M2.5 earthquake 14km WNW of Grapevine, CA

Magnitude

2.5 (mh), micro

Local time

Thu, Oct 26, 1978, 11:50 AM PDT

UTC

1978-10-26 18:50:01 UTC

Depth

3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.992° N, 119.073° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.28

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

94°

Stations used

23

• Pine Mountain Club, CaliforniaPopulation 2,315. Forecast18 kmNNE
• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast33 kmSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast43 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast129 kmNW

After

1. 2.118km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Oct 27, 10:03 AM PDT · 17504 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
2. 1.917km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 28, 2:03 AM PDT · 17503 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
3. 2.019km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 28, 2:28 AM PDT · 17503 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
4. 1.79km SW of Grapevine, CASat, Oct 28, 2:42 PM PDT · 17503 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
5. 1.76km WNW of Chatsworth, CASun, Oct 29, 1:32 AM PST · 17502 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
6. 2.07km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Oct 29, 5:56 AM PST · 17502 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
7. 3.26km NNW of Chatsworth, CASun, Oct 29, 2:16 PM PST · 17502 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
8. 1.910km NNW of Chatsworth, CAMon, Oct 30, 1:34 AM PST · 17501 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
9. 2.217km W of Tehachapi, CAMon, Oct 30, 11:08 PM PST · 17500 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
10. 2.08km SE of Goleta, CATue, Oct 31, 12:47 PM PST · 17500 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
11. 1.916km ENE of Lebec, CATue, Oct 31, 6:42 PM PST · 17499 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
12. 1.511km SSW of Agua Dulce, CATue, Oct 31, 9:30 PM PST · 17499 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
13. 1.88km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 1, 9:11 PM PST · 17498 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
14. 1.57km E of Santa Clarita, CAThu, Nov 2, 9:16 AM PST · 17498 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
15. 2.07km SE of Isla Vista, CAThu, Nov 2, 7:55 PM PST · 17497 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
16. 2.38km SE of Santa Clarita, CASun, Nov 5, 2:52 PM PST · 17495 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
17. 2.61km WNW of Elizabeth Lake, CAMon, Nov 6, 4:28 PM PST · 17494 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
18. 2.98km SSE of Santa Barbara, CATue, Nov 7, 4:42 PM PST · 17493 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
19. 1.510km E of Santa Clarita, CATue, Nov 7, 10:12 PM PST · 17492 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
20. 2.17km NNW of Lamont, CAWed, Nov 8, 4:48 AM PST · 17492 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
21. 2.325km NNE of Arvin, CAWed, Nov 8, 11:54 AM PST · 17492 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
22. 2.214km SW of Arvin, CAWed, Nov 8, 1:29 PM PST · 17492 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
23. 2.48km WSW of Ojai, CAThu, Nov 9, 1:36 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
24. 2.110km WSW of Ojai, CAThu, Nov 9, 1:49 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
25. 1.96km ESE of Goleta, CAThu, Nov 9, 2:10 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
26. 1.711km WSW of Ojai, CAThu, Nov 9, 5:11 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
27. 1.76km SSE of Goleta, CAThu, Nov 9, 8:32 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
28. 2.25km NNW of Chatsworth, CAThu, Nov 9, 3:48 PM PST · 17491 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
29. 2.26km SE of Isla Vista, CAFri, Nov 10, 3:51 PM PST · 17490 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
30. 1.710km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Nov 11, 9:08 PM PST · 17488 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
31. 2.11km WNW of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Nov 13, 8:49 AM PST · 17487 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
32. 3.20km WSW of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Nov 13, 8:49 AM PST · 17487 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
33. 1.52km NW of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Nov 13, 8:50 AM PST · 17487 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
34. 3.21km SSE of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Nov 13, 8:50 AM PST · 17487 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
35. 2.46km SE of Isla Vista, CATue, Nov 14, 11:31 AM PST · 17486 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
36. 2.34km W of Castaic, CAWed, Nov 15, 5:05 AM PST · 17485 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
37. 1.76km WNW of Castaic, CAWed, Nov 15, 5:08 AM PST · 17485 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
38. 1.618km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 15, 4:17 PM PST · 17485 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
39. 2.38km SSW of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Nov 16, 10:26 AM PST · 17484 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
40. 1.813km SE of Isla Vista, CAThu, Nov 16, 11:48 AM PST · 17484 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
41. 1.86km SE of Isla Vista, CAThu, Nov 16, 4:11 PM PST · 17484 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
42. 1.83km W of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Nov 17, 8:38 AM PST · 17483 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
43. 2.40km S of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Nov 17, 8:46 AM PST · 17483 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
44. 2.212km SE of Carpinteria, CAFri, Nov 17, 3:51 PM PST · 17483 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
45. 1.63km E of Goleta, CAFri, Nov 17, 5:04 PM PST · 17483 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
46. 2.910km W of Tehachapi, CASun, Nov 19, 6:04 AM PST · 17481 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
47. 1.79km WSW of Ojai, CASun, Nov 19, 6:36 AM PST · 17481 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
48. 2.125km S of Bodfish, CATue, Nov 21, 5:59 AM PST · 17479 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
49. 1.613km N of Fillmore, CATue, Nov 21, 7:21 PM PST · 17478 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
50. 2.925km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 22, 11:09 AM PST · 17478 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
51. 1.59km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Nov 24, 8:47 PM PST · 17475 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
52. 2.122km SW of Bodfish, CASat, Nov 25, 1:59 AM PST · 17475 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
53. 1.65km E of Simi Valley, CASat, Nov 25, 8:46 AM PST · 17475 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
54. 1.52km NNW of Frazier Park, CASat, Nov 25, 8:52 PM PST · 17474 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
55. 2.35km SSE of Lamont, CASat, Nov 25, 10:57 PM PST · 17474 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
56. 2.125km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Nov 27, 1:49 AM PST · 17473 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
57. 2.09km SSE of Goleta, CAWed, Nov 29, 8:57 PM PST · 17470 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
58. 2.09km SE of Isla Vista, CAWed, Nov 29, 8:57 PM PST · 17470 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
59. 1.810km SSE of Goleta, CAWed, Nov 29, 9:38 PM PST · 17470 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
60. 1.713km SW of Ojai, CAThu, Nov 30, 2:11 PM PST · 17470 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

