1.52 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14707 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 1.911 km SW of Big Pine, California · 14707 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 1.511 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14706 days ago · -1 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 1.913 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14705 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 1.812 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14705 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 2.615 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14705 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 1.76 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14704 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 1.714 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14704 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  58. 1.912 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14704 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 1.710 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14704 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 1.611 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14702 days ago · -2 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.03 km S of Bass Lake, California · 14729 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.65 km N of Round Valley, California · 14732 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 1.62 km N of Round Valley, California · 14733 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.05 km N of Round Valley, California · 14733 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.01 km SW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14736 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.65 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14736 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.718 km E of Mono City, California · 14736 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.812 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14738 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.211 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14739 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.826 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14740 days ago · -2 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.213 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14742 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.613 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14743 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.41 km SSE of Mesa, California · 14744 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.620 km ENE of Mono City, California · 14744 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.612 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14744 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 1.718 km SSE of Shaver Lake, California · 14746 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.714 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 14747 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 1.94 km WNW of Round Valley, California · 14747 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 1.715 km E of Mono City, California · 14747 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.34 km SSE of Swall Meadows, California · 14748 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73682 (also filed as ci125778). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:02 PM UTC.