California earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 27 km ENE of Big Pine, California

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 27 km ENE of Big Pine, California on Mon, Dec 26, 1983, 11:56 AM PST (19:56 UTC), 10 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 6 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-12-26 19:56:35 UTC
Depth
10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.257° N, 118.007° 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 6.6 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.32
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
322°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.26 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15611 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.610 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15610 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.93 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15610 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.810 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15610 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.55 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15610 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.611 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15609 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 3.011 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15609 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.646km WNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 15608 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.97km ESE of Lone Pine, CA · 15608 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.98km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 15608 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.65 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15607 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.938km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 15606 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 1.59 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15606 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.913 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15606 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.913 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15605 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.810 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15605 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.97 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15604 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 3.265km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 15604 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.614 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15604 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.67 km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15603 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 1.86 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15603 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 1.92 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15603 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.911 km NE of Big Pine, California · 15602 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 2.312 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15602 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 1.511 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15602 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.87 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15602 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.49 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15601 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 1.95km E of Lone Pine, CA · 15601 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 1.610 km NE of Big Pine, California · 15601 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 1.910 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15601 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 1.61 km E of Mesa, California · 15601 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 2.413 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15600 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 1.611 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15600 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.311 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15600 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 2.22 km SSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15600 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 1.710 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15599 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 2.310 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15599 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.97km S of Independence, CA · 15598 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 2.311 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15598 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.6California-Nevada border region · 15598 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 1.61 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15598 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.61 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15598 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.011 km NNE of Big Pine, California · 15598 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 1.514 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15597 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 1.71 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15597 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.414 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15597 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 1.514 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15597 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.616km NE of Olancha, CA · 15596 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 1.76 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15596 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 1.720km SSW of Lone Pine, CA · 15596 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 1.64 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15596 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 3.56 km WNW of Round Valley, California · 15596 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.15 km S of Swall Meadows, California · 15596 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  54. 1.714 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15596 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 1.69 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15595 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.160km NNW of Beatty, NV · 15595 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.512 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15595 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 1.913 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15595 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.66 km S of Swall Meadows, California · 15595 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 1.922 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 15595 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 2.253km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 15611 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.857km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 15611 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.811 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15611 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.211 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15612 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.811 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15612 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.211 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15612 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.711 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15612 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 3.511 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15612 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.28 km SSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15612 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.354km ENE of Independence, CA · 15612 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.89 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15612 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.511 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15613 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.811 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15613 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.051km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 15613 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.536km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 15613 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 1.66 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15615 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.56 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15616 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.710 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15616 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.77 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15616 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 3.06km N of Lone Pine, CA · 15616 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1109094 (also filed as ci27826). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC.