M3.9 earthquake 6km WSW of Grapevine, CA

Magnitude

3.9 (ML, local (Richter)), minor

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Tue, Nov 11, 1952, 8:16 PM GMT-8

UTC

1952-11-12 04:16:30 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.928° N, 118.997° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

138°

Stations used

9

• Lake of the Woods, CaliforniaPopulation 917. Forecast12 kmN
• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast35 kmSSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast50 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast119 kmNW

After

1. 4.013km NNW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 14, 3:34 PM GMT-8 · 26984 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
2. 2.42km SE of Lake View Terrace, CATue, Nov 18, 2:01 PM GMT-8 · 26980 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
3. 4.14km SW of Grapevine, CAThu, Nov 27, 7:36 AM GMT-8 · 26971 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
4. 3.326km NE of Lamont, CAThu, Nov 27, 2:03 PM GMT-8 · 26971 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
5. 3.114km NNE of Arvin, CAThu, Nov 27, 5:43 PM GMT-8 · 26970 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
6. 3.114km NE of Lamont, CAFri, Nov 28, 2:25 AM GMT-8 · 26970 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
7. 3.97km NNW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 28, 8:22 AM GMT-8 · 26970 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
8. 2.923km NE of Arvin, CASat, Nov 29, 2:51 AM GMT-8 · 26969 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
9. 3.423km ENE of Arvin, CASat, Nov 29, 5:39 AM GMT-8 · 26969 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
10. 3.47km WSW of Tehachapi, CASat, Nov 29, 8:18 AM GMT-8 · 26969 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
11. 3.622km NNE of Arvin, CASat, Nov 29, 7:12 PM GMT-8 · 26968 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
12. 3.716km W of Tehachapi, CASun, Nov 30, 5:03 AM GMT-8 · 26968 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
13. 4.48km ENE of Grapevine, CASun, Nov 30, 9:26 PM GMT-8 · 26967 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
14. 2.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Dec 2, 1:34 AM GMT-8 · 26966 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
15. 3.24km WNW of Grapevine, CATue, Dec 2, 7:29 AM GMT-8 · 26966 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
16. 3.210km NE of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 3, 2:26 PM GMT-8 · 26965 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
17. 3.116km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Dec 3, 9:56 PM GMT-8 · 26964 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
18. 3.023km SW of Bodfish, CAWed, Dec 3, 10:30 PM GMT-8 · 26964 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
19. 3.818km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAThu, Dec 4, 8:01 PM GMT-8 · 26963 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
20. 3.615km NNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Dec 4, 9:02 PM GMT-8 · 26963 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
21. 2.826km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, Dec 7, 7:54 PM GMT-8 · 26960 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
22. 2.917km NNW of Mojave, CATue, Dec 9, 2:07 PM GMT-8 · 26959 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
23. 2.918km NNW of Mojave, CATue, Dec 9, 4:49 PM GMT-8 · 26959 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
24. 3.319km SE of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 10, 4:59 PM GMT-8 · 26958 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
25. 2.716km N of Tehachapi, CASun, Dec 14, 5:02 PM GMT-8 · 26954 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
26. 2.712km N of Grapevine, CASun, Dec 14, 5:09 PM GMT-8 · 26953 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
27. 3.025km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Dec 15, 7:30 PM GMT-8 · 26952 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
28. 3.811km NNE of Lamont, CAThu, Dec 18, 12:40 PM GMT-8 · 26950 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
29. 3.712km SSE of Arvin, CASun, Dec 21, 12:38 AM GMT-8 · 26947 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
30. 3.525km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Dec 22, 9:06 PM GMT-8 · 26945 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
31. 4.025km N of Tehachapi, CAWed, Dec 24, 9:56 PM GMT-8 · 26943 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
32. 3.024km S of Bodfish, CAThu, Dec 25, 6:44 AM GMT-8 · 26943 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
33. 2.98km W of Tehachapi, CAThu, Dec 25, 1:48 PM GMT-8 · 26943 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
34. 4.013km N of Grapevine, CAFri, Dec 26, 10:09 AM GMT-8 · 26942 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
35. 3.121km SW of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 27, 6:54 AM GMT-8 · 26941 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
36. 2.625km S of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 27, 9:15 AM GMT-8 · 26941 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
37. 3.325km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Dec 27, 4:50 PM GMT-8 · 26941 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
38. 3.515km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Dec 29, 2:35 AM GMT-8 · 26939 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
39. 3.521km SW of Bodfish, CATue, Dec 30, 1:34 PM GMT-8 · 26938 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
40. 3.615km NNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Dec 31, 7:05 PM GMT-8 · 26936 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
41. 2.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jan 2, 4:27 PM GMT-8 · 26935 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
42. 2.710km ESE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 3, 4:38 AM GMT-8 · 26934 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
43. 2.719km SSW of Lamont, CASat, Jan 3, 5:56 AM GMT-8 · 26934 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
44. 2.924km SW of Bodfish, CAMon, Jan 5, 2:28 AM GMT-8 · 26932 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
45. 3.317km WNW of Grapevine, CATue, Jan 6, 1:53 PM GMT-8 · 26931 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
46. 2.624km NNE of Arvin, CAWed, Jan 7, 2:24 AM GMT-8 · 26930 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
47. 3.922km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jan 9, 3:52 AM GMT-8 · 26928 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
48. 2.923km NW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jan 9, 4:41 PM GMT-8 · 26928 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
49. 3.912km WNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Jan 10, 2:17 PM GMT-8 · 26927 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away

Before

1. 4.09km W of Grapevine, CATue, Nov 11, 10:12 AM GMT-8 · 26987 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
2. 4.117km SW of Lamont, CATue, Nov 11, 9:22 AM GMT-8 · 26987 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
3. 3.511km ESE of Bodfish, CASun, Nov 9, 10:41 AM GMT-8 · 26989 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
4. 4.013km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 7, 1:42 AM GMT-8 · 26991 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
5. 4.514km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, Nov 7, 12:55 AM GMT-8 · 26991 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
6. 3.58km NE of Arvin, CAThu, Nov 6, 11:15 PM GMT-8 · 26991 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
7. 4.020km E of Oildale, CAFri, Oct 31, 7:03 AM GMT-8 · 26998 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
8. 3.724km S of Bodfish, CATue, Oct 28, 12:52 PM GMT-8 · 27001 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
9. 3.82km WSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Oct 22, 9:33 PM GMT-8 · 27006 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
10. 3.99km NNW of Lamont, CAWed, Oct 22, 12:03 PM GMT-8 · 27007 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
11. 3.814km NNW of Grapevine, CATue, Oct 21, 3:44 AM GMT-8 · 27008 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
12. 4.318km N of Tehachapi, CAMon, Oct 20, 10:14 AM GMT-8 · 27009 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
13. 3.81km N of Acton, CASun, Oct 19, 6:04 AM GMT-8 · 27010 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
14. 4.33km WNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Oct 16, 4:22 AM GMT-8 · 27013 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
15. 4.013km NNE of Lamont, CAMon, Oct 13, 2:20 PM GMT-8 · 27016 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
16. 3.525km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 13, 1:51 PM GMT-8 · 27016 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3307209. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:35 PM UTC.