M1.6 earthquake 2km W of Bishop, CA

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2km W of Bishop, CA on Mon, May 21, 2018, 6:57 AM PDT (13:57 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 21km SE of Bodie, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.2 · 25 stations
1.3	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.35 · 7 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 64.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73018730 (also filed as nn00636205). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:52 AM UTC.