M2.3 earthquake 21km N of Ridgecrest, CA

Magnitude

2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 4:26 AM PDT

UTC

2021-10-12 11:26:48 UTC

Depth

2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.809° N, 117.641° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

72°

Stations used

19

• Ridgecrest, CaliforniaPopulation 28,780. Forecast21 kmN
• Lancaster, CaliforniaPopulation 161,103. Forecast132 kmNNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast203 kmNNE

After

1. 1.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Oct 12, 2:16 PM PDT · 1817 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
2. 1.511km SW of Searles Valley, CATue, Oct 12, 7:37 PM PDT · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
3. 1.616km S of Trona, CATue, Oct 12, 8:53 PM PDT · 1817 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
4. 1.813km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Oct 13, 12:35 AM PDT · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
5. 1.522km E of Coso Junction, CAWed, Oct 13, 4:55 AM PDT · 1817 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
6. 2.218km E of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Oct 13, 6:27 PM PDT · 1816 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
7. 1.922km E of Little Lake, CAThu, Oct 14, 9:51 AM PDT · 1816 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
8. 2.214km WSW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Oct 14, 10:56 AM PDT · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
9. 2.517km E of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Oct 14, 10:14 PM PDT · 1815 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
10. 1.715km WSW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Oct 15, 10:33 AM PDT · 1815 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
11. 2.625km SE of Bodfish, CAFri, Oct 15, 9:20 PM PDT · 1814 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
12. 1.625km SE of Bodfish, CAFri, Oct 15, 9:21 PM PDT · 1814 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
13. 1.525km SE of Bodfish, CAFri, Oct 15, 10:36 PM PDT · 1814 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
14. 1.621km ESE of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 16, 12:15 PM PDT · 1814 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
15. 4.015km ESE of Olancha, CASun, Oct 17, 6:19 AM PDT · 1813 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 14
16. 2.315km ESE of Olancha, CASun, Oct 17, 6:46 AM PDT · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
17. 1.915km ESE of Olancha, CASun, Oct 17, 7:48 AM PDT · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
18. 1.613km SSW of Searles Valley, CASun, Oct 17, 9:00 AM PDT · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
19. 2.416km ESE of Olancha, CASun, Oct 17, 9:07 AM PDT · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
20. 2.015km ESE of Olancha, CASun, Oct 17, 10:15 AM PDT · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
21. 1.715km ESE of Olancha, CASun, Oct 17, 2:35 PM PDT · 1812 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
22. 2.715km ESE of Olancha, CASun, Oct 17, 2:41 PM PDT · 1812 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
23. 1.816km ESE of Olancha, CASun, Oct 17, 4:49 PM PDT · 1812 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
24. 2.516km ESE of Olancha, CASun, Oct 17, 5:41 PM PDT · 1812 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
25. 1.813km SE of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 18, 10:52 PM PDT · 1811 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
26. 2.015km ESE of Olancha, CATue, Oct 19, 12:27 PM PDT · 1811 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
27. 2.915km ESE of Olancha, CATue, Oct 19, 6:15 PM PDT · 1810 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
28. 1.615km ESE of Olancha, CATue, Oct 19, 6:41 PM PDT · 1810 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
29. 2.121km ENE of Olancha, CATue, Oct 19, 8:18 PM PDT · 1810 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
30. 1.618km E of Little Lake, CAWed, Oct 20, 4:53 AM PDT · 1810 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
31. 2.010km ENE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Oct 20, 2:27 PM PDT · 1809 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
32. 1.511km ENE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Oct 20, 3:33 PM PDT · 1809 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
33. 2.011km E of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Oct 20, 4:39 PM PDT · 1809 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
34. 1.614km SW of Searles Valley, CAWed, Oct 20, 5:13 PM PDT · 1809 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
35. 1.614km SW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Oct 21, 1:24 AM PDT · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
36. 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Oct 21, 2:18 AM PDT · 1809 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
37. 1.720km ESE of Little Lake, CAThu, Oct 21, 4:43 AM PDT · 1809 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
38. 1.815km SW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Oct 21, 7:41 AM PDT · 1809 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
39. 1.814km SW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Oct 22, 9:08 AM PDT · 1808 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
40. 1.812km S of Olancha, CAFri, Oct 22, 1:18 PM PDT · 1807 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
41. 1.67km NNE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Oct 22, 1:30 PM PDT · 1807 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
42. 1.918km SSE of Lone Pine, CAFri, Oct 22, 11:54 PM PDT · 1807 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
43. 1.815km W of Searles Valley, CASat, Oct 23, 8:10 AM PDT · 1807 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
44. 1.633km N of Searles Valley, CASun, Oct 24, 4:44 PM PDT · 1805 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
45. 1.810km NE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Oct 25, 2:21 AM PDT · 1805 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
46. 1.89km E of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Oct 25, 6:05 AM PDT · 1805 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
47. 1.621km N of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Oct 25, 12:02 PM PDT · 1805 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
48. 2.715km NE of Little Lake, CAMon, Oct 25, 9:38 PM PDT · 1804 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
49. 1.721km NNE of Trona, CATue, Oct 26, 12:50 AM PDT · 1804 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
50. 2.720km NNE of Trona, CATue, Oct 26, 12:47 PM PDT · 1804 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
51. 1.812km S of Olancha, CAThu, Oct 28, 6:27 PM PDT · 1801 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
52. 1.613km ESE of Olancha, CAThu, Oct 28, 7:10 PM PDT · 1801 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
53. 1.613km ESE of Olancha, CAThu, Oct 28, 8:47 PM PDT · 1801 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
54. 1.916km ESE of Little Lake, CAFri, Oct 29, 2:03 AM PDT · 1801 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
55. 3.013km ESE of Olancha, CAFri, Oct 29, 8:24 AM PDT · 1801 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
56. 1.613km ESE of Olancha, CAFri, Oct 29, 8:26 AM PDT · 1801 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
57. 1.513km ESE of Olancha, CAFri, Oct 29, 8:36 AM PDT · 1801 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
58. 2.113km ESE of Olancha, CAFri, Oct 29, 12:52 PM PDT · 1801 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
59. 1.813km ESE of Olancha, CAFri, Oct 29, 3:58 PM PDT · 1800 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
60. 1.513km ESE of Olancha, CAFri, Oct 29, 4:43 PM PDT · 1800 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 158.

Before

1. 3.113km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Oct 11, 4:14 PM PDT · 1818 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 16
2. 1.916km W of Searles Valley, CAMon, Oct 11, 1:46 PM PDT · 1818 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
3. 1.823km ESE of Little Lake, CASun, Oct 10, 7:01 PM PDT · 1819 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
4. 1.518km W of Searles Valley, CASun, Oct 10, 5:03 PM PDT · 1819 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
5. 1.822km E of Coso Junction, CASun, Oct 10, 4:30 PM PDT · 1819 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
6. 1.714km SSW of Searles Valley, CASun, Oct 10, 7:53 AM PDT · 1820 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
7. 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 9, 6:01 AM PDT · 1821 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
8. 1.912km ESE of Bodfish, CAFri, Oct 8, 6:14 PM PDT · 1821 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
9. 1.521km ESE of Little Lake, CAThu, Oct 7, 3:54 AM PDT · 1823 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
10. 1.722km N of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Oct 7, 3:33 AM PDT · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
11. 1.716km S of Searles Valley, CAWed, Oct 6, 9:44 PM PDT · 1823 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
12. 1.612km NE of Inyokern, CAWed, Oct 6, 5:23 AM PDT · 1824 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
13. 1.921km ENE of Little Lake, CAWed, Oct 6, 4:04 AM PDT · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
14. 1.818km E of Ridgecrest, CATue, Oct 5, 12:29 PM PDT · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
15. 1.914km SSW of Searles Valley, CATue, Oct 5, 10:27 AM PDT · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
16. 1.615km ESE of Little Lake, CATue, Oct 5, 8:00 AM PDT · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
17. 2.121km ENE of Little Lake, CATue, Oct 5, 3:53 AM PDT · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
18. 1.910km SE of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 4, 11:14 PM PDT · 1825 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
19. 2.214km NE of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Oct 4, 12:07 PM PDT · 1826 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
20. 2.114km ENE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Oct 2, 10:07 PM PDT · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci40068240. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC.