M2.6 earthquake 2km ESE of Grapevine, CA
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2km ESE of Grapevine, CA on Fri, Jun 30, 1950, 12:31 PM GMT-7 (19:31 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 10km S of Shafter, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1950-06-30 19:31:09 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.938° N, 118.914° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 252°, 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.510km S of Shafter, CA · 27841 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.84km ESE of Panorama City, CA · 27840 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.914km SW of Carpinteria, CA · 27839 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.55km SE of Agoura Hills, CA · 27801 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.75km SSE of Moorpark, CA · 27801 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.616km W of Ventura, CA · 27798 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.615km NNE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 27797 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.217km NNE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 27797 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3344191. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:10 AM UTC.