M1.9 earthquake 32km W of Olancha, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 32km W of Olancha, CA on Sat, Oct 23, 1982, 1:27 AM PDT (08:27 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 15km NNE of Inyokern, CA. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-10-23 08:27:33 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.261° N, 118.359° W
- Region
- California
- 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.
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 279°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.616km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16036 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.812km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16035 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.614km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16035 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.814km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 16035 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.515km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16035 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.414km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16035 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.79km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16035 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.59km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.512km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.912km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.110km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.810km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.89km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.711km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.115km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.919km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16033 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.910km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16033 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.110km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16033 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.911km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16033 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.927km W of Inyokern, CA · 16033 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.912km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16033 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.012km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16033 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.617km WSW of Little Lake, CA · 16032 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.012km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16032 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.710km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16032 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.415km NNW of Ridgecrest, CA · 16032 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.912km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16032 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.618km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16032 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.611km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16032 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.518km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16032 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.412km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16032 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.611km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16032 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.120km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16032 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.619km NNE of Olancha, CA · 16032 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.412km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16031 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.612km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16031 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.86km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 16031 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.615km NNE of Coso Junction, CA · 16031 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.812km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16031 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.66km NW of Coso Junction, CA · 16031 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.412km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16031 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.75km W of Olancha, CA · 16030 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.511km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16030 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.610km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16030 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.710km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16030 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.010km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16030 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.616km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16029 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.511km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16029 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.914km WSW of Little Lake, CA · 16028 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.611km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16028 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.717km SE of Bodfish, CA · 16028 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.614km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16028 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.913km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16028 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.611km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16028 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.711km ENE of Little Lake, CA · 16027 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.114km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16027 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.715km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16027 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.814km WSW of Little Lake, CA · 16026 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.58km NNE of Little Lake, CA · 16026 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.819km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16026 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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