M3.6 earthquake 18km NNE of Big Pine, CA
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 18km NNE of Big Pine, CA on Sun, Dec 24, 1950, 4:15 PM GMT-8 (00:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1950-12-25 00:15:09 UTC
- Depth
- 9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.301° N, 118.189° 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 27.4 km horizontally, 13.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 334°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.212km ESE of Bishop, CA · 27664 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.411km S of Bishop, CA · 27664 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.116km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 27660 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.011km SE of Bishop, CA · 27657 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.630km E of Big Pine, CA · 27655 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.023km E of Big Pine, CA · 27655 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.947km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 27650 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.538km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 27633 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.814km NE of Big Pine, CA · 27618 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3342429. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC.