M2.1 earthquake 43km E of Independence, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 43km E of Independence, CA on Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 6:32 PM PDT (01:32 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 16km SSW of Olancha, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-31 01:32:16 UTC
- Depth
- 0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.874° N, 117.725° W
- Region
- California
- 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.511km NNE of Coso Junction, CA · 1892 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.819km NNW of Deep Springs, CA · 1891 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.69km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1887 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.69km S of Olancha, CA · 1887 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.018km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1885 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.514km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1884 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.115km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1884 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.616km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1882 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.911km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1881 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.914km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1881 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.214km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1881 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.815km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1881 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.514km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1881 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.914km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1881 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.914km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1881 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.818km NE of Olancha, CA · 1880 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.515km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1877 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.129km E of Big Pine, CA · 1877 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.523 km E of Big Pine, California · 1876 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.624 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1876 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.952km ENE of Independence, CA · 1875 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.853 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 1875 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.613km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1874 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.95km S of Round Valley, CA · 1871 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.69km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1869 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.917km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1868 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.534 km SE of Dyer, Nevada · 1864 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.813km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1864 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.658 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 1864 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.623km E of Coso Junction, CA · 1862 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.723km E of Coso Junction, CA · 1862 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.911km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.721km ENE of Little Lake, CA · 1859 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.316km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1858 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.612km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1857 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.916km SE of Olancha, CA · 1855 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.316km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1855 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.315km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1855 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.515km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1855 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.916km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1855 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 1.615km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1855 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.515km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1855 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.616km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1855 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.514km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1852 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.713km NNW of Coso Junction, CA · 1851 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.615km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1850 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.739 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.358 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.058 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 1849 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.351 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1849 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.218 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada · 1848 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.715km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1847 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.518 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada · 1846 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.219km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.210km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1846 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.82km W of Round Valley, CA · 1845 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.52km W of Round Valley, CA · 1845 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.75km ENE of Round Valley, CA · 1844 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.719km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1842 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.88km ESE of Lone Pine, CA · 1841 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
The first 60 of 65.
Before
- 1.717km NNE of Independence, CA · 1893 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.817km NNE of Independence, CA · 1893 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.816km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1894 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.815km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1894 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.4California-Nevada border region · 1894 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.419km WSW of Wilkerson, CA · 1896 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.22km SSE of Round Valley, CA · 1897 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.916km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1897 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.79km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1901 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.620 km S of Dyer, Nevada · 1902 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.714km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1902 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53km SSE of Bishop, CA · 1903 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.853 km NE of Keeler, California · 1903 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.836km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 1903 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 1.630 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1904 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 1904 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.38km NNE of Olancha, CA · 1904 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.019km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1905 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.867 km ENE of Independence, California · 1905 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 1.91km SSE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 1906 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39759215 (also filed as nn00817067). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:05 AM UTC.