California earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 7km NW of West Bishop, CA

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7km NW of West Bishop, CA on Sat, Oct 16, 2021, 3:22 PM PDT (22:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 5km WNW of Toms Place, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2021-10-16 22:22:38 UTC
Depth
9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.409° N, 118.505° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 127 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.810km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1813 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
  2. 1.831 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1813 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.17km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1812 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.97km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1812 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.634 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1812 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.534km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 1812 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.712km SSE of Bodie, CA · 1811 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.312km SSE of Bodie, CA · 1811 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.529km SE of Bodie, CA · 1810 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  10. 1.532 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1810 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.528 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1810 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.69km W of Toms Place, CA · 1810 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 1.632 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1810 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.631 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1809 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.530 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1809 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.734 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1808 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.814km NNE of Shaver Lake, CA · 1808 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  18. 3.36km WNW of Toms Place, CA · 1808 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 30
  19. 1.619 km ENE of Mono City, California · 1807 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.45km WNW of Toms Place, CA · 1807 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 20
  21. 2.25km WNW of Toms Place, CA · 1807 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 1.933 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 2.26km E of Round Valley, CA · 1805 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 1.528km SE of Bodie, CA · 1805 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 1.810km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 1.638km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 1804 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 2.830 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1804 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 1.527km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1804 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 1.819 km ENE of Mono City, California · 1803 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 1.533 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1803 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.012km SSE of Bodie, CA · 1803 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.527 km NNW of Benton, California · 1803 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 2.313km SSE of Bodie, CA · 1803 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 1.530 km S of Mina, Nevada · 1801 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 1.65km SSE of Round Valley, CA · 1801 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 1.712km SSE of Bodie, CA · 1801 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.658 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1800 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.08km SE of Oakhurst, CA · 1800 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 1.96km NW of North Fork, CA · 1800 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 1.912km SSE of Bodie, CA · 1800 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 1.524 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 1799 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 1.831 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1798 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.528 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1797 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.629 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1796 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 1.97km NE of Round Valley, CA · 1796 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 2.830 km S of Mina, Nevada · 1795 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  47. 1.514km WNW of Toms Place, CA · 1795 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 1.513km W of Toms Place, CA · 1794 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  49. 1.630 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1794 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 1.640km NE of Independence, CA · 1793 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 2.2California-Nevada border region · 1793 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 2.87km E of Round Valley, CA · 1791 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.27km E of Round Valley, CA · 1791 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  54. 3.229 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1791 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
  55. 2.751 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 1791 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  56. 1.58km W of Wilkerson, CA · 1791 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  57. 1.729 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1789 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.627 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1789 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.529 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1788 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 2.233 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1788 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 140.

Before

  1. 1.730 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1813 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.731 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1813 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.930 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1814 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.529 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1814 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.131 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1814 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 1.630 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1814 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.630 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1814 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.6Nevada · 1815 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 3.730 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1815 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.730 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1815 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.612km SSE of Bodie, CA · 1816 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.213km SSE of Bodie, CA · 1816 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.013km SSE of Bodie, CA · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.112km W of Toms Place, CA · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.012km W of Toms Place, CA · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.516km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1817 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 3.531 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1818 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.76km NE of Round Valley, CA · 1818 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.128 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1818 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.648 km ENE of Independence, California · 1819 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73640365. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC.