M2.4 earthquake 10 km NE of Walker, CA

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 10 km NE of Walker, CA on Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 3:40 PM PDT (22:40 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 15 km ENE of Yerington, Nevada. 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
2.36	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.283 · 24 stations
1.9	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.19 · 8 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 120.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75147241 (also filed as nn00894589). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:56 AM UTC.