M1.6 earthquake 13km WSW of Big Pine, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13km WSW of Big Pine, CA on Mon, Oct 5, 2020, 2:44 PM PDT (21:44 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 4km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-05 21:44:13 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.132° N, 118.433° W
- Region
- California
- 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.115km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2188 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.724km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 2187 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.518km NNE of Olancha, CA · 2186 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.610 km N of Keeler, California · 2185 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.614km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2185 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.65km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2183 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.762 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 2181 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.218km NNE of Olancha, CA · 2180 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.918km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2180 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.918km NNE of Olancha, CA · 2180 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.716km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2179 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.318km ENE of Big Pine, CA · 2179 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.311km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 2177 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.618km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2176 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.58km NW of Olancha, CA · 2175 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.619km E of Toms Place, CA · 2175 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.640km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2175 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada · 2175 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.630 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 2175 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.831 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 2175 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.610km W of Toms Place, CA · 2174 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.517km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2174 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.617km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2173 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.519km NNE of Olancha, CA · 2173 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.118km SSE of Lone Pine, CA · 2172 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.47km E of Round Valley, CA · 2172 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.77km E of Round Valley, CA · 2172 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87km E of Round Valley, CA · 2170 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.218km SW of Deep Springs, CA · 2169 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.616km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2168 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.718km NNE of Olancha, CA · 2168 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.522km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 2167 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.818km SSE of Lone Pine, CA · 2166 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.916km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2166 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.617km SSE of Lone Pine, CA · 2165 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.018km ESE of Lone Pine, CA · 2165 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.117km SSE of Lone Pine, CA · 2164 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 2162 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.76km E of Round Valley, CA · 2160 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.520km SW of Round Valley, CA · 2160 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.83km SW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2160 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.711km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2159 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.633 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 2159 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.717km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2159 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.65km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2158 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.74km E of Round Valley, CA · 2157 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.517km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2157 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.718km N of Olancha, CA · 2155 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.034 km ESE of Big Pine, California · 2155 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.514km W of Toms Place, CA · 2154 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.85km SE of Round Valley, CA · 2154 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.632 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 2152 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.718km SSE of Lone Pine, CA · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.810km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2152 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2152 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 1.710km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2152 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.14km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2152 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.915km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 2151 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.512km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2151 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.642km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2151 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of 104.
Before
- 1.718km SSE of Lone Pine, CA · 2189 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.316km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 2189 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.515km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2189 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 24
- 2.112km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2189 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.26km E of Toms Place, CA · 2190 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.612km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2190 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.218km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2190 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.916km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2191 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.820km SW of Toms Place, CA · 2191 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.638km SE of Bodie, CA · 2191 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2192 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.017km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 2192 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.539 km NE of Lone Pine, California · 2192 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.717km SSE of Lone Pine, CA · 2193 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.76km E of Round Valley, CA · 2194 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.59 km N of Cartago, California · 2197 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.910km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2197 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.15km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.55km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2199 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.618km NNE of Olancha, CA · 2199 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
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