California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 17km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA on Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 8:53 AM PST (16:53 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 16km SW of Toms Place, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2021-12-26 16:53:48 UTC
Depth
3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.564° N, 119.147° W
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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
135°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.829km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1743 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.28km NNW of West Bishop, CA · 1742 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.139km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 1741 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.523 km NE of Mono City, California · 1740 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.511km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1739 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.528km SE of Bodie, CA · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.712km SSE of Bodie, CA · 1737 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.919km SW of Big Pine, CA · 1737 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 1.617km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1736 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 1.5California-Nevada border region · 1735 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.030km ENE of Shaver Lake, CA · 1735 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 2.69km ENE of Round Valley, CA · 1734 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.89km NNW of West Bishop, CA · 1734 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.85km NE of Big Pine, CA · 1733 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.241km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 2.240km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.516km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1732 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.46km N of Round Valley, CA · 1732 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.917km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1732 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.41km ENE of Bishop, CA · 1731 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.531km SSW of Round Valley, CA · 1731 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 2.034km E of Lee Vining, CA · 1729 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 1.55 km NNE of Bridgeport, California · 1728 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.62km WNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 1727 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.815km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1726 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.334km E of Lee Vining, CA · 1725 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 2.215km WNW of Bridgeport, CA · 1725 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.514 km WNW of Bridgeport, California · 1725 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  29. 1.513 km NW of Bridgeport, California · 1725 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 1.827 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1723 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 2.317km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1723 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 1.716km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1722 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 1.515km E of Bodie, CA · 1720 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 2.518km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 1720 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
  35. 1.820km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1720 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 2.615km WSW of Deep Springs, CA · 1718 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 1.515km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 1.516km WSW of Deep Springs, CA · 1717 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 1.531 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1716 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.119km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1714 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 1.819km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1714 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.017km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1714 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 2.112km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1713 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 1.516 km NE of Benton, California · 1712 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 1.817km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1712 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 2.56km NNW of Fresno, CA · 1712 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  47. 2.418km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1710 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 1.628km ESE of Bodie, CA · 1709 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 1.628km SE of Bodie, CA · 1709 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 1.519km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1708 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 1.619km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1708 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 2.08km W of North Fork, CA · 1708 days ago · 43 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.017km SSW of Bootjack, CA · 1708 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 1.711km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1707 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 1.719km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1706 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 1.827km ESE of Bodie, CA · 1706 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 1.614km W of Toms Place, CA · 1706 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  58. 2.810km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1706 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.610km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1706 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.229km ESE of Bodie, CA · 1703 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 1.930km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1743 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.417km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1743 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.528 km SSW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1744 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.211km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA · 1746 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.77km E of Round Valley, CA · 1748 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.88km NNE of Round Valley, CA · 1750 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.322km E of Toms Place, CA · 1750 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.69km NW of Round Valley, CA · 1751 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.36km NE of Orange Cove, CA · 1751 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.532km ENE of Shaver Lake, CA · 1752 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.98km NNE of Bridgeport, CA · 1753 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.14km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA · 1755 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.216km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1756 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.67km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1756 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.816 km SSE of Walker, California · 1757 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.124km ENE of Toms Place, CA · 1757 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.10km SW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1758 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.96km NW of Round Valley, CA · 1758 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.520km WSW of Wilkerson, CA · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.914km WNW of Toms Place, CA · 1760 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73668621. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.