M2.0 earthquake 3km S of Bodfish, CA

Magnitude

2.0 (mh), micro

Local time

Wed, Jul 26, 1978, 1:58 AM PDT

UTC

1978-07-26 08:58:38 UTC

Depth

13.8 km (8.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.558° N, 118.495° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.6 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.21

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

177°

Stations used

5

• Bodfish, CaliforniaPopulation 1,956. Forecast3 kmS
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast48 kmN
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast52 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast169 kmN

After

1. 1.77km SSW of Coso Junction, CAWed, Jul 26, 7:36 PM PDT · 17598 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
2. 2.08km ESE of Coso Junction, CASat, Jul 29, 12:53 AM PDT · 17595 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
3. 1.63km S of Frazier Park, CASat, Jul 29, 8:08 AM PDT · 17595 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
4. 3.025km E of Maricopa, CAMon, Jul 31, 8:02 AM PDT · 17593 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
5. 1.612km WSW of Olancha, CATue, Aug 1, 5:36 AM PDT · 17592 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
6. 2.120km NW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Aug 3, 12:16 PM PDT · 17590 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
7. 2.627km W of Olancha, CAThu, Aug 3, 1:52 PM PDT · 17590 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
8. 3.128km W of Olancha, CAThu, Aug 3, 2:11 PM PDT · 17590 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
9. 2.310km WSW of Grapevine, CASat, Aug 5, 4:56 PM PDT · 17588 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
10. 1.524km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Aug 5, 6:27 PM PDT · 17588 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
11. 2.415km ESE of Arvin, CASat, Aug 5, 7:59 PM PDT · 17588 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
12. 1.814km SW of Arvin, CASun, Aug 6, 10:43 AM PDT · 17587 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
13. 2.930km W of Olancha, CATue, Aug 8, 11:02 AM PDT · 17585 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
14. 2.328km WSW of Olancha, CAWed, Aug 9, 12:38 AM PDT · 17584 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
15. 1.67km SW of Grapevine, CASun, Aug 13, 11:02 PM PDT · 17580 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
16. 2.616km WSW of Little Lake, CAMon, Aug 14, 2:55 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
17. 2.016km WSW of Little Lake, CAMon, Aug 14, 2:59 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
18. 2.020km W of Johannesburg, CAMon, Aug 14, 7:07 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
19. 1.69km NE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Aug 14, 8:59 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
20. 3.38km ESE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Aug 14, 9:09 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
21. 1.919km ENE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Aug 14, 9:12 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
22. 2.08km NE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Aug 14, 9:13 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
23. 2.51km ENE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Aug 14, 9:17 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
24. 1.98km NE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Aug 14, 9:20 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
25. 2.20km NW of Coso Junction, CAMon, Aug 14, 9:26 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
26. 1.817km S of Johannesburg, CAMon, Aug 14, 9:41 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
27. 1.68km ENE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Aug 14, 10:26 AM PDT · 17579 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
28. 3.123km SW of Lamont, CAMon, Aug 14, 6:23 PM PDT · 17579 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
29. 2.26km NW of Boron, CAWed, Aug 16, 12:04 PM PDT · 17577 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
30. 1.817km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Aug 17, 7:24 PM PDT · 17576 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
31. 2.05km SW of Mojave, CAFri, Aug 18, 1:17 AM PDT · 17575 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
32. 2.28km ESE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Aug 18, 6:05 AM PDT · 17575 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
33. 2.38km ESE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Aug 18, 6:06 AM PDT · 17575 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
34. 2.110km SE of Olancha, CAFri, Aug 18, 8:32 AM PDT · 17575 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
35. 1.816km NW of Grapevine, CASat, Aug 19, 2:16 PM PDT · 17574 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
36. 1.719km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Aug 21, 1:42 AM PDT · 17572 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
37. 2.525km WSW of Olancha, CAMon, Aug 21, 2:53 PM PDT · 17572 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
38. 1.513km SSE of Arvin, CASat, Aug 26, 1:00 AM PDT · 17567 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
39. 2.124km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Aug 28, 11:00 PM PDT · 17565 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
40. 2.123km ENE of Arvin, CATue, Aug 29, 4:18 AM PDT · 17564 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
41. 2.616km N of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Aug 29, 2:58 PM PDT · 17564 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
42. 1.611km NNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Aug 31, 12:34 PM PDT · 17562 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
43. 1.817km ESE of Little Lake, CAFri, Sep 1, 9:29 PM PDT · 17561 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
44. 2.15km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Sep 2, 7:29 PM PDT · 17560 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
45. 2.89km SE of Lake Isabella, CAMon, Sep 4, 2:05 PM PDT · 17558 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
46. 1.88km SE of Lake Isabella, CAMon, Sep 4, 4:22 PM PDT · 17558 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
47. 1.717km SSW of Lamont, CATue, Sep 5, 10:02 AM PDT · 17557 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
48. 1.615km N of Grapevine, CAThu, Sep 7, 7:19 PM PDT · 17555 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
49. 1.828km E of Kernville, CAFri, Sep 8, 4:22 AM PDT · 17554 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
50. 2.018km NNE of Boron, CASat, Sep 9, 7:52 PM PDT · 17553 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
51. 1.920km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Sep 13, 12:13 AM PDT · 17549 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
52. 1.622km NE of Arvin, CAThu, Sep 14, 1:57 PM PDT · 17548 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
53. 2.38km ESE of Bodfish, CAFri, Sep 15, 3:31 AM PDT · 17547 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
54. 1.824km N of Ridgecrest, CASat, Sep 16, 5:39 PM PDT · 17546 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
55. 2.513km SSW of Olancha, CAMon, Sep 18, 5:47 AM PDT · 17544 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
56. 1.56km W of Grapevine, CAMon, Sep 18, 3:28 PM PDT · 17544 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
57. 1.88km NE of Little Lake, CATue, Sep 19, 5:47 AM PDT · 17543 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
58. 1.926km E of Little Lake, CAThu, Sep 21, 11:46 PM PDT · 17540 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
59. 2.09km N of Mojave, CASun, Sep 24, 12:49 AM PDT · 17538 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away

