M2.5 earthquake 37km ESE of Big Pine, CA
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 37km ESE of Big Pine, CA on Sat, Feb 9, 1952, 12:21 AM GMT-8 (08:21 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 18km E of Lone Pine, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1952-02-09 08:21:29 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.044° N, 117.896° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 255°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 3
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.018km E of Lone Pine, CA · 27255 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.616km E of Lone Pine, CA · 27255 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.612km E of Lone Pine, CA · 27254 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.48km E of Lone Pine, CA · 27244 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.118km NE of Independence, CA · 27235 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 3.921km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 27259 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.828km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 27262 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.834km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 27262 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.243km NW of Beatty, NV · 27266 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3322041. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC.