California earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 29 km ENE of Lee Vining, California

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 29 km ENE of Lee Vining, California on Thu, Nov 2, 2017, 10:58 AM PDT (17:58 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 12km W of Toms Place, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Northern California Seismic System
Local time: Thu, Nov 2, 2017, 10:58 AM PDT
UTC: 2017-11-02 17:58:17 UTC
Depth: 1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 38.050° N, 118.803° W
Region: California
Felt reports: 28
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.92	ML, local (Richter)	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.131 · 7 stations
3.4	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed
3.2	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.26 · 20 stations
3.4	Mwr, regional moment	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Moment tensor · Reviewed

Did you feel it?

28 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Moment magnitude: 3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 62°, dip 66°, rake -24°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 162°, dip 68°, rake -155°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 91°
Stations used: 44

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 182 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 177.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc72917851 (also filed as us2000bfsf, nn00611286). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:33 PM UTC.