California earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 2 km NW of Bear Valley, California

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Bear Valley, California on Wed, Jun 23, 1982, 1:07 PM PDT (20:07 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km N of Shaver Lake, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
1982-06-23 20:07:59 UTC
Depth
8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.589° N, 120.136° W
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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
152°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.610 km ENE of Le Grand, California · 16166 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.611 km S of Yosemite Valley, California · 16160 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.018 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16160 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.718 km E of Fish Camp, California · 16158 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.98 km NW of El Nido, California · 16156 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.922 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16156 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.66 km N of Shaver Lake, California · 16155 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.03 km W of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16154 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.629 km N of Big Creek, California · 16152 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.810 km NW of Long Barn, California · 16151 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.67 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16150 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.79 km SW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16148 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.125 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16145 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.815 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16137 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.112 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16135 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.58 km NNW of El Nido, California · 16135 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.710 km NNW of El Nido, California · 16135 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 1.95 km WSW of Nipinnawasee, California · 16134 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.08 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16133 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.64 km SW of Wawona, California · 16127 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 2.17 km W of Mono City, California · 16122 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.95 km SW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16120 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.012 km S of Mariposa, California · 16117 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 2.38 km NE of Planada, California · 16172 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.312 km WNW of El Nido, California · 16172 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.84 km SW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16178 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.210 km NNE of Big Creek, California · 16181 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.310 km NNE of Big Creek, California · 16183 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.29 km E of East Oakdale, California · 16184 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.73 km SSE of Auberry, California · 16188 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.119 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16191 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.66 km SSE of El Portal, California · 16194 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.61 km W of Bear Valley, California · 16196 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1075624. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:34 AM UTC.