M2.6 earthquake 21km NNE of Trona, CA

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 21km NNE of Trona, CA on Sun, Sep 5, 2021, 7:01 PM PDT (02:01 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 15km ESE of Olancha, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.61	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.143 · 24 stations
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.035 · 108 stations

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 143.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci40034128 (also filed as us7000f8ea). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC.