M2.6 earthquake 16km N of Grapevine, CA
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 16km N of Grapevine, CA on Wed, Jun 23, 1965, 9:21 AM GMT-7 (16:21 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 11km NE of Valencia, 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
- 1965-06-23 16:21:36 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.087° N, 118.949° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.816km SE of Bodfish, CA · 22378 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.014km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 22375 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.324km WSW of Tehachapi, CA · 22375 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.812km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 22375 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.111km NE of Valencia, CA · 22358 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.013km ENE of Grapevine, CA · 22347 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.720km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 22347 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3330552. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC.