M2.1 earthquake 14km NW of Midpines, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 14km NW of Midpines, CA on Fri, Apr 16, 2021, 9:17 AM PDT (16:17 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 7km SE 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
- 2021-04-16 16:17:12 UTC
- Depth
- 29.1 km (18.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.637° N, 120.032° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- 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: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.910km ENE of Biola, CA · 1992 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.615km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1991 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 8
- 1.514km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1990 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.821km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1989 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.521km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.121km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1986 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.12km WNW of Newman, CA · 1986 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.112km WNW of Midpines, CA · 1983 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.530km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1980 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.630km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1980 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.630km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1980 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.830km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1980 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.630km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1979 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.730km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1979 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.630km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1979 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.629km ENE of Oakhurst, CA · 1979 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.630km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1979 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 1.930km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1979 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.730km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1978 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.614km SW of Bootjack, CA · 1977 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.729km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.913km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1975 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.712km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1975 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.420km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1974 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
- 2.06km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1971 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.48km ENE of North Fork, CA · 1968 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.221km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 1966 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.94km N of Shaver Lake, CA · 1966 days ago · 32 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.06km SW of North Fork, CA · 1964 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.86km NNW of Ahwahnee, CA · 1962 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.720km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1961 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.82km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1959 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.723km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1955 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.77km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1955 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
- 1.923km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1948 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.529km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1947 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.529km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1947 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.129km ENE of Oakhurst, CA · 1946 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.621km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1941 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.91km SW of Mariposa, CA · 1940 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.919km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1938 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.118km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 1937 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 1.622km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1997 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.521km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1998 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.522km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1998 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.924km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1998 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.011km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2002 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.814km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 2003 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.79km NNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 2004 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.72km WNW of Newman, CA · 2005 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.98km ESE of Oakhurst, CA · 2006 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.621km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 2006 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.67km E of North Fork, CA · 2007 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.77km W of Madera, CA · 2007 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.76km NW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 2008 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Lee Vining, California · 2011 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.615km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 2014 days ago · -2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.422km WNW of Bridgeport, CA · 2016 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.614km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 2018 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.813km S of Mariposa, CA · 2020 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.27km NNE of Oakhurst, CA · 2023 days ago · 49 km deep · 46 km away
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