M1.6 earthquake 15km SSW of Olancha, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15km SSW of Olancha, CA on Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 11:40 AM PDT (18:40 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 15km ESE of Olancha, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-10 18:40:26 UTC
- Depth
- 2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.159° N, 118.071° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- 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: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.613km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1849 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.616km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1848 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.624km N of Searles Valley, CA · 1847 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.517km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.316km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1847 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.611km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.715km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1847 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.715km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1846 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.614km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1846 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.219km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1845 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.721km E of Little Lake, CA · 1845 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.210km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1844 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.615km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1844 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.912km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1844 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.612km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.520km S of Trona, CA · 1843 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.626km S of Trona, CA · 1843 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.715km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1842 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.719km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1841 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.719km S of Trona, CA · 1841 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.117km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1841 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.514km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1840 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.88km ESE of Lone Pine, CA · 1840 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.612km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1839 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.815km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1839 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.515km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1839 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.420km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1839 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.712km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1838 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.218km NNE of Olancha, CA · 1838 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.716km SE of Olancha, CA · 1837 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.916km SE of Olancha, CA · 1837 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.013km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.822km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1836 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1835 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.419km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 1835 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 11
- 1.912km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.521km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1834 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.715km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.820km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1831 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.927km W of Olancha, CA · 1831 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.815km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1830 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.726km NNW of Searles Valley, CA · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.215km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.414km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1829 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.223km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1829 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.620km E of Little Lake, CA · 1829 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.622km E of Little Lake, CA · 1828 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.719km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.917km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.114km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.214km NE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.910km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1825 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.121km ENE of Little Lake, CA · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.615km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1824 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.914km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1824 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.818km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 1824 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.921km ENE of Little Lake, CA · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.612km NE of Inyokern, CA · 1823 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.520km S of Big Pine, CA · 1823 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 2.118km S of Big Pine, CA · 1823 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
The first 60 of 165.
Before
- 1.713km NNW of Coso Junction, CA · 1850 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.313km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1850 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.514km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 1851 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.217km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 1851 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.814km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1852 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.812km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1852 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1853 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.616km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1853 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.515km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1854 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.621km NNE of Trona, CA · 1854 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.615km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1854 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.916km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1854 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.515km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1854 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.315km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1854 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.316km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1854 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.916km SE of Olancha, CA · 1854 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.613km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.614km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1855 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.213km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1855 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.524km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1855 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
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