M3.2 earthquake 13km NNW of Grapevine, CA

Magnitude

3.2 (ml), minor

Local time

Thu, Jul 16, 1970, 3:56 PM PDT

UTC

1970-07-16 22:56:22 UTC

Depth

0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.049° N, 118.994° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.2 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

132°

Stations used

11

• Weedpatch, CaliforniaPopulation 2,658. Forecast22 kmSSW
• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast23 kmSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast36 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast130 kmNNW

After

1. 2.614km N of Grapevine, CAThu, Jul 16, 4:35 PM PDT · 20522 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
2. 2.514km N of Grapevine, CAFri, Jul 17, 1:13 AM PDT · 20522 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
3. 2.913km NNW of Grapevine, CAFri, Jul 17, 1:21 AM PDT · 20522 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
4. 2.114km NNW of Grapevine, CAFri, Jul 17, 1:25 AM PDT · 20522 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
5. 2.814km N of Grapevine, CAFri, Jul 17, 3:33 AM PDT · 20522 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
6. 1.910km WNW of Bodfish, CASat, Jul 25, 6:05 AM PDT · 20513 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
7. 1.98km W of Bodfish, CATue, Aug 18, 6:24 AM PDT · 20489 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
8. 2.825km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, Aug 23, 6:54 PM PDT · 20484 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
9. 3.410km N of Ventura, CATue, Aug 25, 6:09 PM PDT · 20482 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
10. 2.322km NW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Aug 28, 1:15 AM PDT · 20480 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
11. 2.427km ESE of Kernville, CAMon, Aug 31, 2:23 PM PDT · 20476 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
12. 2.76km E of Goleta, CAMon, Sep 7, 2:35 AM PDT · 20470 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
13. 2.518km ENE of Taft, CAThu, Sep 10, 4:14 AM PDT · 20466 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
14. 2.426km SSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Sep 10, 1:13 PM PDT · 20466 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
15. 2.98km ESE of Carpinteria, CASat, Sep 12, 12:17 PM PDT · 20464 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
16. 3.224km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Sep 13, 2:29 PM PDT · 20463 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away

Before

1. 2.213km N of Grapevine, CAWed, Jul 15, 7:20 AM PDT · 20523 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
2. 3.514km NNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Jul 13, 6:15 PM PDT · 20525 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
3. 2.316km NNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Jul 13, 6:15 PM PDT · 20525 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
4. 2.511km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Jul 9, 5:25 AM PDT · 20529 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
5. 2.614km NNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Jul 9, 5:05 AM PDT · 20529 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
6. 2.23km SE of Arvin, CATue, Jul 7, 3:22 PM PDT · 20531 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
7. 2.226km SSW of Bodfish, CAFri, Jul 3, 4:25 AM PDT · 20535 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
8. 2.66km NW of Kernville, CAWed, Jul 1, 1:16 PM PDT · 20537 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
9. 2.620km NNE of Los Olivos, CASun, Jun 21, 11:48 AM PDT · 20547 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
10. 2.514km SE of Bodfish, CAFri, Jun 19, 3:50 AM PDT · 20550 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3324021. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.