M2.5 earthquake 8km SW of Bodfish, CA
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8km SW of Bodfish, CA on Sun, Oct 19, 1947, 1:20 PM GMT-8 (21:20 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 23km E of Little Lake, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1947-10-19 21:20:17 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.532° N, 118.545° 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 4.3 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 231°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.223km E of Little Lake, CA · 28819 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.012km N of Inyokern, CA · 28817 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.26km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 28812 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.79km ENE of Lake Isabella, CA · 28790 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.16km NNE of Little Lake, CA · 28785 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.710km S of Frazier Park, CA · 28774 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.79km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 28770 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3358019. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC.