M2.0 earthquake 8km NE of Big Pine, CA

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 8km NE of Big Pine, CA on Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 12:17 PM PST (20:17 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 41km NNE of Toms Place, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.03	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.18 · 27 stations
1.5	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.26 · 11 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of at least 200.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73485376 (also filed as nn00785601). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.