California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 18 km NNE of Mesa, California

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 18 km NNE of Mesa, California on Mon, May 4, 1987, 4:06 AM PDT (11:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 3 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1987-05-04 11:06:42 UTC
Depth
5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.555° N, 118.430° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
61°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.015 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14393 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.615 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14393 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.215 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14393 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 1.714 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14393 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.77 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14393 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.510 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14392 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.614 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14392 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.23 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14392 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.618 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14392 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.718 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14392 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.416 km E of Mono City, California · 14391 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.66 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14391 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.86 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 14391 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 4.23 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14391 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.63 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14391 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.714 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14390 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.618 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14390 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.5California-Nevada border region · 14390 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.015 km NE of Mesa, California · 14390 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.6California-Nevada border region · 14390 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  21. 2.39 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14389 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 1.84 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14389 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 1.512 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14389 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 2.013 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14388 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 1.612 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14388 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.12 km SW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14388 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.318 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14388 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 1.73 km NNW of Mesa, California · 14387 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 1.82 km WNW of Round Valley, California · 14387 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 2.614 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14387 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 1.920 km NE of Big Pine, California · 14387 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  32. 1.51 km SSW of Round Valley, California · 14387 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 2.121 km SSE of Benton, California · 14386 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 1.620 km SSE of Benton, California · 14386 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 1.69 km WSW of West Bishop, CA · 14385 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 1.78 km SW of West Bishop, California · 14385 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 1.915 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14385 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 1.611 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14385 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 1.623 km SSE of Benton, California · 14385 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 1.518 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14384 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 1.511 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14384 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 2.39 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 14384 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 3.425 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada · 14384 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  44. 1.817 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14384 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 1.716 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14384 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 1.59 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14384 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 2.021 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14384 days ago · -2 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 1.83 km S of Swall Meadows, California · 14384 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 1.816 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14383 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 1.819 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14382 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 2.715 km NE of Swall Meadows, California · 14382 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 1.75 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14382 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 2.37 km E of Swall Meadows, California · 14381 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 2.123 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California · 14381 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 1.68 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14381 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 1.731 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 14381 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 2.46 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14380 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 1.913 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14380 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 2.021 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14380 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 2.521 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 14380 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.911 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14393 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 1.511 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14394 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 1.610 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14394 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 1.711 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14394 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 1.811 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14394 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.612 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14394 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 1.59 km WSW of Swall Meadows, California · 14395 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 1.77 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14395 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.716 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14395 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 1.63 km WSW of West Bishop, California · 14395 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.615 km NNE of Mesa, California · 14395 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 1.93 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 14396 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.818 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14396 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.210 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 14396 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.58 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14396 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.517 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 14396 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.511 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14396 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.411 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14396 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 1.69 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 14396 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 1.925 km E of Bishop, California · 14397 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc99794. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.