California earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 18 km ESE of Walker, California

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 18 km ESE of Walker, California on Tue, Mar 17, 1987, 8:48 AM PST (16:48 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 3 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1987-03-17 16:48:03 UTC
Depth
0.4 km (0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.431° N, 119.300° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
98°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.713 km NNW of Benton, California · 14440 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.84 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14438 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.919 km ENE of Mono City, California · 14438 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 3.710 km SSE of Walker, California · 14438 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.411 km WNW of Bridgeport, California · 14435 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.69 km WNW of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 14430 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.53 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14429 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.820 km ENE of Mono City, California · 14429 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.731 km NW of Benton, California · 14429 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.015 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14428 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.97 km ESE of Mono City, California · 14427 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.831 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14427 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.031 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14426 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.130 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14426 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.430 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14425 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.57 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14425 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 2.019 km NW of Benton, California · 14424 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.633 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14423 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.310 km E of Markleeville, California · 14421 days ago · -1 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.511 km NNW of Bridgeport, California · 14421 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 2.97 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14420 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.57 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14420 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.37 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14420 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.27 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14420 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 2.37 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14420 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.626 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14419 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 1.88 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14419 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.032 km E of Mono City, California · 14418 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.29 km SSE of Walker, California · 14417 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 2.512 km WNW of Bridgeport, California · 14417 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 1.830 km E of Lee Vining, California · 14416 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 2.49 km E of Markleeville, California · 14415 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 2.410 km SSE of Walker, California · 14413 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 1.711 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14411 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.611 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14411 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.7Central California · 14410 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 3.10 km NW of Mesa Vista, California · 14408 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.12 km SW of Walker, California · 14407 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 2.67 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 14406 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.87 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 14406 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 1.65 km S of Markleeville, California · 14406 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 1.64 km W of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14404 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  43. 2.410 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14404 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.610 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14404 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 1.610 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14404 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 1.916 km E of Mono City, California · 14400 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.911 km E of Kirkwood, California · 14400 days ago · -2 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 1.812 km E of Kirkwood, California · 14400 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.93 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14395 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 1.77 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14392 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 1.510 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14392 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 2.23 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14391 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.416 km E of Mono City, California · 14391 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 4.23 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14390 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 1.63 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14390 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.6California-Nevada border region · 14389 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 1.84 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14388 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 2.12 km SW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14388 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 1.510 km SE of Walker, California · 14388 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 3.425 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada · 14384 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 1.812 km ESE of Kirkwood, California · 14442 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.67 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14443 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.58 km NNW of Benton, California · 14444 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.720 km ENE of Mono City, California · 14444 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.88 km NNW of Benton, California · 14444 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.315 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14444 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.023 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14444 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.817 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14450 days ago · -2 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.37 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14451 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.610 km NW of Aspen Springs, California · 14452 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.820 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14454 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.033 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14456 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.736 km E of Mono City, California · 14456 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.35 km SSE of Markleeville, California · 14461 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.97 km S of Bridgeport, California · 14462 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.67 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14464 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.830 km NW of Benton, California · 14466 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.25 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 14467 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.215 km ENE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14469 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1148290. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC.