M3.2 earthquake 23km SW of Lone Pine, CA

Magnitude

3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sat, Nov 18, 1978, 4:09 PM PST

UTC

1978-11-19 00:09:42 UTC

Depth

5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.416° N, 118.216° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.2 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.35

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

124°

Stations used

9

• Lone Pine, CaliforniaPopulation 2,035. Forecast25 kmSSW
• Lindsay, CaliforniaPopulation 13,217. Forecast82 kmENE
• Visalia, CaliforniaPopulation 130,104. Forecast97 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast263 kmN

After

1. 1.913km E of Little Lake, CAMon, Nov 20, 8:16 AM PST · 17481 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
2. 3.17km NW of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 23, 3:07 AM PST · 17479 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
3. 2.15km NW of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 23, 3:10 AM PST · 17479 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
4. 1.810km SW of Coso Junction, CAThu, Nov 23, 3:25 AM PST · 17479 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
5. 1.86km NW of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 23, 5:42 AM PST · 17479 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
6. 1.825km SW of Little Lake, CAFri, Nov 24, 7:33 PM PST · 17477 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
7. 2.017km E of Coso Junction, CASat, Nov 25, 4:16 AM PST · 17477 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
8. 2.013km E of Little Lake, CASun, Nov 26, 4:24 PM PST · 17475 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
9. 2.116km ENE of Coso Junction, CAThu, Nov 30, 6:38 AM PST · 17472 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
10. 1.943km N of Searles Valley, CASat, Dec 2, 4:42 PM PST · 17469 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
11. 2.216km ENE of Coso Junction, CASun, Dec 3, 4:58 AM PST · 17469 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
12. 2.628km ESE of Kernville, CATue, Dec 5, 2:31 AM PST · 17467 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
13. 2.37km ESE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Dec 6, 1:41 AM PST · 17466 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
14. 2.25km ESE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Dec 6, 8:34 AM PST · 17465 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
15. 2.023km N of Searles Valley, CAWed, Dec 6, 2:29 PM PST · 17465 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
16. 2.025km N of Searles Valley, CAFri, Dec 8, 1:02 PM PST · 17463 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
17. 2.324km N of Searles Valley, CASun, Dec 10, 3:19 AM PST · 17462 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
18. 2.021km NE of Olancha, CAMon, Dec 11, 2:57 AM PST · 17461 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
19. 1.622km NW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Dec 14, 2:00 PM PST · 17457 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
20. 2.013km SSE of Little Lake, CAFri, Dec 15, 9:53 AM PST · 17456 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
21. 1.723km E of Kernville, CASat, Dec 16, 1:09 PM PST · 17455 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
22. 2.02km W of Coso Junction, CAMon, Dec 18, 5:30 AM PST · 17454 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
23. 1.917km E of Coso Junction, CAWed, Dec 20, 5:08 PM PST · 17451 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
24. 1.945km N of Searles Valley, CAThu, Dec 21, 5:04 PM PST · 17450 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
25. 2.332km N of Kernville, CAThu, Dec 21, 7:20 PM PST · 17450 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
26. 2.411km WNW of Olancha, CASat, Dec 23, 9:09 AM PST · 17448 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
27. 1.811km ENE of Coso Junction, CASat, Dec 23, 3:49 PM PST · 17448 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
28. 2.220km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Dec 23, 4:05 PM PST · 17448 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
29. 2.219km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Dec 23, 4:43 PM PST · 17448 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
30. 1.719km SSW of Little Lake, CASun, Dec 24, 5:18 AM PST · 17448 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
31. 1.610km NNE of Coso Junction, CAThu, Dec 28, 2:33 PM PST · 17443 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
32. 2.318km ENE of Little Lake, CAFri, Dec 29, 5:37 PM PST · 17442 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
33. 2.38km WNW of Olancha, CASat, Dec 30, 2:10 PM PST · 17441 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
34. 2.032km W of Coso Junction, CAMon, Jan 1, 10:41 PM PST · 17439 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
35. 2.020km E of Little Lake, CAWed, Jan 3, 1:28 PM PST · 17437 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
36. 1.829km N of Searles Valley, CAThu, Jan 4, 7:32 PM PST · 17436 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
37. 1.814km NE of Little Lake, CAMon, Jan 8, 9:48 PM PST · 17432 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
38. 2.212km ENE of Little Lake, CAMon, Jan 8, 9:58 PM PST · 17432 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
39. 1.714km NE of Little Lake, CAMon, Jan 8, 10:03 PM PST · 17432 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
40. 2.518km NE of Olancha, CAWed, Jan 10, 8:36 AM PST · 17430 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
41. 3.023km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Jan 13, 1:29 AM PST · 17428 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
42. 2.723km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Jan 13, 2:07 AM PST · 17428 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
43. 2.326km SW of Little Lake, CASat, Jan 13, 2:18 AM PST · 17428 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
44. 2.28km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Jan 13, 12:27 PM PST · 17427 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
45. 2.925km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Jan 17, 12:56 PM PST · 17423 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away

Before

1. 1.517km NNE of Inyokern, CAFri, Nov 17, 8:33 PM PST · 17484 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
2. 1.712km NE of Little Lake, CAFri, Nov 17, 7:29 AM PST · 17484 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
3. 1.913km WSW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Nov 16, 10:43 PM PST · 17485 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
4. 1.823km E of Coso Junction, CAThu, Nov 16, 8:07 AM PST · 17485 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
5. 1.716km SE of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 16, 1:37 AM PST · 17486 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
6. 1.717km WNW of Searles Valley, CASun, Nov 12, 4:35 PM PST · 17489 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
7. 1.913km E of Little Lake, CASun, Nov 12, 5:53 AM PST · 17490 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
8. 1.816km N of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Nov 9, 12:39 PM PST · 17492 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
9. 1.928km N of Kernville, CAMon, Nov 6, 2:34 AM PST · 17496 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
10. 1.818km ENE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Nov 3, 6:06 AM PST · 17499 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
11. 2.153km E of Big Pine, CAThu, Nov 2, 10:29 PM PST · 17499 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
12. 1.88km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 1, 9:11 PM PST · 17500 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
13. 1.722km SW of Little Lake, CAWed, Nov 1, 5:12 PM PST · 17500 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
14. 2.821km SW of Little Lake, CASun, Oct 29, 6:08 AM PST · 17504 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
15. 2.07km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Oct 29, 5:56 AM PST · 17504 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
16. 1.67km WNW of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 28, 7:14 PM PDT · 17504 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
17. 1.97km WNW of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 28, 6:36 PM PDT · 17504 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
18. 2.426km WSW of Olancha, CAFri, Oct 27, 2:19 AM PDT · 17506 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
19. 1.814km NNE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Oct 22, 10:25 AM PDT · 17510 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
20. 2.111km E of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 21, 9:31 PM PDT · 17511 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3313982. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:53 AM UTC.