M1.6 earthquake 7km ESE of Coso Junction, CA

Magnitude

1.6 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sun, Mar 8, 1981, 6:40 PM PST

UTC

1981-03-09 02:40:20 UTC

Depth

0.7 km (0.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.030° N, 117.868° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.2 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.54

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

188°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

7

• Inyokern, CaliforniaPopulation 1,099. Forecast43 kmN
• Ridgecrest, CaliforniaPopulation 28,780. Forecast49 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast127 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast223 kmN

After

1. 1.87km ESE of Coso Junction, CASun, Mar 8, 8:08 PM PST · 16646 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.814km ESE of Little Lake, CAMon, Mar 9, 4:41 PM PST · 16645 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
3. 1.716km W of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 10, 5:05 AM PST · 16645 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
4. 1.711km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Mar 10, 6:36 AM PST · 16645 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
5. 1.921km E of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Mar 11, 11:29 AM PST · 16643 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
6. 2.38km ESE of Coso Junction, CAThu, Mar 12, 5:36 PM PST · 16642 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
7. 2.16km ESE of Coso Junction, CAThu, Mar 12, 6:36 PM PST · 16642 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
8. 2.49km NE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Mar 15, 6:12 PM PST · 16639 days ago · -1 km deep · 47 km away
9. 2.611km NE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Mar 15, 7:28 PM PST · 16639 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
10. 2.07km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Mar 16, 9:54 AM PST · 16638 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
11. 2.010km NE of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Mar 19, 7:28 AM PST · 16636 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
12. 2.132km NNE of Trona, CAThu, Mar 19, 8:28 AM PST · 16636 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
13. 2.413km ESE of Lone Pine, CASun, Mar 29, 3:19 AM PST · 16626 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
14. 2.62km ENE of Kernville, CAWed, Apr 1, 9:32 PM PST · 16622 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
15. 1.67km WNW of Little Lake, CAThu, Apr 2, 5:42 PM PST · 16621 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
16. 1.912km NE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Apr 3, 6:33 AM PST · 16621 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
17. 1.98km NE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Apr 4, 1:14 AM PST · 16620 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
18. 1.624km ESE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 5, 3:28 AM PST · 16619 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
19. 2.58km ESE of Coso Junction, CASun, Apr 5, 8:34 AM PST · 16619 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
20. 2.025km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Apr 6, 5:42 PM PST · 16617 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
21. 1.58km NW of Kernville, CATue, Apr 7, 3:32 AM PST · 16617 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
22. 1.725km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Apr 8, 6:35 AM PST · 16616 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
23. 1.914km NE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Apr 8, 7:08 PM PST · 16615 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
24. 1.940km NE of Trona, CAThu, Apr 9, 1:30 PM PST · 16614 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
25. 1.830km E of Coso Junction, CAThu, Apr 9, 10:23 PM PST · 16614 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
26. 1.925km NNE of California City, CASat, Apr 11, 12:24 PM PST · 16612 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
27. 3.125km N of Tehachapi, CASat, Apr 11, 1:47 PM PST · 16612 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
28. 1.725km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Apr 13, 11:46 PM PST · 16610 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
29. 2.012km ENE of Little Lake, CATue, Apr 14, 2:36 PM PST · 16609 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
30. 2.525km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Apr 15, 12:46 AM PST · 16609 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
31. 2.325km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Apr 15, 6:11 AM PST · 16609 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
32. 2.216km ENE of Little Lake, CAThu, Apr 16, 5:16 AM PST · 16608 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
33. 2.122km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Apr 16, 2:26 PM PST · 16607 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
34. 1.921km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Apr 18, 5:03 AM PST · 16606 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
35. 2.215km ENE of Little Lake, CASat, Apr 18, 11:51 AM PST · 16605 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
36. 3.917km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 19, 12:46 AM PST · 16605 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
37. 3.416km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 19, 12:54 AM PST · 16605 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
38. 4.118km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 19, 1:02 AM PST · 16605 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
39. 4.716km SSE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 19, 1:02 AM PST · 16605 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
40. 4.018km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 19, 1:19 AM PST · 16605 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
41. 2.316km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 19, 2:28 AM PST · 16605 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
42. 2.417km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 19, 11:25 AM PST · 16604 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
43. 2.317km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 19, 12:24 PM PST · 16604 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
44. 1.818km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 19, 4:31 PM PST · 16604 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
45. 1.719km NNE of Inyokern, CASun, Apr 19, 6:50 PM PST · 16604 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
46. 1.616km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 19, 7:10 PM PST · 16604 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
47. 1.817km SE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 19, 7:21 PM PST · 16604 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
48. 1.716km SE of Little Lake, CAMon, Apr 20, 2:08 AM PST · 16604 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
49. 2.517km SE of Little Lake, CAMon, Apr 20, 8:45 AM PST · 16604 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
50. 1.916km SE of Little Lake, CAMon, Apr 20, 5:47 PM PST · 16603 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
51. 1.616km ENE of Little Lake, CATue, Apr 21, 8:44 AM PST · 16603 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
52. 2.115km SE of Little Lake, CATue, Apr 21, 2:44 PM PST · 16602 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
53. 2.712km N of Coso Junction, CATue, Apr 21, 5:33 PM PST · 16602 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
54. 2.116km SE of Little Lake, CAWed, Apr 22, 3:21 PM PST · 16601 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
55. 3.414km SE of Little Lake, CAWed, Apr 22, 7:35 PM PST · 16601 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
56. 1.815km SE of Little Lake, CAWed, Apr 22, 9:19 PM PST · 16601 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
57. 2.115km SE of Little Lake, CAThu, Apr 23, 2:17 AM PST · 16601 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
58. 2.08km SE of Lake Isabella, CAThu, Apr 23, 6:52 AM PST · 16601 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
59. 1.84km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, Apr 23, 6:53 AM PST · 16601 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
60. 1.815km SE of Little Lake, CAThu, Apr 23, 4:14 PM PST · 16600 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

1. 1.621km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Mar 7, 2:54 PM PST · 16647 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
2. 2.024km S of Bodfish, CASun, Mar 1, 4:57 AM PST · 16654 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
3. 1.719km SE of Little Lake, CAFri, Feb 27, 4:18 PM PST · 16655 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
4. 2.726km WNW of Inyokern, CASun, Feb 22, 10:19 PM PST · 16660 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
5. 1.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Feb 20, 3:57 PM PST · 16662 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
6. 3.114km SE of Independence, CAWed, Feb 18, 2:49 AM PST · 16665 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
7. 1.917km ENE of Little Lake, CATue, Feb 17, 4:29 PM PST · 16665 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
8. 1.66km N of Little Lake, CATue, Feb 17, 10:53 AM PST · 16665 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
9. 1.613km NE of Little Lake, CASat, Feb 14, 5:58 PM PST · 16668 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
10. 2.311km NNW of Coso Junction, CAFri, Feb 13, 5:49 PM PST · 16669 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
11. 1.78km SW of Olancha, CAThu, Feb 12, 10:07 PM PST · 16670 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
12. 2.118km N of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Feb 11, 1:43 AM PST · 16672 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
13. 1.711km ENE of Coso Junction, CATue, Feb 10, 11:17 PM PST · 16672 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
14. 1.824km SW of Little Lake, CASat, Feb 7, 11:21 PM PST · 16675 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci531107. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC.