M2.3 earthquake 25km NNE of Arvin, CA

Magnitude

2.3 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Wed, Nov 8, 1978, 11:54 AM PST

UTC

1978-11-08 19:54:16 UTC

Depth

1.2 km (0.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.404° N, 118.697° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.38

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

112°

Stations used

14

• Fuller Acres, CaliforniaPopulation 991. Forecast23 kmENE
• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast25 kmNNE
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast29 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast156 kmNNW

After

1. 2.214km SW of Arvin, CAWed, Nov 8, 1:29 PM PST · 17496 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
2. 1.710km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Nov 11, 9:08 PM PST · 17492 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
3. 1.76km WNW of Castaic, CAWed, Nov 15, 5:08 AM PST · 17489 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
4. 1.618km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 15, 4:17 PM PST · 17489 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
5. 1.716km SE of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 16, 1:37 AM PST · 17488 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
6. 1.517km NNE of Inyokern, CAFri, Nov 17, 8:33 PM PST · 17486 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
7. 2.910km W of Tehachapi, CASun, Nov 19, 6:04 AM PST · 17485 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
8. 2.125km S of Bodfish, CATue, Nov 21, 5:59 AM PST · 17483 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
9. 2.925km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 22, 11:09 AM PST · 17482 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
10. 3.17km NW of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 23, 3:07 AM PST · 17481 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
11. 2.15km NW of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 23, 3:10 AM PST · 17481 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
12. 1.810km SW of Coso Junction, CAThu, Nov 23, 3:25 AM PST · 17481 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
13. 1.86km NW of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 23, 5:42 AM PST · 17481 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
14. 1.825km SW of Little Lake, CAFri, Nov 24, 7:33 PM PST · 17479 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
15. 2.122km SW of Bodfish, CASat, Nov 25, 1:59 AM PST · 17479 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
16. 1.52km NNW of Frazier Park, CASat, Nov 25, 8:52 PM PST · 17478 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
17. 2.35km SSE of Lamont, CASat, Nov 25, 10:57 PM PST · 17478 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
18. 2.125km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Nov 27, 1:49 AM PST · 17477 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
19. 1.915km N of Grapevine, CAFri, Dec 1, 2:52 PM PST · 17473 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
20. 2.317km S of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 2, 2:16 PM PST · 17472 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
21. 2.123km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Dec 4, 5:15 AM PST · 17470 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
22. 2.628km ESE of Kernville, CATue, Dec 5, 2:31 AM PST · 17469 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
23. 2.37km ESE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Dec 6, 1:41 AM PST · 17468 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
24. 2.25km ESE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Dec 6, 8:34 AM PST · 17468 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
25. 2.220km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Dec 7, 3:22 PM PST · 17467 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
26. 2.013km SSE of Little Lake, CAFri, Dec 15, 9:53 AM PST · 17459 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
27. 1.723km E of Kernville, CASat, Dec 16, 1:09 PM PST · 17458 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
28. 2.02km W of Coso Junction, CAMon, Dec 18, 5:30 AM PST · 17456 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
29. 1.617km SSE of Tehachapi, CATue, Dec 19, 6:56 AM PST · 17455 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
30. 1.611km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Dec 20, 11:04 AM PST · 17454 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
31. 2.332km N of Kernville, CAThu, Dec 21, 7:20 PM PST · 17452 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
32. 2.220km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Dec 23, 4:05 PM PST · 17451 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
33. 2.219km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Dec 23, 4:43 PM PST · 17451 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
34. 1.719km SSW of Little Lake, CASun, Dec 24, 5:18 AM PST · 17450 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
35. 2.912km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Dec 25, 2:25 AM PST · 17449 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
36. 2.017km ENE of Maricopa, CAThu, Dec 28, 9:41 AM PST · 17446 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
37. 2.320km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Dec 30, 9:24 AM PST · 17444 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
38. 2.98km ESE of Bakersfield, CASun, Dec 31, 1:04 PM PST · 17443 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
39. 3.010km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Jan 1, 12:38 PM PST · 17442 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
40. 1.610km SE of Gorman, CAMon, Jan 1, 8:01 PM PST · 17441 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
41. 2.032km W of Coso Junction, CAMon, Jan 1, 10:41 PM PST · 17441 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
42. 3.311km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jan 3, 5:36 AM PST · 17440 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
43. 3.522km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jan 3, 12:00 PM PST · 17440 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
44. 1.925km NE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 6, 4:58 PM PST · 17437 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away

Before

1. 2.17km NNW of Lamont, CAWed, Nov 8, 4:48 AM PST · 17496 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
2. 2.61km WNW of Elizabeth Lake, CAMon, Nov 6, 4:28 PM PST · 17498 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
3. 1.928km N of Kernville, CAMon, Nov 6, 2:34 AM PST · 17498 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
4. 1.88km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 1, 9:11 PM PST · 17502 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
5. 1.722km SW of Little Lake, CAWed, Nov 1, 5:12 PM PST · 17503 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
6. 1.916km ENE of Lebec, CATue, Oct 31, 6:42 PM PST · 17503 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
7. 2.217km W of Tehachapi, CAMon, Oct 30, 11:08 PM PST · 17504 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
8. 2.821km SW of Little Lake, CASun, Oct 29, 6:08 AM PST · 17506 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
9. 2.07km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Oct 29, 5:56 AM PST · 17506 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
10. 1.67km WNW of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 28, 7:14 PM PDT · 17506 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
11. 1.97km WNW of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 28, 6:36 PM PDT · 17506 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
12. 1.79km SW of Grapevine, CASat, Oct 28, 2:42 PM PDT · 17507 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
13. 2.019km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 28, 2:28 AM PDT · 17507 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
14. 1.917km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 28, 2:03 AM PDT · 17507 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
15. 2.118km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Oct 27, 10:03 AM PDT · 17508 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
16. 2.426km WSW of Olancha, CAFri, Oct 27, 2:19 AM PDT · 17508 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
17. 2.514km WNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Oct 26, 11:50 AM PDT · 17509 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
18. 2.43km S of Frazier Park, CASun, Oct 22, 9:03 AM PDT · 17513 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
19. 1.812km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 21, 8:33 PM PDT · 17513 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
20. 1.810km S of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 21, 6:32 PM PDT · 17513 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3343418. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC.