California earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 15 km NNE of Mesa, California

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 15 km NNE of Mesa, California on Sun, Aug 10, 1986, 2:18 AM PDT (09:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 1 km E of Bishop, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-08-10 09:18:49 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.536° N, 118.455° 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, 0.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.25
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
52°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.117 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14660 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.716 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.7California-Nevada border region · 14660 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.810 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.215 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14660 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.512 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.416 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14660 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.316 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14660 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 1.618 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14660 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 1.79 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 1.912 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.616 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14660 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 1.913 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.88 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.46 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.18 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.513 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.816 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14660 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.814 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.112 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 1.922 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14660 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 2.319 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14660 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 1.819 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14660 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 3.012 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 1.811 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 2.314 km NE of Big Pine, California · 14660 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 1.814 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 1.719 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14660 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.28 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 1.721 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14659 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 1.612 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 1.820 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14659 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 2.021 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14659 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 2.121 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14659 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 1.921 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14659 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 1.810 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 2.07 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 1.620 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14659 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 1.510 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 1.917 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14659 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 1.68 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 2.515 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 1.720 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14659 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 2.07 km N of Mesa, California · 14659 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 2.415 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14659 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 1.613 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 2.011 km NNW of Aspen Springs, California · 14659 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.111 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 1.711 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 1.712 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 1.612 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 1.912 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 2.610 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 14659 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 2.319 km NE of Swall Meadows, California · 14659 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.119 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14659 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.620 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14659 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 1.815 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14659 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 1.68 km WSW of Wilkerson, California · 14659 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  59. 3.712 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14658 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 1.514 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14658 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 201.

Before

  1. 2.310 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14660 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 1.921 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14660 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.414 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14661 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.114 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14661 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.614 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14661 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.010 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14661 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.620 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14661 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 1.812 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14661 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.517 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14661 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.012 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14661 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.918 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14661 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.217 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14661 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.417 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14661 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 1.610 km N of Benton, California · 14661 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 1.713 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14661 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 1.516 km NE of Mesa, California · 14661 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.114 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14661 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.717 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14661 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 3.120 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14661 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.716 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14661 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc78672 (also filed as ci706477). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:28 PM UTC.