M3.0 earthquake 11km SE of Lone Pine, CA

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 11km SE of Lone Pine, CA on Sun, Nov 21, 2021, 8:32 PM PST (04:32 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 8km ESE of Deep Springs, 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
2.97	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.171 · 75 stations
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.03 · 148 stations

5 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: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 98.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39866855 (also filed as us7000fw3n). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC.