California earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 33km S of Lopez Point, CA

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 33km S of Lopez Point, CA on Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 12:08 PM PDT (19:08 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2021-04-10 19:08:08 UTC
Depth
16.9 km (10.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.725° N, 121.633° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.55Md, durationNorthern California Seismic SystemPreferred · Final · ±0.164 · 56 stations
2.3ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.091 · 16 stations

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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
218°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
67

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73547705 (also filed as us6000e0vn). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.