California earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 3 km W of Round Valley, California

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 3 km W of Round Valley, California on Fri, Mar 6, 1987, 12:57 PM PST (20:57 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 10 km ENE of Big Pine, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1987-03-06 20:57:11 UTC
Depth
11.2 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.420° N, 118.631° 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, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.310 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 14428 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.58 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14428 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 1.612 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14428 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.818 km NE of Mesa, California · 14427 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.99 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14427 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.614 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14427 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.810 km ENE of Wilkerson, California · 14426 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.617 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14424 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 2.212 km NNE of Friant, California · 14424 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.53 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14423 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.820 km ENE of Mono City, California · 14423 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.731 km NW of Benton, California · 14422 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.812 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14422 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 2.016 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14422 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.015 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14422 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.614 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14422 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.212 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 14422 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.69 km NE of Big Pine, California · 14422 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.014 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14421 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.97 km ESE of Mono City, California · 14421 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 1.831 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14420 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.031 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14420 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.130 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14420 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  24. 1.73 km WSW of Swall Meadows, California · 14419 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 1.610 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14419 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 1.613 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14419 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 2.111 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14419 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 1.710 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14419 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 2.430 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14418 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 2.68 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14418 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 2.712 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14418 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 2.310km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 14418 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 1.57 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14418 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 1.88 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14418 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 2.019 km NW of Benton, California · 14418 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 2.420 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14418 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 1.511 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14418 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 1.620 km NE of Mesa, California · 14418 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 3.411 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14418 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 1.715 km NE of Mesa, California · 14417 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 1.726 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14417 days ago · -2 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 2.111 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14417 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 1.633 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14417 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 2.011 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14417 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 2.018 km NE of Mesa, California · 14417 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 2.218 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14417 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  47. 1.912 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14417 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 1.618 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14416 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  49. 1.519 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14416 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 1.819 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14416 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 1.613 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14415 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 1.513 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14415 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 1.73 km WNW of Swall Meadows, California · 14414 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 1.71 km SSW of Round Valley, California · 14414 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  55. 2.015 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14414 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 1.919 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14414 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 1.617 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14414 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 2.97 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14414 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 2.57 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14413 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 2.37 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14413 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of 194.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc96141 (also filed as ci718429). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.