M2.1 earthquake 21km SSW of Mariposa, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 21km SSW of Mariposa, CA on Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 10:41 AM PDT (17:41 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 11km S of Mammoth Lakes, 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 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-22 17:41:54 UTC
- Depth
- 24.9 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.298° N, 120.015° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.119km E of Le Grand, CA · 1898 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.918km SSW of Bootjack, CA · 1897 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.36km SE of Shaver Lake, CA · 1894 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.120km S of Auberry, CA · 1891 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.712km S of Bootjack, CA · 1891 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.812km N of Yosemite Village, CA · 1889 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.112km W of Cantua Creek, CA · 1874 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.023km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1874 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.611km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1873 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.329km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1873 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.729km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1872 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.817km N of New Idria, CA · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.624km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 1868 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.824km SSW of Los Banos, CA · 1868 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.925km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1867 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.727km SW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1867 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.111km E of Groveland-Big Oak Flat, CA · 1866 days ago · 38 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.111km SSW of Fairmead, CA · 1864 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.824km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1864 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.824km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1864 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.514km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1862 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.718km SSW of Gustine, CA · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.531km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1851 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.78km S of Gustine, CA · 1850 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.220km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1847 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.819km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1847 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.519km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1847 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.819km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.527km W of Round Valley, CA · 1843 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.96km NNE of Los Banos, CA · 1842 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.05km NNE of Los Banos, CA · 1842 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.15km NNE of Los Banos, CA · 1842 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.46km NNE of Los Banos, CA · 1842 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 1.828km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1840 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 2.28km NW of Cantua Creek, CA · 1902 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.622km NE of North Fork, CA · 1906 days ago · -1 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.726km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1910 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.124km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA · 1910 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.229km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1917 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.720km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1917 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.25km SW of North Fork, CA · 1918 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.72km WSW of Los Banos, CA · 1919 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 143
- 1.615km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1920 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.75km W of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1922 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73597626. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:47 PM UTC.