California earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 13 km SW of Big Pine, California

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 13 km SW of Big Pine, California on Fri, Dec 19, 2025, 5:28 AM PST (13:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.6 7 km SE of Deep Springs, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2025-12-19 13:28:31 UTC
Depth
5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.075° N, 118.395° 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
±0.47
Station coverage gap
334°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.554 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 287 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.23 km SE of Round Valley, CA · 286 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 3.03 km SE of Round Valley, CA · 286 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.524 km SE of Big Pine, CA · 286 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.419 km WNW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 286 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.818 km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 285 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.650 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 284 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.63 km SE of Wilkerson, CA · 283 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.511 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 283 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.018 km SW of Toms Place, CA · 283 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.77 km NNW of Round Valley, CA · 280 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.45 km WNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 278 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.634 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 278 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 3.339 km E of Lee Vining, CA · 277 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.520 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 276 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.417 km NNE of Squaw Valley, CA · 276 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.751 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 272 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.658 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 271 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.556 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 271 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.714 km WSW of Round Valley, CA · 271 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.638 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 269 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 3.67 km SE of Deep Springs, CA · 267 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.617 km SW of Toms Place, CA · 265 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.711 km ESE of Big Pine, California · 265 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 1.611 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 263 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 2.07 km N of Olancha, CA · 257 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 1.57 km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 256 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 1.66 km WSW of Lone Pine, California · 252 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.625 km ENE of Big Creek, California · 251 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 1.723 km NE of Big Pine, California · 244 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 1.87 km SSW of Independence, CA · 244 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 1.811 km NE of Big Pine, California · 243 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 1.840 km ENE of Independence, California · 242 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 2.412 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 242 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 1.712 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 242 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.812 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 242 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 1.612 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 242 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 2.410 km ENE of Independence, California · 242 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 1.517 km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 241 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 1.823 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 238 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 1.615 km WNW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 237 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.93 km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 234 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 1.738 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 233 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.312 km W of Round Valley, CA · 233 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 1.712 km W of Round Valley, CA · 233 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 1.914 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 232 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 1.922 km SW of Toms Place, CA · 232 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 1.814 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 232 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 1.828 km S of Dyer, Nevada · 230 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 1.557 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 230 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.512 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 230 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 2.118 km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 229 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 1.517 km SW of Toms Place, CA · 229 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 1.515 km NE of Big Pine, California · 228 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 1.753 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 227 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 2.52 km SW of West Bishop, CA · 227 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 2.352 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 287 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.962 km NNE of Keeler, California · 293 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.222 km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 299 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.612 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 300 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.827 km WSW of Olancha, CA · 302 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.821 km SW of Toms Place, CA · 302 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.98 km SE of Deep Springs, CA · 303 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.010 km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 303 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.94 km ENE of Round Valley, CA · 308 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.73 km ENE of Round Valley, CA · 309 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.33 km ENE of Round Valley, CA · 309 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.739 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 311 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.928 km WSW of Olancha, CA · 311 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.711 km NE of Big Pine, California · 314 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.55 km WNW of Round Valley, CA · 316 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00908757. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:19 AM UTC.