California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 48 km ESE of Big Pine, California

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 48 km ESE of Big Pine, California on Fri, May 8, 2026, 7:37 PM PDT (02:37 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.9 7 km WNW of Round Valley, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2026-05-09 02:37:06 UTC
Depth
0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.071° N, 117.751° 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
±0.33
Station coverage gap
182°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.947 km NE of Independence, CA · 147 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.651 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 147 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.851 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 147 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.555 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 146 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.647 km E of Big Pine, California · 146 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.537 km E of Big Pine, California · 142 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 1.936 km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 141 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 1.855 km E of Big Pine, California · 141 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.940 km E of Big Pine, California · 138 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.340 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada · 137 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.825 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 137 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.613 km SSW of West Bishop, CA · 136 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.841 km E of Big Pine, California · 135 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.615 km WSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 135 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.140 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada · 135 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.212 km W of Round Valley, CA · 132 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.812 km W of Round Valley, CA · 132 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.97 km WNW of Round Valley, CA · 129 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 11
  19. 1.77 km WNW of Round Valley, CA · 129 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.53 km N of West Bishop, CA · 128 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 2.263 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 123 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.650 km E of Big Pine, California · 123 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 1.538 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada · 122 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 1.616 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 119 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.218 km NNE of Olancha, CA · 118 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.717 km SE of Lone Pine, CA · 117 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.59 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 116 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.619 km E of Dyer, Nevada · 110 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 1.625 km SW of Independence, CA · 105 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 1.725 km SW of Independence, CA · 105 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.717 km NE of Olancha, CA · 102 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 1.624 km SW of Independence, CA · 101 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 1.514 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 97 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.42 km SSE of Wilkerson, CA · 92 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 1.58 km S of Toms Place, CA · 90 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.49 km NE of Big Pine, CA · 88 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 1.517 km ESE of Olancha, CA · 148 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.010 km WSW of Round Valley, CA · 148 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.87 km S of Big Pine, CA · 148 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.65 km NE of Wilkerson, CA · 149 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.917 km W of Furnace Creek, CA · 152 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.662 km NNE of Keeler, California · 155 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.661 km NNE of Keeler, California · 155 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.911 km ENE of Goldfield, Nevada · 157 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.746 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 158 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.947 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 163 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 1.825 km SE of Dyer, Nevada · 164 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.78 km SSE of Olancha, CA · 166 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.08 km SSE of Olancha, CA · 166 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 3.08 km SSE of Olancha, CA · 166 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.87 km SE of Deep Springs, CA · 166 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 1.926 km WNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 168 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.736 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 168 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 2.130 km NE of Independence, CA · 171 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.630 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 173 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.824 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 173 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00918101. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC.