M2.0 earthquake 9km S of Lamont, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 9km S of Lamont, CA on Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 12:03 PM PDT (19:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 14km W of Mojave, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-21 19:03:42 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.180° N, 118.924° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.013km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1839 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.822km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1838 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.912km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.816km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 1836 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 2.015km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1833 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.610km NNE of Ventura, CA · 1833 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1832 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.69km NNW of Piru, CA · 1830 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77km N of Piru, CA · 1830 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.714km W of Mojave, CA · 1830 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 129
- 1.910km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1826 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.912km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1823 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1822 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.813km W of Mojave, CA · 1821 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1819 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1818 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.718km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 1818 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.517km ENE of Lebec, CA · 1817 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.413km WSW of Ojai, CA · 1817 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 1.619km ENE of Maricopa, CA · 1816 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.625km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1815 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 1.625km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1815 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.525km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1815 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.99km W of Grapevine, CA · 1815 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.619km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1815 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1812 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.68km W of Frazier Park, CA · 1811 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1810 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.812km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA · 1808 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.812km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA · 1808 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.219km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
- 1.716km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1802 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 1.725km NNE of Montecito, CA · 1801 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.625km NNE of Montecito, CA · 1801 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.616km SW of Buttonwillow, CA · 1801 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.910km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 1797 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1793 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 1.619km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1793 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.822km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1790 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.614km E of Arvin, CA · 1790 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 24
- 1.722km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1789 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.621km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1785 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.622km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA · 1784 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.025km NNE of Montecito, CA · 1784 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.622km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1782 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.23km S of Frazier Park, CA · 1780 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.325km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1780 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 2.66km SE of Mojave, CA · 1843 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 1.615km W of Taft, CA · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.120km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 1845 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1845 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 1.721km S of Rosedale, CA · 1846 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.614km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1851 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.711km W of Mojave, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.812km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1854 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.014km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 1855 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.621km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1856 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.66km S of Frazier Park, CA · 1857 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.213km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1857 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.013km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.912km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1857 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1858 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.830km ESE of Lake Isabella, CA · 1860 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.418km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1860 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 3.113km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 22
- 2.718km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39814951. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC.