M1.8 earthquake 16km NE of Boron, CA

Magnitude

1.8 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Wed, Nov 22, 1978, 2:01 AM PST

UTC

1978-11-22 10:01:59 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.114° N, 117.552° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.4 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.22

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

224°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

2

• Boron, CaliforniaPopulation 2,253. Forecast16 kmNE
• California City, CaliforniaPopulation 13,277. Forecast39 kmE
• Victorville, CaliforniaPopulation 122,225. Forecast69 kmNNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast134 kmNNE

After

1. 2.925km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 22, 11:09 AM PST · 17480 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
2. 2.214km ENE of Boron, CAWed, Nov 22, 1:28 PM PST · 17480 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
3. 1.923km SE of Barstow, CAThu, Nov 23, 9:11 PM PST · 17479 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
4. 1.825km SW of Little Lake, CAFri, Nov 24, 7:33 PM PST · 17478 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
5. 2.013km E of Little Lake, CASun, Nov 26, 4:24 PM PST · 17476 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
6. 2.125km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Nov 27, 1:49 AM PST · 17475 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
7. 2.314km NE of Boron, CATue, Nov 28, 4:42 AM PST · 17474 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
8. 3.016km NE of Boron, CATue, Nov 28, 8:54 AM PST · 17474 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
9. 2.317km S of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 2, 2:16 PM PST · 17470 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
10. 2.123km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Dec 4, 5:15 AM PST · 17468 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
11. 2.628km ESE of Kernville, CATue, Dec 5, 2:31 AM PST · 17467 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
12. 2.023km N of Searles Valley, CAWed, Dec 6, 2:29 PM PST · 17466 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
13. 2.222km ESE of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Dec 7, 2:56 AM PST · 17465 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
14. 1.66km NW of Lake Arrowhead, CAThu, Dec 7, 9:18 AM PST · 17465 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
15. 2.220km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Dec 7, 3:22 PM PST · 17465 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
16. 2.025km N of Searles Valley, CAFri, Dec 8, 1:02 PM PST · 17464 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
17. 2.324km N of Searles Valley, CASun, Dec 10, 3:19 AM PST · 17462 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
18. 2.120km ESE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Dec 10, 6:26 PM PST · 17462 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
19. 1.622km NW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Dec 14, 2:00 PM PST · 17458 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
20. 2.013km SSE of Little Lake, CAFri, Dec 15, 9:53 AM PST · 17457 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
21. 1.723km E of Kernville, CASat, Dec 16, 1:09 PM PST · 17456 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
22. 1.617km SSE of Tehachapi, CATue, Dec 19, 6:56 AM PST · 17453 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
23. 2.913km E of Ridgecrest, CATue, Dec 19, 8:14 PM PST · 17453 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
24. 1.611km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Dec 20, 11:04 AM PST · 17452 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
25. 1.512km SSW of Lucerne Valley, CAThu, Dec 21, 11:02 PM PST · 17450 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
26. 1.812km SSW of Lucerne Valley, CAThu, Dec 21, 11:04 PM PST · 17450 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
27. 2.110km NE of Barstow, CAFri, Dec 22, 5:58 AM PST · 17450 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
28. 2.220km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Dec 23, 4:05 PM PST · 17449 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
29. 2.219km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Dec 23, 4:43 PM PST · 17449 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
30. 1.719km SSW of Little Lake, CASun, Dec 24, 5:18 AM PST · 17448 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
31. 1.810km NE of Barstow, CASun, Dec 24, 6:21 AM PST · 17448 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
32. 2.912km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Dec 25, 2:25 AM PST · 17447 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
33. 2.230km E of Barstow, CATue, Dec 26, 12:36 AM PST · 17446 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
34. 2.020km E of Little Lake, CAWed, Jan 3, 1:28 PM PST · 17438 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
35. 1.925km NE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 6, 4:58 PM PST · 17435 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
36. 2.212km ENE of Little Lake, CAMon, Jan 8, 9:58 PM PST · 17433 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
37. 2.820km ENE of Lake Los Angeles, CATue, Jan 9, 1:11 AM PST · 17432 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
38. 3.023km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Jan 13, 1:29 AM PST · 17428 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
39. 2.723km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Jan 13, 2:07 AM PST · 17428 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
40. 2.326km SW of Little Lake, CASat, Jan 13, 2:18 AM PST · 17428 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
41. 2.28km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Jan 13, 12:27 PM PST · 17428 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
42. 2.810km WNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Jan 14, 5:10 PM PST · 17427 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
43. 2.925km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Jan 17, 12:56 PM PST · 17424 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
44. 2.326km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Jan 17, 10:38 PM PST · 17423 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
45. 2.516km NE of Boron, CAThu, Jan 18, 6:10 AM PST · 17423 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
46. 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Jan 20, 4:17 PM PST · 17421 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away

Before

1. 1.56km WSW of Wrightwood, CATue, Nov 21, 1:34 PM PST · 17481 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
2. 2.217km NNE of Pinon Hills, CATue, Nov 21, 7:56 AM PST · 17481 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
3. 2.125km S of Bodfish, CATue, Nov 21, 5:59 AM PST · 17481 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
4. 2.11km SSE of Lytle Creek, CATue, Nov 21, 3:34 AM PST · 17481 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
5. 1.913km E of Little Lake, CAMon, Nov 20, 8:16 AM PST · 17482 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
6. 2.910km W of Tehachapi, CASun, Nov 19, 6:04 AM PST · 17483 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
7. 1.517km NNE of Inyokern, CAFri, Nov 17, 8:33 PM PST · 17485 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
8. 1.94km WNW of Devore, CAFri, Nov 17, 6:30 AM PST · 17485 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
9. 1.913km WSW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Nov 16, 10:43 PM PST · 17485 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
10. 1.716km SE of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 16, 1:37 AM PST · 17486 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
11. 1.722km E of Trona, CAWed, Nov 15, 11:17 PM PST · 17486 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
12. 2.323km ENE of Barstow, CAWed, Nov 15, 7:21 PM PST · 17487 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
13. 1.618km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 15, 4:17 PM PST · 17487 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
14. 2.023km SE of Barstow, CAWed, Nov 15, 10:51 AM PST · 17487 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
15. 1.717km WNW of Searles Valley, CASun, Nov 12, 4:35 PM PST · 17490 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
16. 1.913km E of Little Lake, CASun, Nov 12, 5:53 AM PST · 17490 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
17. 1.642km E of Johannesburg, CASat, Nov 11, 7:55 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
18. 1.816km N of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Nov 9, 12:39 PM PST · 17493 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
19. 2.61km WNW of Elizabeth Lake, CAMon, Nov 6, 4:28 PM PST · 17496 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
20. 1.811km NNE of Lake Arrowhead, CAThu, Nov 2, 7:50 AM PST · 17500 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9688046. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:35 PM UTC.