M1.5 earthquake 60km ENE of Bishop, CA

Magnitude

1.5 (mc), micro

Local time

Sat, Mar 27, 1982, 4:46 PM PST

UTC

1982-03-28 00:46:15 UTC

Depth

4.1 km (2.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.531° N, 117.748° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

211°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

0

• Goldfield, NevadaPopulation 268. Forecast49 kmWSW
• Dinuba, CaliforniaPopulation 23,702. Forecast182 kmNE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast190 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast389 kmN

After

1. 3.04 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Mar 29, 4:37 AM PST · 16248 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
2. 1.83 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Mar 29, 5:32 AM PST · 16248 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
3. 3.14 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Mar 30, 1:22 AM PST · 16247 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
4. 2.636km NE of Lone Pine, CATue, Mar 30, 10:05 AM PST · 16247 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
5. 1.810 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Mar 30, 2:16 PM PST · 16247 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
6. 3.67 km NNW of Big Pine, CaliforniaFri, Apr 2, 5:24 PM PST · 16243 days ago · 47 km deep · 62 km away
7. 2.511 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Apr 2, 8:54 PM PST · 16243 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
8. 2.810 km NW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Apr 3, 3:05 AM PST · 16243 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
9. 2.939km E of Big Pine, CASat, Apr 3, 5:29 PM PST · 16242 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
10. 3.211 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Apr 9, 7:36 AM PST · 16237 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
11. 2.39 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Apr 11, 4:17 PM PST · 16234 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
12. 4.524 km N of Benton, CaliforniaThu, Apr 15, 1:52 PM PST · 16231 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
13. 2.911 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Apr 17, 6:33 AM PST · 16229 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
14. 1.846km WSW of Tonopah, NVTue, Apr 20, 1:17 PM PST · 16226 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
15. 3.48 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Apr 22, 8:35 AM PST · 16224 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
16. 1.612 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Apr 23, 4:48 AM PST · 16223 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
17. 1.611 km NW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Apr 24, 4:03 AM PST · 16222 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
18. 3.35 km S of Mesa, CaliforniaMon, Apr 26, 1:21 AM PDT · 16220 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
19. 3.015 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Apr 27, 4:56 PM PDT · 16218 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
20. 1.911 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Apr 28, 4:52 PM PDT · 16217 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
21. 3.454km SSE of Hawthorne, NVFri, Apr 30, 12:33 PM PDT · 16216 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
22. 2.8California-Nevada border regionWed, May 5, 7:29 AM PDT · 16211 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
23. 1.712 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, May 7, 7:03 AM PDT · 16209 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
24. 1.510 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 7, 12:13 PM PDT · 16209 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
25. 1.55 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, May 7, 7:49 PM PDT · 16208 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
26. 2.46 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, May 8, 4:05 PM PDT · 16207 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
27. 2.17 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, May 12, 1:17 PM PDT · 16204 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
28. 2.86 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, May 13, 10:24 AM PDT · 16203 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
29. 1.660km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASat, May 15, 9:49 PM PDT · 16200 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
30. 1.510 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, May 20, 2:11 AM PDT · 16196 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away

Before

1. 1.63 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Mar 23, 7:58 AM PST · 16254 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
2. 3.211 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Mar 22, 1:00 AM PST · 16255 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
3. 1.729km NW of Beatty, NVSun, Mar 21, 2:19 PM PST · 16256 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
4. 1.830km NW of Beatty, NVSun, Mar 21, 2:47 AM PST · 16256 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
5. 1.71 km N of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSat, Mar 20, 12:39 AM PST · 16257 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
6. 1.729km NE of Bishop, CAFri, Mar 19, 2:56 AM PST · 16258 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
7. 3.162km NW of Beatty, NVThu, Mar 18, 7:04 PM PST · 16258 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
8. 3.314 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Mar 18, 4:11 AM PST · 16259 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
9. 1.64 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Mar 17, 8:34 PM PST · 16259 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
10. 1.812 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Mar 16, 1:42 PM PST · 16261 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
11. 1.561km NE of Bishop, CATue, Mar 16, 3:20 AM PST · 16261 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
12. 1.861km ENE of Independence, CAMon, Mar 15, 3:28 PM PST · 16261 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
13. 1.73 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Mar 15, 1:33 PM PST · 16262 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
14. 2.09 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Mar 11, 3:19 PM PST · 16265 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
15. 3.19 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Mar 10, 3:19 PM PST · 16266 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
16. 1.610 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Mar 9, 12:34 PM PST · 16268 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
17. 1.811 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Mar 9, 12:18 PM PST · 16268 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
18. 2.718 km SSW of Dyer, NevadaTue, Mar 2, 8:03 PM PST · 16274 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
19. 2.663km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASun, Feb 28, 11:18 PM PST · 16276 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
20. 1.89 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Feb 27, 9:16 PM PST · 16277 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci527873. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:57 AM UTC.