M3.6 earthquake 20km SE of Bodfish, CA
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 20km SE of Bodfish, CA on Tue, Dec 10, 1957, 8:26 PM GMT-8 (04:26 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 6km W of Grapevine, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1957-12-11 04:26:48 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.474° N, 118.320° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 14
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
- 3.225km ENE of Arvin, CA · 25127 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.96km SSE of Wofford Heights, CA · 25126 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.719km E of Maricopa, CA · 25123 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.220km SE of Bodfish, CA · 25112 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.517km SE of Bodfish, CA · 25112 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.922km NE of Arvin, CA · 25103 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.117km SSE of Arvin, CA · 25098 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.96km W of Grapevine, CA · 25095 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3296321. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC.