M1.6 earthquake 47km ENE of Bishop, CA

Magnitude

1.6 (mc), micro

Local time

Wed, Apr 15, 1981, 10:40 PM PST

UTC

1981-04-16 06:40:36 UTC

Depth

3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.589° N, 117.949° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

230°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

0

• Bishop, CaliforniaPopulation 3,806. Forecast47 kmENE
• Dinuba, CaliforniaPopulation 23,702. Forecast173 kmNE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast177 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast394 kmN

After

1. 1.87km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 10:45 PM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
2. 1.87km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 10:53 PM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
3. 1.67km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 11:02 PM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
4. 2.07km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 11:45 PM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
5. 1.67km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 12:02 AM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
6. 2.57km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 1:24 AM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
7. 2.011km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 5:12 AM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
8. 2.112km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 5:54 AM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
9. 1.87km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 9:43 AM PST · 16595 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
10. 2.410km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 10:59 AM PST · 16595 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
11. 1.820km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 16, 1:26 PM PST · 16594 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
12. 2.766km SE of Hawthorne, NVThu, Apr 16, 6:27 PM PST · 16594 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
13. 2.665km SE of Hawthorne, NVThu, Apr 16, 6:33 PM PST · 16594 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
14. 1.921km SE of Tonopah, NVFri, Apr 17, 9:00 AM PST · 16594 days ago · -2 km deep · 85 km away
15. 1.917km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Apr 17, 9:49 AM PST · 16594 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
16. 2.159km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAFri, Apr 17, 11:59 AM PST · 16593 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
17. 3.729 km NNW of Benton, CaliforniaFri, Apr 17, 4:35 PM PST · 16593 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
18. 2.016km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Apr 17, 10:57 PM PST · 16593 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
19. 1.716km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Apr 17, 11:51 PM PST · 16593 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
20. 2.913 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Apr 19, 12:29 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
21. 2.69 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Apr 19, 3:09 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
22. 1.663km WNW of Beatty, NVMon, Apr 20, 4:29 AM PST · 16591 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
23. 3.415 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 11:21 AM PST · 16591 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
24. 2.32km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 20, 7:42 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
25. 1.52 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 7:44 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
26. 2.12 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 7:44 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
27. 2.42km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 20, 7:45 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
28. 2.23km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 20, 7:47 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
29. 2.021km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 20, 7:47 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
30. 3.310 km NW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 7:49 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
31. 3.03 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 7:56 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
32. 3.23 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Apr 20, 7:57 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
33. 1.851km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Apr 20, 8:00 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
34. 1.712km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 20, 9:43 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
35. 2.125km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 21, 1:12 AM PST · 16590 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
36. 2.21km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 21, 2:16 AM PST · 16590 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
37. 2.911 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Apr 21, 2:27 AM PST · 16590 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
38. 1.733km W of Tonopah, NVTue, Apr 21, 10:29 AM PST · 16590 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
39. 1.956km SSE of Hawthorne, NVTue, Apr 21, 11:08 AM PST · 16590 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
40. 2.158km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Apr 21, 3:47 PM PST · 16589 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
41. 2.311km E of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 21, 5:48 PM PST · 16589 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
42. 2.10km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 21, 8:55 PM PST · 16589 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
43. 2.559km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CAWed, Apr 22, 8:02 AM PST · 16589 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
44. 2.118km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 22, 9:52 AM PST · 16589 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
45. 1.836km NW of Beatty, NVWed, Apr 22, 6:10 PM PST · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
46. 1.79 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Apr 22, 6:36 PM PST · 16588 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
47. 1.83km NNW of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 22, 6:43 PM PST · 16588 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
48. 2.043km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Apr 22, 6:53 PM PST · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
49. 2.310km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 22, 6:53 PM PST · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
50. 2.872km NW of Beatty, NVWed, Apr 22, 9:01 PM PST · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
51. 1.766km E of Big Pine, CAWed, Apr 22, 9:34 PM PST · 16588 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
52. 2.048km ENE of Independence, CAWed, Apr 22, 9:39 PM PST · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
53. 2.126km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 22, 10:13 PM PST · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
54. 1.742km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Apr 23, 5:28 AM PST · 16588 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
55. 2.363km NW of Beatty, NVThu, Apr 23, 12:32 PM PST · 16587 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
56. 1.954km ENE of Independence, CAThu, Apr 23, 3:05 PM PST · 16587 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
57. 1.966km NW of Beatty, NVThu, Apr 23, 3:52 PM PST · 16587 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
58. 1.762km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CAThu, Apr 23, 4:24 PM PST · 16587 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
59. 2.414km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Apr 23, 7:39 PM PST · 16587 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
60. 1.7California-Nevada border regionThu, Apr 23, 9:03 PM PST · 16587 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 185.

Before

1. 2.19km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 9:35 AM PST · 16596 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
2. 2.19km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Apr 15, 4:07 AM PST · 16596 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
3. 2.048km ESE of Hawthorne, NVTue, Apr 14, 12:38 PM PST · 16596 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
4. 2.014 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Apr 14, 11:21 AM PST · 16597 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
5. 2.424km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 14, 3:09 AM PST · 16597 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
6. 1.958km SSW of Tonopah, NVTue, Apr 14, 2:55 AM PST · 16597 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
7. 2.211km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CATue, Apr 14, 2:38 AM PST · 16597 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
8. 2.117km S of Big Pine, CATue, Apr 14, 12:42 AM PST · 16597 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
9. 1.620km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 13, 7:25 PM PST · 16597 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
10. 1.613km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 13, 12:20 PM PST · 16597 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
11. 2.310 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Apr 13, 11:03 AM PST · 16598 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
12. 1.813km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Apr 13, 8:17 AM PST · 16598 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci514485. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC.