California earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 16 km NNE of Mesa, California

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 16 km NNE of Mesa, California on Mon, Jul 21, 1986, 9:51 AM PDT (16:51 UTC), 12 km (8 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
2.1 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-07-21 16:51:58 UTC
Depth
12.3 km (7.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.540° N, 118.442° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.36
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
265°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

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. 2.715 km E of Sunny Slopes, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.610 km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 3.114 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.322 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.013 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 3.013 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.016 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.315 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.010 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.216 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.812 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.915 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.111 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 4.513 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 3.517 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 3.513 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.719 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.318 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.814 km NE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.614 km NE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 2.89 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 4.59 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 2.211 km NE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14681 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 2.717 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 2.412 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 2.411 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.615 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 1.910 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 3.917 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 2.813 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 3.220 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14680 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 2.914 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 2.816 km NE of Swall Meadows, California · 14680 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 3.619 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14680 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 2.920km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 14680 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 1.62 km N of Sunny Slopes, California · 14680 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 2.820 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14680 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 4.418 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14680 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 4.319 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14680 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 2.416 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 3.517 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14680 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 2.016 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14680 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.117 km E of Sunny Slopes, California · 14680 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 2.53 km N of Mesa, California · 14680 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 2.216 km NE of Swall Meadows, California · 14680 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 2.013 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 1.910 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 3.016 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14680 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  49. 1.613 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 3.116 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 1.88 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14680 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.420 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14680 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 2.518 km NE of Mesa, California · 14680 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 1.911 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 2.912 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14680 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 2.917 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 4.019 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14680 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  58. 3.620 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14680 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  59. 3.022km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 14680 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 2.710 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14680 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.720 km W of Dyer, Nevada · 14681 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.710 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 1.79 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.12 km NE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 1.615 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.216 km E of Sunny Slopes, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.916 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.516 km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.214 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.618 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.114 km NE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.47 km ENE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 2.515 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 3.815 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.511 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.311 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14681 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.319 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 2.410 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 1.93 km NNE of Round Valley, California · 14681 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 4.611 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc97374. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC.