California earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 38 km ENE of Big Pine, California

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 38 km ENE of Big Pine, California on Thu, Jan 6, 2022, 3:24 AM PST (11:24 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 36 km SE of Mina, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2022-01-06 11:24:51 UTC
Depth
0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.335° N, 117.909° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Station coverage gap
194°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
21

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 126 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.135 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.635 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.930 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.135 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.516km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1732 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.835 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.635 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.46km N of Round Valley, CA · 1731 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.917km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1731 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.68km ESE of Deep Springs, CA · 1731 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 1.77km ESE of Deep Springs, CA · 1731 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 3.08km ESE of Deep Springs, CA · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.78km ESE of Deep Springs, CA · 1731 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.0Nevada · 1731 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.534 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1731 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.834 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1731 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.935 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1731 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.41km ENE of Bishop, CA · 1731 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.935 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1730 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.526 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1730 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.531km SSW of Round Valley, CA · 1730 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 1.634 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1730 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.534 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1729 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.010km ESE of Deep Springs, CA · 1729 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 3.230 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1728 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  26. 3.034 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1728 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.532 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1728 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 1.528 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1727 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 1.62km WNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 1727 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.832 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1726 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 1.815km SW of Toms Place, CA · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.635 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1725 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 1.731 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1725 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.936 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1723 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 2.028 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 1723 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 1.636 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1723 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.636 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1722 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 2.317km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1722 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 1.725 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1722 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 1.716km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1722 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 1.930 km S of Mina, Nevada · 1721 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  42. 1.534 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1720 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.832 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.731 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1719 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 2.031 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1719 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 1.631 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1719 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.517km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 1718 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 3.437 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1718 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.637 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1718 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 1.734 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1718 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.537 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1718 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 2.615km WSW of Deep Springs, CA · 1718 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 1.635 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1717 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.515km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 2.028 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 1.516km WSW of Deep Springs, CA · 1716 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 1.531 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1715 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.431 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1713 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 2.034 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 2.017km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1713 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 165.

Before

  1. 1.537 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.240km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.241km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.635 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.538 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.931 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.634 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.431 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.08km ESE of Deep Springs, CA · 1732 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
  10. 4.88km ESE of Deep Springs, CA · 1732 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 526
  11. 1.535 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1732 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.237 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 1733 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.534 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1733 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.634 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1733 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.935 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1733 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.535 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1733 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.636 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1733 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.85km NE of Big Pine, CA · 1733 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.734 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1733 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.434 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1733 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00831216. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:20 AM UTC.