Before

1. 2.318km SSE of Alpaugh, CAFri, Jul 21, 1:51 AM PDT · 17603 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
2. 2.49km NNE of Grapevine, CAThu, Jul 20, 5:35 PM PDT · 17604 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
3. 3.014km NE of Little Lake, CAThu, Jul 20, 4:25 PM PDT · 17604 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
4. 2.322km ENE of Coso Junction, CAThu, Jul 20, 4:14 PM PDT · 17604 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
5. 2.218km ENE of Coso Junction, CAThu, Jul 20, 3:56 PM PDT · 17604 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
6. 1.521km ENE of Maricopa, CAThu, Jul 20, 4:23 AM PDT · 17604 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
7. 1.813km NW of Mojave, CAWed, Jul 19, 12:06 PM PDT · 17605 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
8. 2.08km WNW of Olancha, CASat, Jul 15, 9:57 AM PDT · 17609 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
9. 2.313km SSW of Olancha, CAFri, Jul 14, 2:05 PM PDT · 17610 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
10. 2.812km W of Coso Junction, CAFri, Jul 14, 5:58 AM PDT · 17610 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
11. 1.913km ESE of Johannesburg, CAThu, Jul 13, 8:05 PM PDT · 17611 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
12. 3.221km N of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Jul 11, 12:05 PM PDT · 17613 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
13. 2.98km ESE of Bakersfield, CAMon, Jul 10, 2:05 AM PDT · 17614 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
14. 1.83km S of Frazier Park, CASun, Jul 9, 8:47 PM PDT · 17615 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
15. 3.020km WSW of Little Lake, CASun, Jul 9, 7:55 PM PDT · 17615 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
16. 1.917km SE of Bodfish, CAThu, Jul 6, 5:18 PM PDT · 17618 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
17. 2.320km SW of Little Lake, CAThu, Jul 6, 4:43 PM PDT · 17618 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
18. 2.619km SE of Bodfish, CAThu, Jul 6, 2:41 AM PDT · 17618 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
19. 2.320km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Jul 5, 9:20 PM PDT · 17619 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
20. 2.38km NE of Little Lake, CAWed, Jul 5, 8:32 AM PDT · 17619 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3340928. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC.