M2.7 earthquake 66km E of Big Pine, CA
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 66km E of Big Pine, CA on Sun, Apr 15, 1979, 9:32 AM PST (17:32 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 19 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California. 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
- 1979-04-15 17:32:52 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.209° N, 117.541° W
- Region
- Nevada
- 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 3.7 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 267°, 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.124 km E of Bishop, California · 17326 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.226km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 17324 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.317km E of Bishop, CA · 17312 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.223km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 17300 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.419 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 17283 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.413km ENE of Big Pine, CA · 17275 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 2.564km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 17327 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.673km E of Big Pine, CA · 17327 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.565km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 17327 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.859 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 17327 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.414km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 17334 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.752km ENE of Bishop, CA · 17334 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.335km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 17338 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.333km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 17339 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.74 km SE of Wilkerson, California · 17355 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3348427. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:52 AM UTC.