M2.4 earthquake 15km ENE of Big Pine, CA

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 15km ENE of Big Pine, CA on Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 4:26 PM PST (00:26 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 7km ESE of Lone Pine, 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
2.36	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.253 · 34 stations
2.2	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.39 · 10 stations

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 131 in the 60 days after this one and 96 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 131.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73524831 (also filed as nn00800715). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC.