M2.4 earthquake 5km SSW of Buttonwillow, CA

Magnitude

2.4 (mh), micro

Local time

Sat, Dec 1, 1979, 11:45 PM PST

UTC

1979-12-02 07:45:06 UTC

Depth

4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.357° N, 119.492° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.3 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

124°

Stations used

17

• Buttonwillow, CaliforniaPopulation 1,508. Forecast5 kmSSW
• Shafter, CaliforniaPopulation 18,336. Forecast26 kmSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast43 kmW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast185 kmNW

After

1. 2.513 km SSE of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Dec 2, 9:42 AM PST · 17102 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
2. 1.513 km SSE of Parkfield, CaliforniaMon, Dec 3, 1:05 PM PST · 17101 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
3. 2.824km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Dec 4, 7:10 PM PST · 17100 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
4. 1.912km ENE of Los Olivos, CAWed, Dec 5, 1:56 AM PST · 17100 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
5. 2.56km WSW of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 5, 4:14 AM PST · 17100 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
6. 2.22km SSE of Grapevine, CATue, Dec 11, 12:27 AM PST · 17094 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
7. 1.811 km NE of Shandon, CaliforniaFri, Dec 14, 9:22 PM PST · 17090 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
8. 2.99km NE of Grapevine, CASat, Dec 15, 10:03 AM PST · 17089 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
9. 2.28km WSW of Grapevine, CASun, Dec 16, 12:45 AM PST · 17089 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
10. 1.55km NNW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Dec 17, 3:28 PM PST · 17087 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
11. 2.017km ESE of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 19, 3:05 AM PST · 17086 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
12. 2.15km NNE of Los Alamos, CAThu, Dec 20, 5:03 AM PST · 17085 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
13. 1.923km S of Frazier Park, CAThu, Dec 20, 8:33 AM PST · 17084 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
14. 2.213 km SE of Parkfield, CaliforniaSun, Dec 23, 7:21 AM PST · 17081 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
15. 2.314km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Dec 29, 9:16 AM PST · 17075 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
16. 2.011km NE of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Jan 1, 6:47 AM PST · 17072 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
17. 1.619km SW of Rosedale, CAThu, Jan 3, 5:06 AM PST · 17071 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
18. 2.37 km WNW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 12:09 AM PST · 17064 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
19. 1.66km NNW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Jan 11, 7:09 AM PST · 17062 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
20. 1.612km NE of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, Jan 11, 9:50 AM PST · 17062 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
21. 1.811km SSW of Arvin, CAMon, Jan 14, 1:43 PM PST · 17059 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
22. 1.620km N of Tehachapi, CATue, Jan 15, 1:40 AM PST · 17059 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
23. 2.17km WSW of Arvin, CATue, Jan 15, 5:07 AM PST · 17059 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
24. 2.04 km SSW of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Jan 16, 2:07 AM PST · 17058 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
25. 1.77 km ESE of Parkfield, CaliforniaThu, Jan 17, 8:40 AM PST · 17056 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
26. 2.08km WSW of Buttonwillow, CASun, Jan 20, 10:03 AM PST · 17053 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
27. 1.516km SSW of Tehachapi, CATue, Jan 22, 10:32 PM PST · 17051 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
28. 2.915km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jan 23, 2:21 AM PST · 17051 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
29. 2.822km N of Tehachapi, CASun, Jan 27, 6:39 PM PST · 17046 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
30. 2.010 km SW of Avenal, CaliforniaTue, Jan 29, 4:08 PM PST · 17044 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away

Before

1. 1.916km SW of Frazier Park, CASat, Dec 1, 3:05 AM PST · 17104 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
2. 2.713km WNW of Ojai, CAFri, Nov 30, 6:54 AM PST · 17104 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
3. 1.515km NNW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 30, 2:06 AM PST · 17105 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
4. 2.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Nov 24, 12:16 AM PST · 17111 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
5. 2.57km WSW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 23, 7:57 AM PST · 17111 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
6. 3.06km N of Lamont, CAThu, Nov 22, 10:38 PM PST · 17112 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
7. 3.218 km WSW of Alpaugh, CaliforniaThu, Nov 22, 11:44 AM PST · 17112 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
8. 2.312km WNW of Ojai, CAWed, Nov 21, 9:18 PM PST · 17113 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
9. 1.529km ENE of Santa Ynez, CAWed, Nov 21, 2:57 PM PST · 17113 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
10. 2.95km NE of Orcutt, CAWed, Nov 21, 10:06 AM PST · 17113 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
11. 1.614km NNW of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Nov 21, 7:34 AM PST · 17113 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
12. 2.312km WNW of Ojai, CAWed, Nov 21, 4:29 AM PST · 17114 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
13. 2.516km SSE of Kettleman City, CASun, Nov 18, 6:02 PM PST · 17116 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
14. 2.421km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Nov 14, 7:08 PM PST · 17120 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
15. 2.116km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Nov 14, 1:37 AM PST · 17121 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
16. 2.39km WNW of Kernville, CASat, Nov 10, 8:34 AM PST · 17124 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
17. 1.820km WSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 8, 12:43 PM PST · 17126 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
18. 2.618km SW of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 8, 12:41 PM PST · 17126 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
19. 2.024km SSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 8, 5:00 AM PST · 17127 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
20. 2.824km SSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 8, 4:57 AM PST · 17127 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3354291. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:30 AM UTC.