M2.7 earthquake 12km NW of Grapevine, CA
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 12km NW of Grapevine, CA on Sat, Apr 6, 1968, 1:10 PM GMT-8 (21:10 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 1km SE of Goleta, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1968-04-06 21:10:54 UTC
- Depth
- 1.7 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.017° N, 119.025° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- 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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.01km SE of Goleta, CA · 21350 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.026km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 21349 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.021km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 21338 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.910km W of Tehachapi, CA · 21330 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.219km NW of Grapevine, CA · 21321 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.120km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 21308 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.718km ENE of Arvin, CA · 21308 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.63km SSE of Valencia, CA · 21305 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.923km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 21301 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 21301 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3329119. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.