M2.1 earthquake 4km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 4km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA on Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 6:22 AM PST (14:22 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 10km WSW of Toms Place, 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
- 2021-12-14 14:22:48 UTC
- Depth
- 13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.726° N, 119.287° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- 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: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.112km WNW of Corcoran, CA · 1752 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.532km ENE of Shaver Lake, CA · 1751 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.36km NE of Orange Cove, CA · 1751 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.69km NW of Round Valley, CA · 1750 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.211km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA · 1745 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.417km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1743 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.930km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1743 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.617km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1743 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.829km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1742 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.34km SSW of Armona, CA · 1741 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 1.919km SW of Big Pine, CA · 1736 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.617km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1735 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.811 km N of Independence, California · 1735 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.030km ENE of Shaver Lake, CA · 1734 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.516km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1731 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.917km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1731 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.531km SSW of Round Valley, CA · 1730 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.94km NE of Fairmead, CA · 1729 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.212km SE of San Joaquin, CA · 1725 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.815km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.711km NNE of Kettleman City, CA · 1725 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.317km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1722 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.716km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1722 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.518km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 1720 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 1.620km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1720 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.820km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1719 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.515km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.921km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1716 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.018km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1716 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.918km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1716 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.119km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1716 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.119km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1716 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.119km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1714 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.017km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1713 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.112km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1712 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.56km NNW of Fresno, CA · 1711 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.27km SE of Fairmead, CA · 1710 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.418km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1709 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.08km W of North Fork, CA · 1707 days ago · 43 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.017km SSW of Bootjack, CA · 1707 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.711km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1707 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.93km SW of Huron, CA · 1706 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.614km W of Toms Place, CA · 1705 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.810km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1705 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1705 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.742km WSW of Olancha, CA · 1698 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.342km WSW of Olancha, CA · 1698 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.818km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1696 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 2.216km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.10km SW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1757 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.96km NW of Round Valley, CA · 1757 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.520km WSW of Wilkerson, CA · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.714km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1761 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.112km S of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1763 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.718km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1769 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.67km N of Oakhurst, CA · 1769 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.75km WSW of Big Pine, CA · 1770 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.77km W of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1772 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.117km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1772 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.817km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1772 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.918km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1772 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.717km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1772 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.017km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1773 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 3.017km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1773 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.814km ESE of Porterville, CA · 1774 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.716km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1775 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.818km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1777 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.417km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1777 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73663576. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:53 AM UTC.