M2.8 earthquake 15km W of Big Pine, CA
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 15km W of Big Pine, CA on Thu, Sep 7, 1967, 10:39 PM GMT-7 (05:39 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 56km SSE of Hawthorne, NV. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1967-09-08 05:39:52 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.181° N, 118.462° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 292°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.319km SW of West Bishop, CA · 21553 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.864km E of Big Pine, CA · 21528 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.867km E of Big Pine, CA · 21528 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.956km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 21521 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3329488. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:28 AM UTC.