M2.8 earthquake 15km SE of Bodfish, CA
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 15km SE of Bodfish, CA on Sat, Mar 18, 1950, 7:04 PM GMT-8 (03:04 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 7km N of Inyokern, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1950-03-19 03:04:07 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.508° N, 118.356° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 190°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.17km N of Inyokern, CA · 27945 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.911km S of Olancha, CA · 27943 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.96km NW of Mojave, CA · 27942 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.56km WNW of Lake Isabella, CA · 27936 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.419km ESE of Edwards Air Force Base, CA · 27935 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.718km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 27933 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.822km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 27917 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.56km NW of Wofford Heights, CA · 27915 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.111km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 27904 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3366642. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.