California earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 7 km SE of Markleeville, CA

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Markleeville, CA on Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 9:23 AM PDT (16:23 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 18 km NNW of Walker, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-10-08 16:23:00 UTC
Depth
-2.0 km (-1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.643° N, 119.742° W
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Location uncertainty
About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
60°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75246621 (also filed as nn00905659). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC.