M3.0 earthquake 24km SW of Bodfish, CA
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 24km SW of Bodfish, CA on Tue, Jan 11, 1966, 11:15 AM GMT-8 (19:15 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 10km NW of Johannesburg, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1966-01-11 19:15:25 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.456° N, 118.697° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 6
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.616km W of Tehachapi, CA · 22166 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.76km NW of Lebec, CA · 22165 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.310km NW of Johannesburg, CA · 22164 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.421km SW of Bodfish, CA · 22162 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.07km SE of Lake Isabella, CA · 22159 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.722km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 22155 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.418km SSW of Gorman, CA · 22146 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.023km ENE of Arvin, CA · 22144 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.816km NE of Grapevine, CA · 22126 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.621km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 22112 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3330306. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.