M1.6 earthquake 22km NE of Arvin, CA

Magnitude

1.6 (mc), micro

Local time

Thu, Sep 14, 1978, 1:57 PM PDT

UTC

1978-09-14 20:57:51 UTC

Depth

0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.364° N, 118.676° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.5 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

166°

Stations used

8

• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast22 kmNE
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast31 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast151 kmNNW

After

1. 2.38km ESE of Bodfish, CAFri, Sep 15, 3:31 AM PDT · 17540 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
2. 1.56km W of Grapevine, CAMon, Sep 18, 3:28 PM PDT · 17536 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
3. 2.09km N of Mojave, CASun, Sep 24, 12:49 AM PDT · 17531 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
4. 2.57km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, Sep 25, 6:13 PM PDT · 17529 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
5. 2.58km SE of Lake Isabella, CAMon, Sep 25, 6:26 PM PDT · 17529 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
6. 1.87km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, Sep 25, 6:39 PM PDT · 17529 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
7. 2.68km SE of Lake Isabella, CAMon, Sep 25, 8:41 PM PDT · 17529 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
8. 1.67km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, Sep 25, 11:17 PM PDT · 17529 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
9. 2.022km ESE of Bodfish, CATue, Sep 26, 4:23 AM PDT · 17529 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
10. 1.510km SSE of Inyokern, CATue, Sep 26, 11:38 AM PDT · 17529 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
11. 1.912km WNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 26, 3:19 PM PDT · 17528 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
12. 1.89km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Sep 27, 9:09 AM PDT · 17528 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
13. 2.130km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Sep 27, 12:16 PM PDT · 17527 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
14. 2.58km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 2, 5:25 PM PDT · 17522 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
15. 2.312km ESE of Maricopa, CAWed, Oct 4, 9:08 PM PDT · 17520 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
16. 1.921km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Oct 5, 10:36 PM PDT · 17519 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
17. 2.315km W of Tehachapi, CAFri, Oct 6, 3:02 PM PDT · 17518 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
18. 1.923km SW of Olancha, CASat, Oct 7, 9:57 AM PDT · 17518 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
19. 2.31km SW of Rosedale, CATue, Oct 10, 12:11 AM PDT · 17515 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
20. 2.68km SE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Oct 10, 1:10 AM PDT · 17515 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
21. 2.010km ESE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Oct 10, 3:38 AM PDT · 17515 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
22. 1.624km SW of Maricopa, CAFri, Oct 13, 5:12 AM PDT · 17512 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
23. 2.410km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 14, 7:01 AM PDT · 17511 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
24. 2.611km ESE of Wofford Heights, CASat, Oct 14, 11:35 AM PDT · 17511 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
25. 1.720km SE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 14, 12:23 PM PDT · 17510 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
26. 1.921km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 16, 3:59 AM PDT · 17509 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
27. 1.922km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Oct 18, 12:16 PM PDT · 17506 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
28. 1.610km WNW of Bodfish, CAThu, Oct 19, 5:12 AM PDT · 17506 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
29. 2.414km E of Lake Isabella, CAFri, Oct 20, 7:49 PM PDT · 17504 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
30. 1.810km S of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 21, 6:32 PM PDT · 17503 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
31. 1.812km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 21, 8:33 PM PDT · 17503 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
32. 2.43km S of Frazier Park, CASun, Oct 22, 9:03 AM PDT · 17503 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
33. 2.514km WNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Oct 26, 11:50 AM PDT · 17499 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
34. 2.118km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Oct 27, 10:03 AM PDT · 17498 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
35. 1.917km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 28, 2:03 AM PDT · 17497 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
36. 2.019km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 28, 2:28 AM PDT · 17497 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
37. 1.79km SW of Grapevine, CASat, Oct 28, 2:42 PM PDT · 17496 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
38. 1.97km WNW of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 28, 6:36 PM PDT · 17496 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
39. 1.67km WNW of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 28, 7:14 PM PDT · 17496 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
40. 2.07km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Oct 29, 5:56 AM PST · 17496 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
41. 2.821km SW of Little Lake, CASun, Oct 29, 6:08 AM PST · 17496 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
42. 2.217km W of Tehachapi, CAMon, Oct 30, 11:08 PM PST · 17494 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
43. 1.916km ENE of Lebec, CATue, Oct 31, 6:42 PM PST · 17493 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
44. 1.722km SW of Little Lake, CAWed, Nov 1, 5:12 PM PST · 17492 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
45. 1.88km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 1, 9:11 PM PST · 17492 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
46. 1.928km N of Kernville, CAMon, Nov 6, 2:34 AM PST · 17488 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
47. 2.61km WNW of Elizabeth Lake, CAMon, Nov 6, 4:28 PM PST · 17487 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
48. 2.17km NNW of Lamont, CAWed, Nov 8, 4:48 AM PST · 17486 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
49. 2.325km NNE of Arvin, CAWed, Nov 8, 11:54 AM PST · 17485 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
50. 2.214km SW of Arvin, CAWed, Nov 8, 1:29 PM PST · 17485 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
51. 1.710km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Nov 11, 9:08 PM PST · 17482 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away

Before

1. 1.920km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Sep 13, 12:13 AM PDT · 17542 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
2. 1.828km E of Kernville, CAFri, Sep 8, 4:22 AM PDT · 17547 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
3. 1.615km N of Grapevine, CAThu, Sep 7, 7:19 PM PDT · 17547 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
4. 1.717km SSW of Lamont, CATue, Sep 5, 10:02 AM PDT · 17550 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
5. 1.88km SE of Lake Isabella, CAMon, Sep 4, 4:22 PM PDT · 17550 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
6. 2.89km SE of Lake Isabella, CAMon, Sep 4, 2:05 PM PDT · 17550 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
7. 2.15km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Sep 2, 7:29 PM PDT · 17552 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
8. 1.611km NNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Aug 31, 12:34 PM PDT · 17554 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
9. 2.616km N of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Aug 29, 2:58 PM PDT · 17556 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
10. 2.123km ENE of Arvin, CATue, Aug 29, 4:18 AM PDT · 17557 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
11. 2.124km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Aug 28, 11:00 PM PDT · 17557 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
12. 1.513km SSE of Arvin, CASat, Aug 26, 1:00 AM PDT · 17560 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
13. 2.525km WSW of Olancha, CAMon, Aug 21, 2:53 PM PDT · 17564 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
14. 1.719km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Aug 21, 1:42 AM PDT · 17565 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
15. 1.816km NW of Grapevine, CASat, Aug 19, 2:16 PM PDT · 17566 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
16. 2.05km SW of Mojave, CAFri, Aug 18, 1:17 AM PDT · 17568 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
17. 1.817km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Aug 17, 7:24 PM PDT · 17568 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
18. 2.26km NW of Boron, CAWed, Aug 16, 12:04 PM PDT · 17569 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3313402. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:24 AM UTC.