California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 1km SW of Bishop, CA

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 1km SW of Bishop, CA on Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 12:13 PM PDT (19:13 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 8km NNE of Round Valley, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from: Northern California Seismic System
Local time: Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 12:13 PM PDT
UTC: 2018-04-09 19:13:26 UTC
Depth: 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.358° N, 118.405° 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
1.57	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.157 · 23 stations
1.3	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.45 · 8 stations

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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.16
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 142°
Stations used: 25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 81.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc72997401 (also filed as nc72997396, nn00629856). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC.