M1.8 earthquake 22km E of Big Pine, CA

Magnitude

1.8 (mc), micro

Local time

Thu, May 7, 1981, 10:41 AM PDT

UTC

1981-05-07 17:41:13 UTC

Depth

4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.159° N, 118.045° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

221°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

0

• Big Pine, CaliforniaPopulation 1,756. Forecast22 kmE
• Exeter, CaliforniaPopulation 10,548. Forecast137 kmNE
• Visalia, CaliforniaPopulation 130,104. Forecast144 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast346 kmN

After

1. 2.046km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, May 7, 8:03 PM PDT · 16573 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
2. 1.852km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, May 8, 1:18 AM PDT · 16573 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
3. 2.334km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, May 8, 5:11 AM PDT · 16573 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
4. 2.254km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, May 8, 8:21 AM PDT · 16573 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
5. 2.816km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, May 8, 10:10 AM PDT · 16573 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
6. 2.89km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, May 8, 11:32 AM PDT · 16572 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
7. 1.822km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, May 9, 9:39 AM PDT · 16572 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
8. 2.99km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, May 9, 6:46 PM PDT · 16571 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
9. 3.011 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, May 10, 2:06 PM PDT · 16570 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
10. 1.654km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, May 11, 1:51 PM PDT · 16569 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
11. 2.360km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, May 12, 2:29 PM PDT · 16568 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
12. 3.014km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, May 12, 6:00 PM PDT · 16568 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
13. 2.921km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, May 13, 10:08 AM PDT · 16568 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
14. 2.720km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, May 13, 12:51 PM PDT · 16567 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
15. 2.521km WNW of West Bishop, CASat, May 16, 1:25 PM PDT · 16564 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
16. 3.115 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, May 17, 7:33 AM PDT · 16564 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
17. 1.624km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASun, May 17, 5:07 PM PDT · 16563 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
18. 3.235km E of Big Pine, CAMon, May 18, 2:32 PM PDT · 16562 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
19. 2.615km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, May 18, 6:16 PM PDT · 16562 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
20. 2.69 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, May 19, 4:38 AM PDT · 16562 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
21. 2.061km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, May 19, 11:58 AM PDT · 16561 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
22. 1.861km SSW of Tonopah, NVTue, May 19, 11:40 PM PDT · 16561 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
23. 2.89 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, May 20, 8:44 PM PDT · 16560 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
24. 2.563km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, May 21, 12:03 PM PDT · 16559 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
25. 2.018km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, May 21, 3:25 PM PDT · 16559 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
26. 1.811km SE of Bishop, CAThu, May 21, 6:29 PM PDT · 16559 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
27. 2.021km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAFri, May 22, 12:30 PM PDT · 16558 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
28. 1.72 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 22, 3:00 PM PDT · 16558 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
29. 2.014km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, May 23, 12:18 PM PDT · 16557 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
30. 2.82 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, May 23, 5:46 PM PDT · 16557 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
31. 1.615km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, May 23, 11:06 PM PDT · 16557 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
32. 1.913km E of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, May 24, 9:02 PM PDT · 16556 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
33. 2.017km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, May 25, 5:08 AM PDT · 16556 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
34. 3.34 km NNW of West Bishop, CaliforniaMon, May 25, 10:30 AM PDT · 16556 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
35. 2.07km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, May 25, 10:36 AM PDT · 16556 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
36. 2.020km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, May 26, 10:17 PM PDT · 16554 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
37. 1.824km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, May 27, 1:15 PM PDT · 16553 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
38. 2.621km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, May 27, 3:20 PM PDT · 16553 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
39. 1.817km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, May 27, 7:19 PM PDT · 16553 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
40. 2.017km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, May 28, 2:53 AM PDT · 16553 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
41. 1.754km WNW of Beatty, NVThu, May 28, 6:22 AM PDT · 16553 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
42. 1.89km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, May 28, 10:55 PM PDT · 16552 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
43. 1.863km WNW of Beatty, NVFri, May 29, 2:13 AM PDT · 16552 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
44. 2.025km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, May 29, 5:35 PM PDT · 16551 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
45. 1.955km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASun, May 31, 11:38 PM PDT · 16549 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
46. 1.51 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Jun 1, 4:45 PM PDT · 16548 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
47. 3.12 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Jun 1, 4:46 PM PDT · 16548 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
48. 1.741km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Jun 1, 10:35 PM PDT · 16548 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
49. 2.810km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Jun 3, 12:17 AM PDT · 16547 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
50. 1.922km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Jun 3, 7:25 AM PDT · 16547 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
51. 1.925km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Jun 4, 11:47 AM PDT · 16545 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
52. 1.938km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Jun 4, 2:16 PM PDT · 16545 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
53. 1.79km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Jun 4, 9:40 PM PDT · 16545 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
54. 1.923km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Jun 5, 7:49 AM PDT · 16545 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
55. 3.115 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Jun 5, 11:37 PM PDT · 16544 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
56. 3.1California-Nevada border regionFri, Jun 5, 11:56 PM PDT · 16544 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
57. 3.211 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Jun 6, 4:11 AM PDT · 16544 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
58. 2.34km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Jun 6, 5:36 AM PDT · 16544 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
59. 2.815 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Jun 6, 6:50 AM PDT · 16544 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
60. 3.015 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Jun 6, 10:32 PM PDT · 16543 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

1. 1.745km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, May 7, 6:44 AM PDT · 16574 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
2. 2.96 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, May 7, 2:16 AM PDT · 16574 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
3. 1.941km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, May 7, 1:00 AM PDT · 16574 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci515582. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:33 AM UTC.