California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 38km SW of Stovepipe Wells, California

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 38km SW of Stovepipe Wells, California on Thu, Nov 29, 2001, 7:14 PM PST (03:14 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 8km ESE of Coso Junction, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: Southern California Seismic Network
Local time: Thu, Nov 29, 2001, 7:14 PM PST
UTC: 2001-11-30 03:14:46 UTC
Depth: 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 36.385° N, 117.482° W
Region: California
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
1.62	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.167 · 4 stations
1.7	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed

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 1.1 km horizontally, 12.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.17
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 263°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 112.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9727489 (also filed as nn00040802). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC.