M1.6 earthquake 21 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada

Magnitude

1.6 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Wed, Jan 16, 1991, 1:09 AM PST

UTC

1991-01-16 09:09:22 UTC

Depth

2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.496° N, 117.963° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.9 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

301°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

20

• Bishop, CaliforniaPopulation 3,806. Forecast41 kmENE
• Dinuba, CaliforniaPopulation 23,702. Forecast165 kmNE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast171 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast384 kmN

After

1. 1.715 km NE of Mesa, CaliforniaFri, Jan 18, 1:23 AM PST · 13043 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
2. 1.837km ENE of Lone Pine, CASat, Jan 19, 7:58 AM PST · 13042 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
3. 1.51 km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Jan 21, 8:16 AM PST · 13040 days ago · -2 km deep · 92 km away
4. 1.612 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Jan 21, 8:26 PM PST · 13040 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
5. 2.97 km SE of Big Pine, CaliforniaTue, Jan 22, 10:01 PM PST · 13039 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
6. 2.211 km SE of Big Pine, CaliforniaTue, Jan 22, 10:10 PM PST · 13039 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
7. 2.2California-Nevada border regionTue, Jan 22, 10:11 PM PST · 13039 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
8. 1.512 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Jan 24, 7:49 AM PST · 13037 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
9. 1.55 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Jan 24, 10:53 PM PST · 13037 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
10. 1.511 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Jan 29, 7:21 AM PST · 13032 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
11. 2.61 km NNW of Mesa, CaliforniaWed, Jan 30, 3:23 AM PST · 13031 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
12. 2.21 km NNW of Mesa, CaliforniaWed, Jan 30, 3:54 AM PST · 13031 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
13. 2.811 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Jan 30, 7:17 AM PST · 13031 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
14. 2.312 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 3:11 PM PST · 13030 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
15. 2.212 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 6:03 PM PST · 13030 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
16. 1.611 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 8:08 PM PST · 13030 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
17. 1.811 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 8:32 PM PST · 13030 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
18. 1.912 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 8:34 PM PST · 13030 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
19. 3.512 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 9:23 PM PST · 13030 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
20. 3.214 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 9:23 PM PST · 13030 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
21. 1.711 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 9:39 PM PST · 13030 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
22. 3.412 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 4:02 AM PST · 13029 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
23. 2.612 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 4:15 AM PST · 13029 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
24. 1.612 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 5:22 AM PST · 13029 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
25. 2.412 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 8:42 AM PST · 13029 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
26. 1.512 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Feb 1, 2:55 PM PST · 13029 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
27. 2.224km E of Big Pine, CASat, Feb 2, 6:31 AM PST · 13028 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
28. 1.910 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 10:21 AM PST · 13027 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
29. 2.34 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 10:42 PM PST · 13027 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
30. 2.14 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 10:45 PM PST · 13027 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
31. 2.14 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 11:37 PM PST · 13027 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
32. 1.712 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaMon, Feb 4, 5:39 AM PST · 13026 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
33. 2.49 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Feb 4, 10:29 PM PST · 13026 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
34. 1.912 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 2:34 AM PST · 13025 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
35. 1.712 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 2:35 AM PST · 13025 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
36. 1.611 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 7:15 AM PST · 13025 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
37. 1.710 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 7:45 AM PST · 13025 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
38. 1.79 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 10:40 AM PST · 13025 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
39. 1.912 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Feb 5, 11:05 AM PST · 13025 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
40. 1.612 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 12:47 AM PST · 13025 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
41. 1.65 km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 11:37 AM PST · 13023 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
42. 2.110 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaFri, Feb 8, 10:03 PM PST · 13022 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
43. 1.812 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Feb 9, 3:51 PM PST · 13021 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
44. 1.611 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Feb 9, 6:26 PM PST · 13021 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
45. 1.611 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Feb 10, 1:39 PM PST · 13020 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
46. 2.012 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Feb 10, 1:40 PM PST · 13020 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
47. 2.112 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Feb 10, 1:45 PM PST · 13020 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
48. 3.012 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Feb 12, 11:23 AM PST · 13018 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
49. 1.812 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Feb 12, 11:24 AM PST · 13018 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
50. 1.912 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Feb 12, 11:34 AM PST · 13018 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
51. 1.812 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Feb 12, 11:48 AM PST · 13018 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
52. 2.212 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Feb 12, 11:59 AM PST · 13018 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
53. 1.72 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Feb 13, 6:25 AM PST · 13017 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
54. 1.52 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Feb 13, 6:26 AM PST · 13017 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
55. 1.72 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Feb 13, 6:31 AM PST · 13017 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
56. 1.732 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaWed, Feb 13, 6:49 AM PST · 13017 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
57. 2.02 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Feb 13, 6:59 AM PST · 13017 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
58. 1.812 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Feb 13, 12:39 PM PST · 13017 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
59. 1.610 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Feb 13, 11:40 PM PST · 13017 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
60. 1.99 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Feb 15, 2:17 AM PST · 13015 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

1. 1.74 km WNW of Round Valley, CaliforniaTue, Jan 15, 8:48 AM PST · 13046 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
2. 2.432 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaSun, Jan 13, 2:12 AM PST · 13048 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
3. 1.85 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jan 13, 1:05 AM PST · 13048 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
4. 1.73 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jan 12, 8:56 AM PST · 13049 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
5. 2.521 km E of Bishop, CaliforniaSat, Jan 12, 1:55 AM PST · 13049 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
6. 2.421 km E of Bishop, CaliforniaSat, Jan 12, 1:54 AM PST · 13049 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
7. 1.811 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jan 11, 9:45 PM PST · 13050 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
8. 2.951km W of Tonopah, NVFri, Jan 11, 9:44 PM PST · 13050 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
9. 1.59 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jan 11, 7:00 AM PST · 13050 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
10. 1.727 km ENE of Lee Vining, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 5:31 AM PST · 13051 days ago · -2 km deep · 96 km away
11. 2.211 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Jan 9, 7:34 PM PST · 13052 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
12. 1.712 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Jan 8, 12:37 PM PST · 13053 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
13. 1.72km ESE of Independence, CAMon, Jan 7, 5:15 PM PST · 13054 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
14. 2.027km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CASun, Jan 6, 8:54 PM PST · 13055 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
15. 1.611 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSun, Jan 6, 12:11 PM PST · 13055 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
16. 1.612 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jan 5, 1:04 PM PST · 13056 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
17. 1.88 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Jan 5, 5:32 AM PST · 13056 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
18. 1.715 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Jan 4, 6:09 AM PST · 13057 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
19. 1.715 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Jan 4, 5:16 AM PST · 13057 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
20. 2.815 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Jan 4, 2:47 AM PST · 13057 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc204838. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:17 PM UTC.