M2.0 earthquake 19km E of Coso Junction, CA

Magnitude

2.0 (mh), micro

Local time

Sun, Feb 26, 1978, 3:15 AM PST

UTC

1978-02-26 11:15:08 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.058° N, 117.736° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.2 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

170°

Stations used

6

• Searles Valley, CaliforniaPopulation 1,739. Forecast44 kmNW
• Ridgecrest, CaliforniaPopulation 28,780. Forecast49 kmN
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast139 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast228 kmNNE

After

1. 1.721km E of Coso Junction, CASun, Feb 26, 6:02 AM PST · 17742 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
2. 1.919km SE of Bodfish, CATue, Feb 28, 5:25 AM PST · 17740 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
3. 2.241km SW of Stovepipe Wells, CATue, Feb 28, 8:43 AM PST · 17740 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
4. 2.133km E of Coso Junction, CAFri, Mar 3, 9:59 AM PST · 17737 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
5. 2.330km ENE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Mar 3, 10:01 AM PST · 17737 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
6. 2.629km ENE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Mar 3, 10:37 AM PST · 17737 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
7. 2.325km NNE of Kernville, CASat, Mar 4, 10:26 AM PST · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
8. 1.912km ENE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Mar 6, 5:41 AM PST · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
9. 2.011km ENE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Mar 6, 3:50 PM PST · 17733 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
10. 1.612km ENE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Mar 6, 9:33 PM PST · 17733 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
11. 2.410km ENE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Mar 6, 9:35 PM PST · 17733 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
12. 3.230km E of Coso Junction, CATue, Mar 7, 7:28 AM PST · 17733 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
13. 2.228km E of Coso Junction, CATue, Mar 7, 7:54 AM PST · 17733 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
14. 2.031km E of Coso Junction, CATue, Mar 7, 8:59 AM PST · 17733 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
15. 2.033km E of Coso Junction, CATue, Mar 7, 5:20 PM PST · 17732 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
16. 1.916km WSW of Coso Junction, CAWed, Mar 8, 11:58 AM PST · 17732 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
17. 1.929km ENE of Little Lake, CAWed, Mar 8, 3:07 PM PST · 17731 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
18. 2.028km ENE of Little Lake, CAWed, Mar 8, 5:45 PM PST · 17731 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
19. 1.812km SW of Coso Junction, CAWed, Mar 8, 10:15 PM PST · 17731 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
20. 1.812km ESE of Little Lake, CASat, Mar 11, 12:35 AM PST · 17729 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
21. 2.314km NNE of Olancha, CASat, Mar 11, 8:41 AM PST · 17729 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
22. 2.017km NNE of Olancha, CATue, Mar 14, 12:07 AM PST · 17726 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
23. 2.31km SW of Lone Pine, CASat, Mar 18, 10:04 AM PST · 17722 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
24. 2.112km SE of Little Lake, CASat, Mar 18, 10:14 PM PST · 17721 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
25. 2.610km NNE of Coso Junction, CASun, Mar 19, 12:32 AM PST · 17721 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
26. 2.212km NE of Coso Junction, CASun, Mar 19, 2:31 PM PST · 17720 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
27. 3.010km NNE of Coso Junction, CASun, Mar 19, 4:07 PM PST · 17720 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
28. 1.712km NE of Coso Junction, CASun, Mar 19, 4:47 PM PST · 17720 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
29. 2.16km W of Little Lake, CASun, Mar 19, 7:34 PM PST · 17720 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
30. 2.719km ESE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Mar 24, 2:05 AM PST · 17716 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
31. 2.423km NNE of Kernville, CAFri, Mar 24, 2:47 PM PST · 17715 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
32. 1.915km N of Kernville, CASat, Mar 25, 8:55 AM PST · 17715 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
33. 1.919km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Mar 26, 7:32 AM PST · 17714 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
34. 2.712km SE of Olancha, CATue, Mar 28, 8:41 AM PST · 17712 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
35. 1.811km SE of Olancha, CATue, Mar 28, 10:57 AM PST · 17712 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
36. 2.211km SE of Olancha, CAWed, Mar 29, 11:51 PM PST · 17710 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
37. 1.714km ENE of Coso Junction, CAThu, Mar 30, 12:39 AM PST · 17710 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
38. 2.320km SSE of Bodfish, CAThu, Mar 30, 10:25 PM PST · 17709 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
39. 1.812km E of Coso Junction, CAFri, Mar 31, 3:07 AM PST · 17709 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
40. 2.511km SE of Olancha, CASun, Apr 2, 5:12 AM PST · 17707 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
41. 2.236km SSW of Furnace Creek, CAMon, Apr 3, 10:42 AM PST · 17706 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
42. 2.312km SE of Olancha, CATue, Apr 4, 3:44 AM PST · 17705 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
43. 2.226km NE of Olancha, CATue, Apr 4, 10:22 PM PST · 17704 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
44. 2.312km S of Trona, CASun, Apr 9, 9:17 PM PST · 17699 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
45. 3.029km W of Olancha, CATue, Apr 11, 3:17 PM PST · 17697 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
46. 1.617km ESE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Apr 16, 7:17 AM PST · 17693 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
47. 3.024km W of Coso Junction, CASun, Apr 16, 7:43 PM PST · 17692 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
48. 1.718km NNW of California City, CAThu, Apr 20, 1:27 PM PST · 17689 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
49. 2.17km W of Wofford Heights, CAMon, Apr 24, 1:51 PM PST · 17685 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away

Before

1. 2.318km SW of Little Lake, CAWed, Feb 22, 11:35 PM PST · 17745 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
2. 2.418km SW of Little Lake, CAWed, Feb 22, 9:06 PM PST · 17745 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
3. 2.214km ENE of Little Lake, CAWed, Feb 22, 5:50 AM PST · 17746 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
4. 2.016km ENE of Little Lake, CATue, Feb 21, 11:18 AM PST · 17747 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
5. 2.35km SSE of Bodfish, CAFri, Feb 17, 9:27 PM PST · 17750 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
6. 2.23km S of Bodfish, CAFri, Feb 17, 5:57 AM PST · 17751 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
7. 1.66km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 8, 5:14 PM PST · 17759 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
8. 1.89km SE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Feb 8, 12:28 PM PST · 17760 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
9. 1.67km NE of Kernville, CAWed, Feb 8, 11:18 AM PST · 17760 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
10. 1.710km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Feb 8, 11:16 AM PST · 17760 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
11. 1.710km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Feb 8, 9:42 AM PST · 17760 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
12. 1.79km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 8, 4:02 AM PST · 17760 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
13. 2.436km E of Independence, CATue, Feb 7, 12:36 AM PST · 17761 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
14. 2.315km NE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Feb 3, 7:19 PM PST · 17764 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
15. 2.332km SE of Bodfish, CASat, Jan 28, 1:58 AM PST · 17771 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
16. 2.014km WSW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Jan 27, 6:53 PM PST · 17771 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3337607. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:43 AM UTC.