M1.8 earthquake 20km SSE of Bodfish, CA

Magnitude

1.8 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sat, Jun 3, 1978, 9:19 AM PDT

UTC

1978-06-03 16:19:22 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.418° N, 118.414° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.8 km horizontally, 14.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.18

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

157°

Stations used

9

• Bodfish, CaliforniaPopulation 1,956. Forecast20 kmSSE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast32 kmN
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast55 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast153 kmN

After

1. 2.417km SW of Arvin, CAWed, Jun 7, 7:47 PM PDT · 17649 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
2. 1.711km SSE of Buttonwillow, CAThu, Jun 8, 2:33 AM PDT · 17649 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
3. 1.516km SSW of Lamont, CAThu, Jun 8, 9:12 AM PDT · 17649 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
4. 1.816km SSW of Lamont, CAThu, Jun 8, 9:12 AM PDT · 17649 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
5. 2.612km W of Grapevine, CASat, Jun 10, 7:01 AM PDT · 17647 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
6. 2.313km S of Bodfish, CASat, Jun 10, 7:10 PM PDT · 17646 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
7. 1.56km NW of Vincent, CASun, Jun 11, 4:06 AM PDT · 17646 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
8. 1.618km NE of Tehachapi, CASun, Jun 11, 9:00 PM PDT · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
9. 2.835km WSW of Olancha, CASun, Jun 11, 11:17 PM PDT · 17645 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
10. 2.420km SE of Bodfish, CAMon, Jun 12, 7:49 AM PDT · 17645 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
11. 1.821km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jun 14, 6:24 AM PDT · 17643 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
12. 1.616km NE of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jun 15, 7:04 PM PDT · 17641 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
13. 1.817km NE of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jun 15, 8:21 PM PDT · 17641 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
14. 4.221km WNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Jun 15, 9:21 PM PDT · 17641 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
15. 2.922km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAThu, Jun 15, 10:43 PM PDT · 17641 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
16. 1.818km ESE of Arvin, CAThu, Jun 15, 11:29 PM PDT · 17641 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
17. 2.325km NE of Arvin, CAFri, Jun 16, 4:00 AM PDT · 17641 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
18. 1.512km SE of Arvin, CASat, Jun 17, 9:05 PM PDT · 17639 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
19. 3.121km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jun 21, 12:26 PM PDT · 17635 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
20. 2.71km WSW of Frazier Park, CAThu, Jun 22, 4:45 AM PDT · 17635 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
21. 2.020km NNE of Inyokern, CAFri, Jun 23, 11:28 AM PDT · 17633 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
22. 2.011km NE of Kernville, CASat, Jun 24, 7:47 AM PDT · 17633 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
23. 2.523km N of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Jun 26, 1:17 AM PDT · 17631 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
24. 1.712km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Jun 26, 9:50 AM PDT · 17631 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
25. 2.128km SE of Johannesburg, CATue, Jun 27, 4:14 AM PDT · 17630 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
26. 1.816km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jun 28, 2:23 AM PDT · 17629 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
27. 2.119km SE of Bodfish, CAFri, Jun 30, 2:21 AM PDT · 17627 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
28. 1.716km SW of Little Lake, CASun, Jul 2, 9:02 AM PDT · 17625 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
29. 2.29km E of Coso Junction, CAMon, Jul 3, 4:03 PM PDT · 17623 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
30. 1.815km NNE of Grapevine, CAMon, Jul 3, 8:23 PM PDT · 17623 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
31. 2.110km SSW of Inyokern, CATue, Jul 4, 10:39 AM PDT · 17622 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
32. 2.26km WNW of Little Lake, CATue, Jul 4, 12:46 PM PDT · 17622 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
33. 2.38km NE of Little Lake, CAWed, Jul 5, 8:32 AM PDT · 17622 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
34. 2.320km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Jul 5, 9:20 PM PDT · 17621 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
35. 2.619km SE of Bodfish, CAThu, Jul 6, 2:41 AM PDT · 17621 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
36. 2.320km SW of Little Lake, CAThu, Jul 6, 4:43 PM PDT · 17620 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
37. 1.917km SE of Bodfish, CAThu, Jul 6, 5:18 PM PDT · 17620 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
38. 3.020km WSW of Little Lake, CASun, Jul 9, 7:55 PM PDT · 17617 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
39. 1.83km S of Frazier Park, CASun, Jul 9, 8:47 PM PDT · 17617 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
40. 2.98km ESE of Bakersfield, CAMon, Jul 10, 2:05 AM PDT · 17617 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
41. 3.221km N of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Jul 11, 12:05 PM PDT · 17615 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
42. 1.913km ESE of Johannesburg, CAThu, Jul 13, 8:05 PM PDT · 17613 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
43. 2.812km W of Coso Junction, CAFri, Jul 14, 5:58 AM PDT · 17613 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
44. 2.313km SSW of Olancha, CAFri, Jul 14, 2:05 PM PDT · 17612 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
45. 1.813km NW of Mojave, CAWed, Jul 19, 12:06 PM PDT · 17607 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
46. 1.521km ENE of Maricopa, CAThu, Jul 20, 4:23 AM PDT · 17607 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
47. 2.218km ENE of Coso Junction, CAThu, Jul 20, 3:56 PM PDT · 17606 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
48. 3.014km NE of Little Lake, CAThu, Jul 20, 4:25 PM PDT · 17606 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
49. 2.49km NNE of Grapevine, CAThu, Jul 20, 5:35 PM PDT · 17606 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
50. 2.318km SSE of Alpaugh, CAFri, Jul 21, 1:51 AM PDT · 17606 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
51. 2.03km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Jul 26, 1:58 AM PDT · 17601 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
52. 1.77km SSW of Coso Junction, CAWed, Jul 26, 7:36 PM PDT · 17600 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
53. 2.08km ESE of Coso Junction, CASat, Jul 29, 12:53 AM PDT · 17598 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
54. 1.63km S of Frazier Park, CASat, Jul 29, 8:08 AM PDT · 17598 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
55. 3.025km E of Maricopa, CAMon, Jul 31, 8:02 AM PDT · 17596 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
56. 1.612km WSW of Olancha, CATue, Aug 1, 5:36 AM PDT · 17595 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away

Before

1. 2.217km SE of Bodfish, CAFri, Jun 2, 10:42 AM PDT · 17654 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
2. 2.917km ENE of Taft, CAFri, Jun 2, 7:39 AM PDT · 17655 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
3. 1.819km SE of Arvin, CAThu, Jun 1, 8:27 PM PDT · 17655 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
4. 2.126km NE of Arvin, CASun, May 28, 2:52 PM PDT · 17659 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
5. 1.512km SW of Lamont, CASat, May 27, 4:05 PM PDT · 17660 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
6. 1.710km WNW of Neenach, CAWed, May 24, 4:44 AM PDT · 17664 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
7. 1.86km W of California City, CATue, May 23, 11:55 AM PDT · 17664 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
8. 2.06km SW of Shafter, CASat, May 20, 11:40 PM PDT · 17667 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
9. 2.023km ENE of Arvin, CAFri, May 19, 12:49 AM PDT · 17669 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
10. 2.27km SW of Coso Junction, CAThu, May 18, 3:16 PM PDT · 17669 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
11. 2.118km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, May 16, 9:33 AM PDT · 17672 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
12. 2.56km NNW of Little Lake, CASun, May 14, 1:12 PM PDT · 17673 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
13. 2.314km NE of Kernville, CASun, May 14, 6:19 AM PDT · 17674 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
14. 2.026km E of Kernville, CAMon, May 8, 11:37 AM PDT · 17679 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
15. 1.616km NNW of Grapevine, CAMon, May 8, 2:07 AM PDT · 17680 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
16. 1.710km ESE of Wofford Heights, CASun, May 7, 10:33 PM PDT · 17680 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
17. 2.17km ESE of Wofford Heights, CASun, May 7, 6:34 PM PDT · 17680 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
18. 2.06km ESE of Wofford Heights, CASun, May 7, 6:31 PM PDT · 17680 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
19. 1.918km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, May 6, 6:10 PM PDT · 17681 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
20. 2.513km E of Little Lake, CAFri, May 5, 11:17 PM PDT · 17682 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3339807. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:52 AM UTC.