M2.2 earthquake 4 km SW of Walker, CA

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Walker, CA on Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 7:17 AM PST (15:17 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 21 km NNE 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
2.23	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.225 · 19 stations
1.89	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.12 · 7 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: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75272216 (also filed as nn00907946). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:46 AM UTC.