M2.7 earthquake 16km NE of Coso Junction, CA
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 16km NE of Coso Junction, CA on Mon, Jul 31, 1972, 8:14 PM PDT (03:14 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 15km SW of Little Lake, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1972-08-01 03:14:31 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.136° N, 117.815° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 6
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.418km WNW of Searles Valley, CA · 19752 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.015km SW of Little Lake, CA · 19734 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.632km W of Coso Junction, CA · 19719 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.732km W of Coso Junction, CA · 19719 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 3.120km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 19777 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.221km WNW of Searles Valley, CA · 19777 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.015km W of Searles Valley, CA · 19777 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.716km W of Searles Valley, CA · 19778 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.74km SE of Wofford Heights, CA · 19792 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.419km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 19803 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.819km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 19803 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.919km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA · 19803 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3321113. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.