M4.3 earthquake 6km WNW of Grapevine, CA

Magnitude

4.3 (ml), light

Local time

Fri, Jan 14, 1955, 5:03 PM GMT-8

UTC

1955-01-15 01:03:06 UTC

Depth

9.6 km (5.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.955° N, 118.992° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

91°

Stations used

12

• Lake of the Woods, CaliforniaPopulation 917. Forecast15 kmN
• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast32 kmSSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast47 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast122 kmNW

After

1. 3.54km W of Grapevine, CAFri, Jan 14, 7:03 PM GMT-8 · 26183 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
2. 3.515km N of Grapevine, CASat, Jan 15, 8:51 PM GMT-8 · 26182 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
3. 2.518km NNW of Grapevine, CASat, Jan 15, 8:58 PM GMT-8 · 26182 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
4. 3.024km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jan 21, 4:02 AM GMT-8 · 26177 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
5. 2.925km NE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 22, 12:24 PM GMT-8 · 26176 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
6. 2.87km SW of Arvin, CASat, Jan 22, 4:09 PM GMT-8 · 26175 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
7. 3.125km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Jan 26, 9:16 AM GMT-8 · 26172 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
8. 2.817km W of Tehachapi, CAMon, Jan 31, 1:41 AM GMT-8 · 26167 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
9. 3.027km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 2, 1:27 PM GMT-8 · 26165 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
10. 3.08km W of Bodfish, CAThu, Feb 3, 1:29 PM GMT-8 · 26164 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
11. 2.820km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Feb 8, 8:01 AM GMT-8 · 26159 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
12. 2.822km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 9, 7:51 AM GMT-8 · 26158 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
13. 2.723km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Feb 10, 11:22 AM GMT-8 · 26157 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
14. 2.923km NE of Arvin, CAThu, Feb 10, 1:15 PM GMT-8 · 26157 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
15. 4.426km NE of Arvin, CAFri, Feb 11, 11:44 AM GMT-8 · 26156 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
16. 2.422km N of Tehachapi, CAFri, Feb 11, 2:13 PM GMT-8 · 26156 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
17. 3.023km NE of Arvin, CAFri, Feb 11, 2:25 PM GMT-8 · 26156 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
18. 2.524km S of Bodfish, CAFri, Feb 11, 8:14 PM GMT-8 · 26155 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
19. 2.814km N of Grapevine, CASat, Feb 12, 3:34 AM GMT-8 · 26155 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
20. 3.315km ESE of Arvin, CASat, Feb 12, 5:52 AM GMT-8 · 26155 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
21. 3.419km N of Tehachapi, CASat, Feb 12, 7:49 PM GMT-8 · 26154 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
22. 2.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Feb 12, 9:05 PM GMT-8 · 26154 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
23. 3.122km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Feb 20, 9:54 AM GMT-8 · 26147 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
24. 3.08km WNW of Grapevine, CASat, Feb 26, 11:40 AM GMT-8 · 26141 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
25. 3.621km ENE of Arvin, CATue, Mar 1, 2:38 PM GMT-8 · 26138 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
26. 2.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Mar 2, 1:56 PM GMT-8 · 26137 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
27. 2.814km SSW of Lamont, CAMon, Mar 7, 1:29 AM GMT-8 · 26132 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
28. 2.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Mar 7, 4:27 AM GMT-8 · 26132 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
29. 2.724km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Mar 9, 2:48 AM GMT-8 · 26130 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
30. 2.825km S of Bodfish, CAThu, Mar 10, 3:45 AM GMT-8 · 26129 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away

Before

1. 2.922km ENE of Oildale, CAWed, Dec 29, 10:08 PM GMT-8 · 26199 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
2. 2.910km NE of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 29, 7:03 AM GMT-8 · 26200 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
3. 2.814km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 27, 11:40 AM GMT-8 · 26202 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
4. 2.827km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, Dec 26, 3:20 PM GMT-8 · 26203 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
5. 2.727km NE of Arvin, CASun, Dec 26, 2:54 AM GMT-8 · 26203 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
6. 3.120km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Dec 25, 9:27 PM GMT-8 · 26203 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
7. 2.520km ENE of Arvin, CATue, Dec 21, 10:32 PM GMT-8 · 26207 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
8. 2.815km NE of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 20, 2:16 AM GMT-8 · 26209 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
9. 2.625km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, Dec 19, 10:53 PM GMT-8 · 26209 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
10. 2.725km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Dec 19, 6:33 AM GMT-8 · 26210 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
11. 3.425km WSW of Bodfish, CAFri, Dec 17, 12:16 PM GMT-8 · 26212 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3298015. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC.