California earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 24km ENE of Coso Junction, CA

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 24km ENE of Coso Junction, CA on Wed, Jun 20, 1990, 6:45 AM PDT (13:45 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 28km N of Kernville, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (Mc), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1990-06-20 13:45:41 UTC
Depth
-0.2 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.105° N, 117.686° 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.

Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
240°, 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: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.51km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 13255 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.022km SSW of Little Lake, CA · 13255 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.930km E of Lone Pine, CA · 13254 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.628km ESE of Lone Pine, CA · 13253 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.614km ESE of Olancha, CA · 13253 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.217km SE of Trona, CA · 13253 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.513km ESE of Olancha, CA · 13253 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.714km ESE of Olancha, CA · 13253 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 1.714km NE of Inyokern, CA · 13251 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.61km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 13251 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.224km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 13249 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 1.824km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 13248 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  13. 1.95km WNW of Little Lake, CA · 13247 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.123km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 13247 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.712km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 13246 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.72km ENE of Wofford Heights, CA · 13245 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.714km NW of Coso Junction, CA · 13243 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.919km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 13242 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.69km NNE of Little Lake, CA · 13242 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.51km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 13241 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  21. 1.71km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 13239 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.922km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 13239 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 1.622km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 13239 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 1.511km SSW of Johannesburg, CA · 13238 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 1.86km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 13238 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
  26. 1.625km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 13236 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 1.732km SW of Inyokern, CA · 13236 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 1.733km N of Kernville, CA · 13236 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.429km N of Searles Valley, CA · 13236 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 1.616km NNE of Kernville, CA · 13235 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 1.66km NW of Wofford Heights, CA · 13234 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 1.932km ENE of Little Lake, CA · 13232 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 1.610km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 13230 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 1.88km E of Kernville, CA · 13229 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.921km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 13228 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 1.619km NE of Olancha, CA · 13227 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 2.714km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 13226 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 1.514km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 13226 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 1.914km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 13226 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 2.742km NNW of Fort Irwin, CA · 13225 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.614km E of Little Lake, CA · 13225 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 2.014km E of Little Lake, CA · 13224 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 2.214km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 13224 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 1.914km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 13224 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 1.814km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 13224 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 1.522km SE of Bodfish, CA · 13223 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 1.714km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 13223 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  48. 1.524km N of Searles Valley, CA · 13222 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 1.728km WSW of Coso Junction, CA · 13221 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 2.57km E of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 13221 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 1.621km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 13221 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 2.120km NE of Little Lake, CA · 13220 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 1.523km WSW of Olancha, CA · 13219 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.432km WSW of Olancha, CA · 13217 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 1.514km NW of Coso Junction, CA · 13216 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 1.524km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 13216 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  57. 2.113km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 13215 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 1.911km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 13214 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 1.613km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 13214 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 1.910km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 13214 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 96.

Before

  1. 1.921km E of Coso Junction, CA · 13255 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.613km NE of Kernville, CA · 13256 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.021km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 13256 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.92km SSE of Wofford Heights, CA · 13257 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.725km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 13257 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.020km SSW of Little Lake, CA · 13258 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.920km SSW of Little Lake, CA · 13258 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.324km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 13258 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 1.621km E of Little Lake, CA · 13258 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 2.424km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 13258 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.520km SSW of Little Lake, CA · 13258 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 1.615km E of Coso Junction, CA · 13258 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.924km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 13258 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 1.918km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 13259 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.225km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 13259 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 2.21km E of Wofford Heights, CA · 13259 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.91km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 13259 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.623km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 13260 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.312km NNE of Olancha, CA · 13261 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 1.615km NW of Coso Junction, CA · 13262 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci2000550. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC.