M1.8 earthquake 8km NE of Grapevine, CA

Magnitude

1.8 (mh), micro

Local time

Tue, Dec 6, 1977, 12:42 AM PST

UTC

1977-12-06 08:42:12 UTC

Depth

12.7 km (7.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.999° N, 118.880° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

176°

Stations used

12

• Lebec, CaliforniaPopulation 1,468. Forecast17 kmN
• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast24 kmSSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast43 kmSSE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast120 kmNNW

After

1. 1.65km N of Sunland, CAWed, Dec 7, 11:32 AM PST · 17821 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
2. 2.310km N of Santa Paula, CAWed, Dec 7, 7:49 PM PST · 17821 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
3. 1.611km WNW of Mojave, CAFri, Dec 9, 8:51 AM PST · 17819 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
4. 1.99km SW of Agua Dulce, CASat, Dec 10, 11:57 AM PST · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
5. 1.826km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 10, 5:11 PM PST · 17818 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
6. 2.03km NE of Thousand Oaks, CASun, Dec 11, 3:24 AM PST · 17818 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
7. 2.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Dec 11, 9:10 AM PST · 17817 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
8. 1.76km WNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 12, 9:19 PM PST · 17816 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
9. 1.55km E of Piru, CATue, Dec 13, 3:29 AM PST · 17816 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
10. 2.020km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Dec 14, 2:51 PM PST · 17814 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
11. 2.116km ESE of Maricopa, CAThu, Dec 15, 1:32 AM PST · 17814 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
12. 1.510km NNE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Dec 16, 6:41 PM PST · 17812 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
13. 1.74km SSE of Ventura, CAMon, Dec 19, 3:39 PM PST · 17809 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
14. 2.524km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Dec 20, 2:11 AM PST · 17809 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
15. 2.09km SE of Carpinteria, CAWed, Dec 21, 11:00 PM PST · 17807 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
16. 1.720km SW of Lamont, CAThu, Dec 22, 8:07 PM PST · 17806 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
17. 1.612km ESE of Piru, CAFri, Dec 23, 4:13 PM PST · 17805 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
18. 1.511km SW of Valencia, CAFri, Dec 23, 5:34 PM PST · 17805 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
19. 2.012km ESE of Piru, CASat, Dec 24, 2:10 AM PST · 17805 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
20. 2.214km ENE of Ojai, CASat, Dec 24, 8:23 PM PST · 17804 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
21. 1.630km ENE of Santa Ynez, CASun, Dec 25, 5:55 PM PST · 17803 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
22. 1.925km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 26, 4:08 AM PST · 17803 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
23. 1.515km WNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Dec 31, 10:43 AM PST · 17797 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
24. 1.719km SSW of Lamont, CASun, Jan 1, 1:49 AM PST · 17797 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
25. 1.912km SSW of Agua Dulce, CATue, Jan 3, 4:13 AM PST · 17795 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
26. 1.82km NE of Thousand Oaks, CATue, Jan 3, 9:25 AM PST · 17794 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
27. 1.67km NNW of Pacoima, CAWed, Jan 4, 9:12 AM PST · 17793 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
28. 2.78km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Jan 4, 12:50 PM PST · 17793 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
29. 1.59km SSW of Agua Dulce, CAWed, Jan 4, 8:02 PM PST · 17793 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
30. 1.87km ESE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Jan 7, 8:43 PM PST · 17790 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
31. 2.07km ESE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Jan 7, 9:07 PM PST · 17790 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
32. 2.07km ESE of Santa Clarita, CASun, Jan 8, 12:10 PM PST · 17789 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
33. 2.122km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Jan 8, 7:46 PM PST · 17789 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
34. 2.27km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Jan 9, 11:53 AM PST · 17788 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
35. 2.510km E of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jan 10, 11:39 AM PST · 17787 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
36. 1.917km ESE of Maricopa, CASat, Jan 14, 5:12 AM PST · 17784 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
37. 2.419km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Jan 18, 1:18 AM PST · 17780 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
38. 1.54km N of Pacoima, CAWed, Jan 18, 11:50 AM PST · 17779 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
39. 1.824km NE of Arvin, CAThu, Jan 19, 2:55 AM PST · 17779 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
40. 1.68km N of Santa Paula, CAThu, Jan 19, 4:29 PM PST · 17778 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
41. 1.712km NE of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jan 20, 2:23 PM PST · 17777 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
42. 2.320km NW of Grapevine, CASat, Jan 21, 2:32 PM PST · 17776 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
43. 2.510km E of Santa Clarita, CASat, Jan 21, 3:05 PM PST · 17776 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
44. 2.813km SSW of Gorman, CATue, Jan 24, 4:26 AM PST · 17774 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
45. 2.86km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CAWed, Jan 25, 2:40 AM PST · 17773 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
46. 2.223km NE of Arvin, CAWed, Jan 25, 11:11 AM PST · 17772 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
47. 1.96km SE of Camarillo, CAWed, Jan 25, 3:28 PM PST · 17772 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
48. 1.510km E of Santa Clarita, CAThu, Jan 26, 3:29 AM PST · 17772 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
49. 1.66km S of Littlerock, CAThu, Jan 26, 12:08 PM PST · 17771 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
50. 2.332km SE of Bodfish, CASat, Jan 28, 1:58 AM PST · 17770 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
51. 1.614km W of Ventura, CASun, Jan 29, 8:40 AM PST · 17768 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
52. 1.88km NNW of Granada Hills, CASun, Jan 29, 7:36 PM PST · 17768 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
53. 1.98km NNW of Granada Hills, CASun, Jan 29, 7:37 PM PST · 17768 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
54. 1.87km NNW of Granada Hills, CASun, Jan 29, 8:32 PM PST · 17768 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
55. 1.66km N of Granada Hills, CASun, Jan 29, 8:32 PM PST · 17768 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
56. 1.813km W of Ventura, CAMon, Jan 30, 5:57 AM PST · 17767 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
57. 1.52km SW of West Hills, CATue, Jan 31, 2:23 AM PST · 17767 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
58. 2.11km SSE of West Hills, CATue, Jan 31, 6:18 AM PST · 17766 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
59. 1.810km SSW of Agua Dulce, CAWed, Feb 1, 10:11 AM PST · 17765 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
60. 1.611km WSW of Ojai, CAThu, Feb 2, 1:32 AM PST · 17765 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

1. 1.83km S of Valencia, CASun, Dec 4, 7:15 AM PST · 17824 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
2. 2.15km WSW of Carpinteria, CASat, Dec 3, 7:41 AM PST · 17825 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
3. 1.720km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Dec 1, 2:27 AM PST · 17828 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
4. 1.68km NE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Nov 28, 8:34 PM PST · 17830 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
5. 1.913km WNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Nov 28, 5:34 PM PST · 17830 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
6. 1.713km SW of Gorman, CAMon, Nov 28, 12:48 AM PST · 17831 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
7. 1.58km ENE of Lebec, CAThu, Nov 24, 2:02 PM PST · 17834 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
8. 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Nov 24, 12:35 AM PST · 17835 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
9. 1.71km NNE of Chatsworth, CAThu, Nov 24, 12:20 AM PST · 17835 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
10. 1.823km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 23, 8:54 AM PST · 17835 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
11. 2.923km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 23, 6:58 AM PST · 17835 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
12. 1.56km S of Camarillo, CATue, Nov 22, 3:22 PM PST · 17836 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
13. 1.719km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Nov 21, 10:13 AM PST · 17837 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
14. 1.611km ESE of Piru, CASun, Nov 20, 2:26 PM PST · 17838 days ago · 29 km deep · 70 km away
15. 1.716km SW of Arvin, CASun, Nov 20, 6:41 AM PST · 17838 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
16. 1.924km S of Bodfish, CASat, Nov 19, 5:23 AM PST · 17839 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
17. 1.78km E of Santa Clarita, CASat, Nov 19, 2:54 AM PST · 17840 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
18. 1.624km S of Bodfish, CAFri, Nov 18, 1:42 PM PST · 17840 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
19. 1.616km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 18, 2:48 AM PST · 17841 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
20. 1.617km WNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Nov 17, 8:18 PM PST · 17841 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3336734. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC.