M3.4 earthquake 16km NW of Grapevine, CA
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 16km NW of Grapevine, CA on Fri, Mar 16, 1962, 1:21 PM GMT-8 (21:21 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 16km NW of Tehachapi, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1962-03-16 21:21:49 UTC
- Depth
- 0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.027° N, 119.071° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.94km SE of Leona Valley, CA · 23566 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.126km SW of Bodfish, CA · 23564 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.516km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 23551 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.710km N of Tehachapi, CA · 23550 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.66km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 23548 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.123km E of Maricopa, CA · 23543 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.38km W of Ventura, CA · 23537 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.94km N of Ventura, CA · 23533 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.56km WNW of Acton, CA · 23531 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.123km WSW of Buttonwillow, CA · 23517 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3344445. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC.