M1.5 earthquake 2 km WNW of Bootjack, California

Magnitude

1.5 (md), micro

Local time

Sat, Jan 15, 1977, 5:38 PM PST

UTC

1977-01-16 01:38:04 UTC

Depth

1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.478° N, 119.914° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.9 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.17

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

210°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Bootjack, CaliforniaPopulation 960. Forecast3 kmWNW
• Chowchilla, CaliforniaPopulation 18,510. Forecast50 kmNE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast75 kmNNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast410 kmNNW

After

1. 1.58 km NNW of Nipinnawasee, CaliforniaSat, Jan 15, 6:13 PM PST · 18152 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
2. 2.112 km W of La Vina, CaliforniaTue, Jan 18, 11:26 AM PST · 18149 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away
3. 1.99 km SE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaSun, Jan 23, 7:43 AM PST · 18144 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
4. 1.69 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 24, 9:28 AM PST · 18143 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
5. 2.31 km NE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 24, 3:25 PM PST · 18143 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
6. 2.11 km NNE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 24, 4:37 PM PST · 18143 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
7. 1.94 km NE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 24, 5:38 PM PST · 18143 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
8. 1.63 km NNE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 24, 6:09 PM PST · 18143 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
9. 2.00 km WNW of Bear Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 24, 6:11 PM PST · 18143 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
10. 1.92 km NE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 24, 6:16 PM PST · 18143 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
11. 2.48 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaWed, Jan 26, 7:16 AM PST · 18141 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
12. 1.98 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaWed, Jan 26, 10:58 PM PST · 18141 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
13. 1.63 km N of Bear Valley, CaliforniaFri, Jan 28, 6:22 AM PST · 18139 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
14. 1.69 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 3:25 AM PST · 18136 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
15. 1.912 km SE of Greeley Hill, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 4:03 AM PST · 18136 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
16. 1.710 km SE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 6:44 PM PST · 18136 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
17. 1.6Central CaliforniaMon, Jan 31, 7:24 PM PST · 18136 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
18. 1.55 km N of Yosemite Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Feb 1, 2:41 PM PST · 18135 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
19. 1.6Central CaliforniaWed, Feb 2, 12:39 AM PST · 18134 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
20. 2.416 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaFri, Feb 4, 6:41 PM PST · 18132 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
21. 2.210 km ENE of Wawona, CaliforniaSat, Feb 5, 2:50 PM PST · 18131 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
22. 1.814 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaSun, Feb 6, 5:44 AM PST · 18130 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
23. 1.85 km E of Midpines, CaliforniaMon, Feb 7, 3:30 AM PST · 18129 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
24. 3.15 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaMon, Feb 7, 7:54 AM PST · 18129 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
25. 2.219 km E of Le Grand, CaliforniaMon, Feb 7, 3:22 PM PST · 18129 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
26. 1.89 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaWed, Feb 9, 7:28 PM PST · 18127 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
27. 2.05 km NE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaFri, Feb 11, 3:28 AM PST · 18125 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
28. 1.714 km S of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaSun, Feb 13, 2:47 AM PST · 18123 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
29. 2.216 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaSun, Feb 13, 4:08 AM PST · 18123 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
30. 2.415 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaSun, Feb 13, 4:09 AM PST · 18123 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
31. 1.714 km SE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaSun, Feb 13, 7:54 AM PST · 18123 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
32. 1.79 km NE of Bear Valley, CaliforniaTue, Feb 15, 7:48 AM PST · 18121 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
33. 2.6Central CaliforniaTue, Feb 15, 10:45 PM PST · 18121 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
34. 1.96 km ESE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaMon, Feb 21, 11:43 PM PST · 18114 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
35. 2.211 km SE of Greeley Hill, CaliforniaWed, Feb 23, 1:03 PM PST · 18113 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
36. 2.02 km WSW of Buck Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Feb 24, 11:35 AM PST · 18112 days ago · 34 km deep · 39 km away
37. 1.99 km SE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaFri, Feb 25, 11:29 AM PST · 18111 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
38. 2.114 km SE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaMon, Feb 28, 2:37 AM PST · 18108 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
39. 2.50 km W of Groveland, CaliforniaFri, Mar 4, 2:22 AM PST · 18104 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
40. 3.17 km SSW of Bootjack, CaliforniaFri, Mar 11, 1:19 PM PST · 18097 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
41. 1.78 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaSat, Mar 12, 9:29 PM PST · 18096 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away

Before

1. 1.88 km NNW of Nipinnawasee, CaliforniaSat, Jan 15, 5:35 PM PST · 18152 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
2. 2.57 km NNW of Nipinnawasee, CaliforniaSat, Jan 15, 6:48 AM PST · 18152 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
3. 2.05 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaTue, Jan 11, 9:58 PM PST · 18156 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
4. 1.710 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaMon, Jan 10, 6:17 PM PST · 18157 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
5. 2.415 km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, CaliforniaMon, Jan 10, 7:15 AM PST · 18157 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
6. 1.711 km ENE of Planada, CaliforniaMon, Jan 10, 2:13 AM PST · 18157 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
7. 1.74 km NNW of Wawona, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 9:33 PM PST · 18159 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
8. 2.29 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaSat, Jan 8, 6:05 AM PST · 18159 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
9. 2.58 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaFri, Jan 7, 3:20 AM PST · 18160 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
10. 1.611 km S of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaTue, Jan 4, 8:13 PM PST · 18163 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
11. 2.08 km SSE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaTue, Jan 4, 6:04 AM PST · 18163 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
12. 1.612 km SE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaSun, Jan 2, 11:20 PM PST · 18165 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
13. 1.99 km ESE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaFri, Dec 31, 6:06 AM PST · 18167 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
14. 2.212 km SE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaFri, Dec 24, 5:16 PM PST · 18174 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
15. 2.819 km SW of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaTue, Dec 21, 9:41 AM PST · 18177 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
16. 2.58 km ESE of Catheys Valley, CaliforniaSat, Dec 18, 9:54 AM PST · 18180 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1033332. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC.