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M1.6 earthquake 36 km ESE of Big Pine, California

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 36 km ESE of Big Pine, California on Tue, Aug 6, 2019, 7:06 PM PDT (02:06 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 35 km S of Goldfield, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2019-08-07 02:06:31 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.047° N, 117.912° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.35
Station coverage gap
156°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 157 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.117km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2612 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.417km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2612 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.917km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2612 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.917km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2612 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.617km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2612 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.717km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2612 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.023km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2612 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.717km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2612 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.818km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.518km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.617km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.417km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 3.217km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.617km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.717km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.017km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.617km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.917km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.617km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.817km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.818km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.817km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.514km W of Toms Place, CA · 2611 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
  24. 1.914km W of Toms Place, CA · 2611 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 1.517km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.814km W of Toms Place, CA · 2611 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 1.811km WNW of Toms Place, CA · 2611 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.617km SW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.517km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.818km WSW of Olancha, CA · 2611 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.712km NNE of Coso Junction, CA · 2610 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.711km WNW of Toms Place, CA · 2609 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 2.412km N of Coso Junction, CA · 2609 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.512km NNE of Coso Junction, CA · 2609 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.015km SSW of Olancha, CA · 2609 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.813km N of Coso Junction, CA · 2609 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.612km N of Coso Junction, CA · 2609 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  38. 1.912km ESE of Olancha, CA · 2609 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 1.613km W of Toms Place, CA · 2608 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.518km SE of Olancha, CA · 2608 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 2.313km W of Toms Place, CA · 2608 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 2.18km N of Big Pine, CA · 2607 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 2.412km NNE of Coso Junction, CA · 2607 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 2.320km N of Independence, CA · 2606 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 1.518km WSW of Wilkerson, CA · 2606 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 2.319km SSW of Big Pine, CA · 2606 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 2.118km SSW of Big Pine, CA · 2606 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 2.319km SSW of Big Pine, CA · 2606 days ago · -2 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 1.612km SE of Olancha, CA · 2605 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.516km NNE of Coso Junction, CA · 2604 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.916km NNE of Coso Junction, CA · 2604 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 1.72km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 2603 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 1.73km WNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 2603 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 1.614km W of Toms Place, CA · 2602 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 1.613km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2601 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 1.918km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2601 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.912km NNE of Coso Junction, CA · 2601 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  58. 1.823km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2600 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 2.611km SE of Olancha, CA · 2600 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 2.015km NNE of Coso Junction, CA · 2599 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 157.

Before

  1. 1.711km WNW of Toms Place, CA · 2614 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.79km WNW of Toms Place, CA · 2614 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.714km SE of Olancha, CA · 2616 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.810km S of Olancha, CA · 2616 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.622 km NNW of Dyer, Nevada · 2616 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.86km E of Wilkerson, CA · 2617 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.515km SE of Olancha, CA · 2617 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.911km S of Olancha, CA · 2617 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.012km N of Coso Junction, CA · 2617 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.724km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2618 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.18km ESE of Deep Springs, CA · 2618 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.111km S of Olancha, CA · 2618 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.131km W of Olancha, CA · 2618 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.913km SE of Olancha, CA · 2618 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.415km SE of Olancha, CA · 2619 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.314km SE of Olancha, CA · 2619 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.114km SE of Olancha, CA · 2619 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.531km W of Olancha, CA · 2619 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.516km NNE of Coso Junction, CA · 2619 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.511km WNW of Toms Place, CA · 2619 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00699007. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.