M2.2 earthquake 11km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 11km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA on Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 3:39 PM PST (23:39 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 16km SW 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
- 2.2 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-23 23:39:44 UTC
- Depth
- 19.2 km (11.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.718° N, 119.367° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 162°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.417km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1743 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.930km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1743 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.617km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1743 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.829km NE of Oakhurst, CA · 1743 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.34km SSW of Armona, CA · 1742 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 1.919km SW of Big Pine, CA · 1737 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.617km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1736 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.030km ENE of Shaver Lake, CA · 1735 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.516km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1732 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.917km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1732 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.531km SSW of Round Valley, CA · 1731 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.94km NE of Fairmead, CA · 1730 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.516km N of Coalinga, CA · 1730 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.212km SE of San Joaquin, CA · 1726 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.815km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1726 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.711km NNE of Kettleman City, CA · 1725 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.317km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1723 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.716km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1722 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.518km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 1720 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
- 1.620km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1720 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.820km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1720 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.515km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1718 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.921km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1717 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.018km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1717 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.918km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1717 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.119km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1717 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.119km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1717 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 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 · 1714 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Coalinga, CA · 1713 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.112km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1713 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.56km NNW of Fresno, CA · 1712 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.27km SE of Fairmead, CA · 1711 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.610km NNE of Avenal, CA · 1710 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86km NNE of Avenal, CA · 1710 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.418km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1710 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.08km W of North Fork, CA · 1708 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.017km SSW of Bootjack, CA · 1708 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.93km SW of Huron, CA · 1707 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.78km SSE of Kettleman City, CA · 1704 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.818km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1697 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.317km SW of Corcoran, CA · 1690 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.720km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1689 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.916km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1689 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.119km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 1689 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 2.511km N of Avenal, CA · 1746 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.36km NE of Orange Cove, CA · 1752 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.532km ENE of Shaver Lake, CA · 1752 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.112km WNW of Corcoran, CA · 1753 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.14km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA · 1755 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.216km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1756 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.10km SW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1758 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.520km WSW of Wilkerson, CA · 1758 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.112km S of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1763 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.718km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1770 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.67km N of Oakhurst, CA · 1770 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.77km W of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1772 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.117km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1773 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.817km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1773 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.918km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1773 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.717km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1773 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.017km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1774 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
- 3.017km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1774 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 1.814km ESE of Porterville, CA · 1775 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.716km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1776 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73668146. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC.