M1.6 earthquake 32 km NW of Benton, California

Magnitude

1.6 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Sat, Aug 27, 1983, 10:30 PM PDT

UTC

1983-08-28 05:30:50 UTC

Depth

3.0 km (1.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.028° N, 118.740° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

75°

Stations used

9

• June Lake, CaliforniaPopulation 629. Forecast40 kmNE
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast129 kmSE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast159 kmNNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast444 kmN

After

1. 1.511 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Aug 28, 2:09 AM PDT · 15742 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
2. 1.811 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Aug 28, 2:39 AM PDT · 15742 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
3. 1.69 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Aug 28, 3:06 AM PDT · 15742 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
4. 1.89 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Aug 28, 3:39 AM PDT · 15742 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
5. 1.813 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Aug 28, 8:27 PM PDT · 15741 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
6. 3.09 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Aug 29, 3:06 AM PDT · 15741 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
7. 1.715 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Aug 29, 8:49 PM PDT · 15740 days ago · -1 km deep · 57 km away
8. 1.68 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Aug 30, 5:51 AM PDT · 15740 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
9. 1.513 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Aug 30, 10:23 AM PDT · 15739 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
10. 1.68 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Aug 30, 6:30 PM PDT · 15739 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
11. 1.96 km NW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 31, 1:01 AM PDT · 15739 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
12. 2.032 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaWed, Aug 31, 2:27 AM PDT · 15739 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
13. 2.011 km NW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 31, 2:39 AM PDT · 15739 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
14. 2.09 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 31, 4:30 AM PDT · 15739 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
15. 1.512 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 31, 11:30 AM PDT · 15738 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
16. 2.61 km NW of Sunny Slopes, CaliforniaWed, Aug 31, 7:49 PM PDT · 15738 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
17. 3.39 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 31, 10:38 PM PDT · 15738 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
18. 1.89 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 31, 10:42 PM PDT · 15738 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
19. 1.611 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 31, 10:42 PM PDT · 15738 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
20. 1.59 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 31, 10:48 PM PDT · 15738 days ago · -2 km deep · 59 km away
21. 2.59 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 31, 10:53 PM PDT · 15738 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
22. 4.031 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaThu, Sep 1, 10:01 AM PDT · 15737 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
23. 2.332 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaThu, Sep 1, 10:39 AM PDT · 15737 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
24. 2.532 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaThu, Sep 1, 12:14 PM PDT · 15737 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
25. 2.332 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaThu, Sep 1, 12:21 PM PDT · 15737 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
26. 2.111 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Sep 1, 12:39 PM PDT · 15737 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
27. 2.232 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaThu, Sep 1, 12:42 PM PDT · 15737 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
28. 1.611 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Sep 1, 2:28 PM PDT · 15737 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
29. 1.76 km NW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Sep 1, 4:02 PM PDT · 15737 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
30. 1.89 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Sep 1, 9:21 PM PDT · 15737 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
31. 1.911 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Sep 2, 9:42 AM PDT · 15737 days ago · -2 km deep · 55 km away
32. 2.03 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Sep 2, 10:43 AM PDT · 15736 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
33. 1.87 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Sep 2, 1:40 PM PDT · 15736 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
34. 1.84 km SE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaFri, Sep 2, 3:44 PM PDT · 15736 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
35. 1.84 km SE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaFri, Sep 2, 4:01 PM PDT · 15736 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
36. 2.29 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Sep 2, 4:58 PM PDT · 15736 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
37. 2.032 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaSat, Sep 3, 6:51 PM PDT · 15735 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
38. 1.511 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Sep 4, 7:11 AM PDT · 15735 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
39. 1.55 km S of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Sep 4, 11:06 AM PDT · 15734 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
40. 2.32 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Sep 4, 9:43 PM PDT · 15734 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
41. 2.115 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Sep 4, 9:57 PM PDT · 15734 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
42. 1.914 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Sep 5, 8:38 AM PDT · 15734 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
43. 1.85 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Sep 5, 9:12 PM PDT · 15733 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
44. 2.310 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Sep 5, 11:47 PM PDT · 15733 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
45. 1.68 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Sep 5, 11:51 PM PDT · 15733 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
46. 1.610 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Sep 6, 1:27 AM PDT · 15733 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
47. 2.69 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Sep 6, 3:01 PM PDT · 15732 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
48. 2.09 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Sep 7, 3:34 AM PDT · 15732 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
49. 2.99 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Sep 7, 3:35 AM PDT · 15732 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
50. 1.61 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Sep 7, 12:23 PM PDT · 15731 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
51. 1.71 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Sep 7, 1:06 PM PDT · 15731 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
52. 1.915 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Sep 8, 6:50 AM PDT · 15731 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
53. 1.512 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Sep 8, 8:12 PM PDT · 15730 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
54. 1.711 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Sep 8, 11:29 PM PDT · 15730 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
55. 1.72 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Sep 9, 6:35 AM PDT · 15730 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
56. 3.49 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Sep 9, 4:22 PM PDT · 15729 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
57. 1.68 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Sep 9, 8:26 PM PDT · 15729 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
58. 1.75 km S of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaFri, Sep 9, 9:10 PM PDT · 15729 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
59. 1.69 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Sep 10, 12:48 AM PDT · 15729 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
60. 1.615 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Sep 10, 4:01 AM PDT · 15729 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 1.512 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Aug 27, 10:27 PM PDT · 15742 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
2. 1.79 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Aug 27, 8:06 PM PDT · 15742 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
3. 1.512 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Aug 27, 6:05 PM PDT · 15742 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
4. 1.58 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Aug 27, 4:06 PM PDT · 15742 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
5. 1.732 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaSat, Aug 27, 9:14 AM PDT · 15743 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
6. 1.69 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Aug 26, 6:29 PM PDT · 15743 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
7. 2.15 km SSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Aug 25, 1:18 PM PDT · 15744 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
8. 2.24 km W of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Aug 25, 10:20 AM PDT · 15744 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
9. 2.811 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Aug 25, 6:03 AM PDT · 15745 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
10. 2.212 km E of Wilkerson, CaliforniaThu, Aug 25, 4:00 AM PDT · 15745 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
11. 1.73 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Aug 25, 2:56 AM PDT · 15745 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
12. 2.13 km NW of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Aug 25, 2:22 AM PDT · 15745 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
13. 1.811 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 24, 10:42 PM PDT · 15745 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
14. 1.715 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Aug 24, 9:11 PM PDT · 15745 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
15. 1.94 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Aug 24, 6:04 PM PDT · 15745 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
16. 1.63 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Aug 24, 6:18 AM PDT · 15746 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
17. 1.710 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Aug 24, 5:12 AM PDT · 15746 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
18. 1.914 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 24, 4:18 AM PDT · 15746 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
19. 1.6California-Nevada border regionWed, Aug 24, 1:11 AM PDT · 15746 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
20. 1.614 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Aug 24, 1:09 AM PDT · 15746 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1101352. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:20 AM UTC.