M2.9 earthquake 12km S of Bodfish, CA

Magnitude

2.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Mon, Dec 25, 1978, 2:25 AM PST

UTC

1978-12-25 10:25:32 UTC

Depth

6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.480° N, 118.500° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

98°

Stations used

28

• Bodfish, CaliforniaPopulation 1,956. Forecast12 kmS
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast39 kmN
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast49 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast160 kmN

After

1. 2.017km ENE of Maricopa, CAThu, Dec 28, 9:41 AM PST · 17435 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
2. 1.610km NNE of Coso Junction, CAThu, Dec 28, 2:33 PM PST · 17435 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
3. 2.318km ENE of Little Lake, CAFri, Dec 29, 5:37 PM PST · 17434 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
4. 2.320km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Dec 30, 9:24 AM PST · 17433 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
5. 2.38km WNW of Olancha, CASat, Dec 30, 2:10 PM PST · 17433 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
6. 2.98km ESE of Bakersfield, CASun, Dec 31, 1:04 PM PST · 17432 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
7. 3.010km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Jan 1, 12:38 PM PST · 17431 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
8. 1.610km SE of Gorman, CAMon, Jan 1, 8:01 PM PST · 17431 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
9. 2.032km W of Coso Junction, CAMon, Jan 1, 10:41 PM PST · 17431 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
10. 3.311km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jan 3, 5:36 AM PST · 17429 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
11. 3.522km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jan 3, 12:00 PM PST · 17429 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
12. 2.020km E of Little Lake, CAWed, Jan 3, 1:28 PM PST · 17429 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
13. 1.925km NE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 6, 4:58 PM PST · 17426 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
14. 1.814km NE of Little Lake, CAMon, Jan 8, 9:48 PM PST · 17424 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
15. 2.212km ENE of Little Lake, CAMon, Jan 8, 9:58 PM PST · 17424 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
16. 1.714km NE of Little Lake, CAMon, Jan 8, 10:03 PM PST · 17424 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
17. 3.023km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Jan 13, 1:29 AM PST · 17420 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
18. 2.723km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Jan 13, 2:07 AM PST · 17420 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
19. 2.326km SW of Little Lake, CASat, Jan 13, 2:18 AM PST · 17419 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
20. 2.28km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Jan 13, 12:27 PM PST · 17419 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
21. 2.810km WNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Jan 14, 5:10 PM PST · 17418 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
22. 2.119km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Jan 15, 9:59 PM PST · 17417 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
23. 2.925km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Jan 17, 12:56 PM PST · 17415 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
24. 2.19km NNW of Kernville, CAWed, Jan 17, 4:49 PM PST · 17415 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
25. 2.326km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Jan 17, 10:38 PM PST · 17415 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
26. 2.516km NE of Boron, CAThu, Jan 18, 6:10 AM PST · 17414 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
27. 2.114km E of Coso Junction, CAThu, Jan 18, 8:05 PM PST · 17414 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
28. 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Jan 20, 4:17 PM PST · 17412 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
29. 2.58km W of Delano, CASat, Jan 20, 5:16 PM PST · 17412 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
30. 2.119km ENE of Coso Junction, CASat, Jan 20, 7:34 PM PST · 17412 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
31. 1.912km N of Ridgecrest, CASun, Jan 21, 6:09 AM PST · 17411 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
32. 1.94km SE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Jan 21, 8:18 AM PST · 17411 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
33. 2.019km ESE of Johannesburg, CASun, Jan 21, 12:59 PM PST · 17411 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
34. 1.813km E of Maricopa, CAMon, Jan 22, 9:21 AM PST · 17410 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
35. 2.014km E of Coso Junction, CATue, Jan 23, 6:27 AM PST · 17409 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
36. 1.913km ESE of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jan 24, 5:21 PM PST · 17408 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
37. 2.59km SSE of McFarland, CASat, Jan 27, 10:48 PM PST · 17405 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
38. 1.96km W of Grapevine, CASun, Jan 28, 4:30 AM PST · 17404 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
39. 2.426km WSW of Olancha, CASun, Jan 28, 6:46 PM PST · 17404 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
40. 2.116km NE of Little Lake, CATue, Jan 30, 4:10 PM PST · 17402 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
41. 1.87km W of Grapevine, CAWed, Feb 7, 1:14 AM PST · 17395 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
42. 2.613km N of Coso Junction, CAWed, Feb 7, 5:38 PM PST · 17394 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
43. 1.518km ESE of Arvin, CASun, Feb 11, 9:40 AM PST · 17390 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
44. 1.57km NW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Feb 12, 10:58 AM PST · 17389 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
45. 1.915km ENE of Little Lake, CATue, Feb 13, 10:14 PM PST · 17388 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
46. 1.92km E of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Feb 15, 2:04 PM PST · 17386 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
47. 1.87km NE of Little Lake, CASat, Feb 17, 6:41 AM PST · 17384 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
48. 1.718km ESE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Feb 20, 4:30 AM PST · 17381 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
49. 2.07km W of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 21, 9:35 AM PST · 17380 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
50. 2.225km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 21, 1:08 PM PST · 17380 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
51. 2.118km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Feb 21, 6:32 PM PST · 17380 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
52. 1.79km WSW of Grapevine, CAThu, Feb 22, 3:07 PM PST · 17379 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away

Before

1. 1.719km SSW of Little Lake, CASun, Dec 24, 5:18 AM PST · 17439 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
2. 2.219km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Dec 23, 4:43 PM PST · 17440 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
3. 2.220km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Dec 23, 4:05 PM PST · 17440 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
4. 1.811km ENE of Coso Junction, CASat, Dec 23, 3:49 PM PST · 17440 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
5. 2.411km WNW of Olancha, CASat, Dec 23, 9:09 AM PST · 17440 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
6. 2.332km N of Kernville, CAThu, Dec 21, 7:20 PM PST · 17442 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
7. 1.917km E of Coso Junction, CAWed, Dec 20, 5:08 PM PST · 17443 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
8. 1.611km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Dec 20, 11:04 AM PST · 17443 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
9. 2.913km E of Ridgecrest, CATue, Dec 19, 8:14 PM PST · 17444 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
10. 1.617km SSE of Tehachapi, CATue, Dec 19, 6:56 AM PST · 17444 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
11. 2.02km W of Coso Junction, CAMon, Dec 18, 5:30 AM PST · 17445 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
12. 1.723km E of Kernville, CASat, Dec 16, 1:09 PM PST · 17447 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
13. 2.013km SSE of Little Lake, CAFri, Dec 15, 9:53 AM PST · 17448 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
14. 1.622km NW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Dec 14, 2:00 PM PST · 17449 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
15. 2.120km ESE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Dec 10, 6:26 PM PST · 17453 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
16. 2.220km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Dec 7, 3:22 PM PST · 17456 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
17. 2.222km ESE of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Dec 7, 2:56 AM PST · 17456 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
18. 2.25km ESE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Dec 6, 8:34 AM PST · 17457 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
19. 2.37km ESE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Dec 6, 1:41 AM PST · 17458 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
20. 2.628km ESE of Kernville, CATue, Dec 5, 2:31 AM PST · 17458 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3314351 (also filed as usp0000y3t). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.