M2.2 earthquake 14km NE of Ridgecrest, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 14km NE of Ridgecrest, CA on Mon, Oct 4, 2021, 12:07 PM PDT (19:07 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 15km ESE of Olancha, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-04 19:07:45 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.718° N, 117.570° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.910km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1825 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.121km ENE of Little Lake, CA · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.615km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.914km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.818km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.921km ENE of Little Lake, CA · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.612km NE of Inyokern, CA · 1824 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.716km S of Searles Valley, CA · 1823 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.722km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.521km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1823 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.912km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1822 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1821 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.714km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1820 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.813km W of Mojave, CA · 1820 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.822km E of Coso Junction, CA · 1820 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.518km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1820 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 1.823km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1820 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.916km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1819 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.113km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1819 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 16
- 2.321km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 1818 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1818 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.511km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.616km S of Trona, CA · 1817 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.522km E of Coso Junction, CA · 1817 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.218km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 1817 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.922km E of Little Lake, CA · 1816 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.214km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.517km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 1815 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 1.715km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1815 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.625km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1814 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 1.625km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1814 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.525km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1814 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.621km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1814 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.015km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1813 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 14
- 2.315km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.915km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.613km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.416km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.015km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.715km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.715km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1813 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.816km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1813 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.516km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1811 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.015km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1811 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.915km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1811 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.615km ESE of Olancha, CA · 1811 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.121km ENE of Olancha, CA · 1811 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.618km E of Little Lake, CA · 1810 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.010km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 1810 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.511km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 1810 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.011km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 1810 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.614km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1810 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.614km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1809 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.720km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1809 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.815km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1809 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.814km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1808 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.812km S of Olancha, CA · 1808 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of 172.
Before
- 2.114km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 2.917km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1828 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
- 1.719km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1828 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.622km E of Little Lake, CA · 1828 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.714km W of Mojave, CA · 1829 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 129
- 1.620km E of Little Lake, CA · 1829 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.223km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1829 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.414km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1830 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 2.215km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1830 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.726km NNW of Searles Valley, CA · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.815km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.927km W of Olancha, CA · 1832 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.820km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1832 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.715km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1832 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.521km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1834 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.912km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1835 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.419km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 1836 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 11
- 1.820km NNW of Barstow, CA · 1836 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1836 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.822km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci40062720. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:11 PM UTC.