1. 1.510km SE of Isla Vista, CAWed, Oct 25, 7:04 PM PDT · 17506 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
2. 2.43km S of Frazier Park, CASun, Oct 22, 9:03 AM PDT · 17509 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
3. 1.812km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 21, 8:33 PM PDT · 17509 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
4. 1.810km S of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 21, 6:32 PM PDT · 17510 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
5. 2.414km E of Lake Isabella, CAFri, Oct 20, 7:49 PM PDT · 17510 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
6. 1.77km WSW of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Oct 19, 2:17 PM PDT · 17512 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
7. 1.610km WNW of Bodfish, CAThu, Oct 19, 5:12 AM PDT · 17512 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
8. 1.922km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Oct 18, 12:16 PM PDT · 17513 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
9. 1.88km SE of Isla Vista, CATue, Oct 17, 9:39 AM PDT · 17514 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
10. 2.211km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CAMon, Oct 16, 4:42 AM PDT · 17515 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
11. 1.921km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 16, 3:59 AM PDT · 17515 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
12. 1.720km SE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 14, 12:23 PM PDT · 17517 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
13. 2.611km ESE of Wofford Heights, CASat, Oct 14, 11:35 AM PDT · 17517 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
14. 2.410km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 14, 7:01 AM PDT · 17517 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
15. 1.55km SE of Goleta, CAFri, Oct 13, 11:01 AM PDT · 17518 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
16. 1.624km SW of Maricopa, CAFri, Oct 13, 5:12 AM PDT · 17518 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
17. 1.88km SW of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Oct 13, 2:06 AM PDT · 17518 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
18. 2.110km SSW of Santa Barbara, CATue, Oct 10, 11:31 AM PDT · 17521 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
19. 2.010km ESE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Oct 10, 3:38 AM PDT · 17521 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
20. 2.68km SE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Oct 10, 1:10 AM PDT · 17521 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3343201. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.