M1.6 earthquake 10 km NNE of Mesa, California

Magnitude

1.6 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Thu, May 10, 1990, 2:12 AM PDT

UTC

1990-05-10 09:12:50 UTC

Depth

3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.510° N, 118.495° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.7 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

238°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

5

• Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaPopulation 2,645. Forecast16 kmNNW
• Sanger, CaliforniaPopulation 24,950. Forecast130 kmNE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast131 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast385 kmN

After

1. 1.72 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, May 10, 2:43 AM PDT · 13296 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
2. 1.62 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, May 10, 5:46 AM PDT · 13296 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
3. 1.69 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, May 10, 11:43 AM PDT · 13296 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
4. 1.918 km ENE of Bishop, CaliforniaThu, May 10, 1:35 PM PDT · 13296 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
5. 2.63 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, May 10, 8:01 PM PDT · 13295 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
6. 1.99 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, May 10, 9:47 PM PDT · 13295 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
7. 2.49 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 11, 1:29 AM PDT · 13295 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
8. 1.79 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 11, 5:02 AM PDT · 13295 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
9. 1.69 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 11, 5:09 AM PDT · 13295 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
10. 1.72 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 11, 10:22 AM PDT · 13295 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
11. 1.83 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 11, 11:06 AM PDT · 13295 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
12. 1.93 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 11, 11:12 AM PDT · 13295 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
13. 2.03 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 11, 11:14 AM PDT · 13295 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
14. 1.73 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 11, 7:47 PM PDT · 13294 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
15. 2.92 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, May 12, 2:22 AM PDT · 13294 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
16. 1.83 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, May 12, 2:27 AM PDT · 13294 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
17. 2.61 km S of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, May 13, 6:06 AM PDT · 13293 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
18. 2.51 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, May 13, 6:06 AM PDT · 13293 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
19. 1.512 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaMon, May 14, 1:06 PM PDT · 13292 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
20. 2.210 km SSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, May 15, 12:24 AM PDT · 13291 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
21. 1.616 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaTue, May 15, 12:26 AM PDT · 13291 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
22. 2.53 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, May 15, 8:47 AM PDT · 13291 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
23. 2.55 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, May 15, 11:52 PM PDT · 13290 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
24. 2.44 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, May 15, 11:52 PM PDT · 13290 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away
25. 1.52 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 16, 6:51 PM PDT · 13289 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
26. 1.52 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 16, 6:54 PM PDT · 13289 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
27. 1.60 km S of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, May 17, 8:12 AM PDT · 13289 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
28. 1.88 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, May 17, 12:18 PM PDT · 13289 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
29. 2.04 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 18, 12:36 PM PDT · 13288 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
30. 1.78 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 18, 2:55 PM PDT · 13287 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
31. 2.21 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 18, 3:12 PM PDT · 13287 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
32. 1.81 km S of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, May 19, 2:07 PM PDT · 13287 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
33. 1.88 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, May 19, 5:09 PM PDT · 13286 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
34. 1.84 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, May 20, 7:33 AM PDT · 13286 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
35. 1.64 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, May 20, 7:45 AM PDT · 13286 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
36. 1.94 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, May 20, 8:40 AM PDT · 13286 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
37. 1.54 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, May 20, 10:43 AM PDT · 13286 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
38. 2.129km E of Big Pine, CASun, May 20, 12:13 PM PDT · 13286 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
39. 2.011 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, May 20, 12:30 PM PDT · 13286 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
40. 1.62 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, May 20, 8:07 PM PDT · 13285 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
41. 2.39 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, May 21, 12:33 AM PDT · 13285 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
42. 3.613 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaMon, May 21, 3:49 AM PDT · 13285 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
43. 1.513 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, May 22, 4:17 AM PDT · 13284 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
44. 1.814 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, May 22, 5:03 AM PDT · 13284 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
45. 1.77 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, May 22, 6:13 AM PDT · 13284 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
46. 1.68 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, May 22, 9:55 PM PDT · 13283 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
47. 1.615 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaTue, May 22, 10:30 PM PDT · 13283 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
48. 1.59 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 23, 4:00 AM PDT · 13283 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
49. 2.09 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 23, 7:35 PM PDT · 13282 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
50. 1.97 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 25, 11:43 AM PDT · 13281 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
51. 1.87 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 25, 12:37 PM PDT · 13281 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
52. 1.77 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, May 25, 3:27 PM PDT · 13280 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
53. 1.86 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, May 26, 1:32 PM PDT · 13280 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
54. 2.611 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, May 26, 3:29 PM PDT · 13279 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
55. 1.811 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, May 27, 12:50 AM PDT · 13279 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
56. 2.539km E of Big Pine, CASun, May 27, 11:21 AM PDT · 13279 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
57. 2.010 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, May 28, 3:55 AM PDT · 13278 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
58. 1.516 km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 30, 3:25 PM PDT · 13275 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
59. 1.61 km ESE of Round Valley, CaliforniaWed, May 30, 3:32 PM PDT · 13275 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
60. 2.75 km S of Mesa, CaliforniaThu, May 31, 2:04 AM PDT · 13275 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 2.62 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, May 10, 12:53 AM PDT · 13296 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
2. 1.53 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 9, 9:18 PM PDT · 13296 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
3. 1.6California-Nevada border regionWed, May 9, 8:44 PM PDT · 13296 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
4. 1.52 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 9, 7:44 PM PDT · 13296 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
5. 1.82 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 9, 4:04 PM PDT · 13296 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
6. 2.12 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 9, 3:50 PM PDT · 13296 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
7. 2.4California-Nevada border regionWed, May 9, 2:51 PM PDT · 13296 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
8. 2.23 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 9, 1:31 PM PDT · 13297 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
9. 1.73 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 9, 11:38 AM PDT · 13297 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
10. 2.03 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 9, 11:33 AM PDT · 13297 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
11. 2.0California-Nevada border regionWed, May 9, 1:18 AM PDT · 13297 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
12. 1.83 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 9, 1:11 AM PDT · 13297 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
13. 2.52 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, May 9, 12:58 AM PDT · 13297 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
14. 1.8California-Nevada border regionTue, May 8, 10:17 PM PDT · 13297 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
15. 2.12 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, May 8, 9:00 PM PDT · 13297 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
16. 1.818 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CATue, May 8, 7:34 PM PDT · 13297 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
17. 2.0California-Nevada border regionTue, May 8, 9:53 AM PDT · 13298 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
18. 1.73 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, May 8, 8:50 AM PDT · 13298 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
19. 2.02 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, May 8, 8:20 AM PDT · 13298 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
20. 2.52 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, May 8, 8:20 AM PDT · 13298 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc157513. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC.