California earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 11 km NE of Big Pine, California

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 11 km NE of Big Pine, California on Wed, Jan 4, 1984, 10:03 AM PST (18:03 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 12 km SW of Aspen Springs, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-01-04 18:03:59 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.235° N, 118.191° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.02
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
311°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.312 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15602 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.511 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15602 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.87 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15602 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.49 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15602 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.95km E of Lone Pine, CA · 15602 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.610 km NE of Big Pine, California · 15601 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.910 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15601 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.61 km E of Mesa, California · 15601 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.413 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15601 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.611 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15601 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.311 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15600 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.22 km SSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15600 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.710 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15600 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.310 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15599 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 1.97km S of Independence, CA · 15599 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.311 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15599 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.6California-Nevada border region · 15598 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.61 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15598 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.61 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15598 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.011 km NNE of Big Pine, California · 15598 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 1.514 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15598 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 1.71 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15597 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  23. 2.414 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15597 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.514 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15597 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 1.76 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15597 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.720km SSW of Lone Pine, CA · 15597 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.64 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15597 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 3.56 km WNW of Round Valley, California · 15596 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 2.15 km S of Swall Meadows, California · 15596 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.714 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15596 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 1.69 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15596 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 1.512 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15596 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.913 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15595 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.66 km S of Swall Meadows, California · 15595 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 1.922 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 15595 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 2.11 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 15593 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 3.81 km SE of Mesa, California · 15593 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  38. 2.111 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 4.02 km SE of Mesa, California · 15593 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 3.01 km ESE of Mesa, California · 15593 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  41. 1.52 km NE of Round Valley, California · 15593 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 1.51 km NNW of Mesa, California · 15593 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  43. 2.23 km NNW of Mesa, California · 15593 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 1.70 km E of Mesa, California · 15592 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 1.76 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15592 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 2.121 km NW of Benton, California · 15591 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 1.80 km ESE of Mesa, California · 15591 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 1.60 km SSE of Mesa, California · 15591 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 2.512 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15591 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 2.511 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  51. 2.567km NW of Beatty, NV · 15590 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 1.68 km SSW of Swall Meadows, California · 15590 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 2.08 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15589 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 2.412 km NE of Sunny Slopes, California · 15588 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  55. 1.515 km WSW of Round Valley, California · 15588 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 1.73 km E of Sunny Slopes, California · 15588 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 1.75 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15588 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 3.015 km NNE of Mesa, California · 15587 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 1.75 km NE of June Lake, California · 15587 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.813 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15587 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 1.92 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15603 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.86 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15603 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.67 km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15603 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.614 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15605 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.265km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 15605 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.97 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15605 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.810 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15605 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.913 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15606 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 3.913 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15606 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.59 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15607 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.938km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 15607 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 1.65 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15608 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.98km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 15609 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.97km ESE of Lone Pine, CA · 15609 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.646km WNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 15609 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 3.011 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15610 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.611 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15610 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 1.55 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15611 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.810 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 15611 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.93 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15611 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc602 (also filed as ci28426). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.