M1.9 earthquake 6km W of Grapevine, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sun, Jan 28, 1979, 4:30 AM PST

UTC

1979-01-28 12:30:40 UTC

Depth

14.7 km (9.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.949° N, 118.999° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

123°

Stations used

13

• Lake of the Woods, CaliforniaPopulation 917. Forecast15 kmN
• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast33 kmSSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast47 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast121 kmNW

After

1. 1.816km SSE of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Feb 1, 5:56 PM PST · 17410 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
2. 1.56km SE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Feb 3, 12:17 AM PST · 17409 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
3. 1.67km ENE of Simi Valley, CAMon, Feb 5, 2:39 AM PST · 17407 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
4. 1.87km W of Grapevine, CAWed, Feb 7, 1:14 AM PST · 17405 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
5. 1.68km S of Camarillo, CAWed, Feb 7, 11:21 PM PST · 17404 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
6. 1.510km WSW of Ojai, CAThu, Feb 8, 6:16 PM PST · 17403 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
7. 1.98km N of Malibu, CAFri, Feb 9, 3:57 AM PST · 17403 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
8. 1.78km SE of Camarillo, CASat, Feb 10, 12:13 PM PST · 17401 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
9. 2.09km SW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Feb 11, 3:12 AM PST · 17401 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
10. 1.518km ESE of Arvin, CASun, Feb 11, 9:40 AM PST · 17400 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
11. 1.57km NW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Feb 12, 10:58 AM PST · 17399 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
12. 1.66km SSE of Camarillo, CATue, Feb 13, 4:58 PM PST · 17398 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
13. 1.76km SE of Camarillo, CATue, Feb 13, 4:59 PM PST · 17398 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
14. 3.318km S of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Feb 14, 7:05 PM PST · 17397 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
15. 1.615km S of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Feb 14, 8:37 PM PST · 17397 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
16. 2.117km S of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Feb 14, 9:32 PM PST · 17397 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
17. 2.715km S of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Feb 14, 9:33 PM PST · 17397 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
18. 2.018km S of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Feb 14, 9:38 PM PST · 17397 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
19. 1.918km S of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Feb 15, 12:38 AM PST · 17397 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
20. 2.217km S of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Feb 15, 2:17 AM PST · 17397 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
21. 2.017km S of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Feb 15, 7:50 AM PST · 17396 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
22. 1.92km E of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Feb 15, 2:04 PM PST · 17396 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
23. 1.919km S of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Feb 15, 4:49 PM PST · 17396 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
24. 2.15km ESE of Vincent, CASat, Feb 17, 4:36 AM PST · 17394 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
25. 1.718km ESE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Feb 20, 4:30 AM PST · 17391 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
26. 2.010km SW of Valencia, CAWed, Feb 21, 1:42 AM PST · 17391 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
27. 2.07km W of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 21, 9:35 AM PST · 17390 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
28. 2.225km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 21, 1:08 PM PST · 17390 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
29. 2.118km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Feb 21, 6:32 PM PST · 17390 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
30. 1.79km WSW of Grapevine, CAThu, Feb 22, 3:07 PM PST · 17389 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
31. 1.712km WSW of Ojai, CASat, Feb 24, 6:45 AM PST · 17387 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
32. 1.92km W of Wofford Heights, CASat, Feb 24, 6:56 AM PST · 17387 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
33. 2.134km NNW of California City, CASun, Feb 25, 12:17 PM PST · 17386 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
34. 1.68km N of Sunland, CAMon, Feb 26, 7:03 PM PST · 17385 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
35. 2.38km N of Sunland, CAMon, Feb 26, 7:30 PM PST · 17385 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
36. 1.64km SSE of Wofford Heights, CATue, Feb 27, 2:25 AM PST · 17385 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
37. 2.314km ENE of Ojai, CAWed, Feb 28, 5:53 AM PST · 17383 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
38. 2.15km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CAThu, Mar 1, 4:26 AM PST · 17382 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
39. 1.721km N of Neenach, CAThu, Mar 1, 5:43 PM PST · 17382 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
40. 1.515km S of Camarillo, CASat, Mar 3, 7:18 PM PST · 17380 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
41. 1.84km NW of Wofford Heights, CASun, Mar 4, 9:21 PM PST · 17379 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
42. 2.89km SSE of Goleta, CAMon, Mar 5, 4:11 AM PST · 17379 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
43. 1.76km ENE of Moorpark, CAThu, Mar 8, 7:56 AM PST · 17375 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
44. 1.710km SSW of Valencia, CAMon, Mar 12, 12:31 AM PST · 17372 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
45. 2.210km SW of Valencia, CATue, Mar 13, 12:14 PM PST · 17370 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
46. 1.914km S of Santa Barbara, CATue, Mar 13, 6:13 PM PST · 17370 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
47. 2.318km ESE of Bodfish, CATue, Mar 13, 10:59 PM PST · 17370 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
48. 1.918km ESE of Bodfish, CATue, Mar 13, 11:05 PM PST · 17370 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
49. 1.812km W of Tehachapi, CAWed, Mar 14, 12:22 AM PST · 17370 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
50. 2.119km ESE of Bodfish, CAWed, Mar 14, 8:07 PM PST · 17369 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
51. 1.910km SW of Valencia, CAThu, Mar 15, 11:15 AM PST · 17368 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
52. 2.010km SSW of Valencia, CAThu, Mar 15, 3:47 PM PST · 17368 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
53. 2.310km SW of Valencia, CAThu, Mar 15, 6:38 PM PST · 17368 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
54. 2.311km SW of Valencia, CAThu, Mar 15, 7:22 PM PST · 17368 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
55. 2.020km WSW of Bodfish, CAFri, Mar 16, 2:16 AM PST · 17368 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
56. 1.510km SW of Valencia, CASat, Mar 17, 8:36 AM PST · 17366 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
57. 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Mar 17, 11:17 AM PST · 17366 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
58. 1.59km SW of Valencia, CASat, Mar 17, 12:19 PM PST · 17366 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
59. 2.07km WSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Mar 18, 9:25 PM PST · 17365 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
60. 2.710km SW of Valencia, CATue, Mar 20, 12:11 PM PST · 17363 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

1. 2.59km SSE of McFarland, CASat, Jan 27, 10:48 PM PST · 17415 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
2. 1.913km ESE of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jan 24, 5:21 PM PST · 17418 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
3. 1.813km E of Maricopa, CAMon, Jan 22, 9:21 AM PST · 17420 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
4. 2.010km E of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Jan 22, 6:09 AM PST · 17420 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
5. 2.58km W of Delano, CASat, Jan 20, 5:16 PM PST · 17422 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
6. 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Jan 20, 4:17 PM PST · 17422 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
7. 1.78km NNW of Ventura, CASat, Jan 20, 9:36 AM PST · 17422 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
8. 1.814km NE of Ojai, CASat, Jan 20, 4:50 AM PST · 17422 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
9. 2.38km SE of Goleta, CATue, Jan 16, 5:25 AM PST · 17426 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
10. 2.119km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Jan 15, 9:59 PM PST · 17427 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
11. 2.810km WNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Jan 14, 5:10 PM PST · 17428 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
12. 1.57km ENE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Jan 12, 2:03 AM PST · 17431 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
13. 2.15km SSE of Goleta, CAWed, Jan 10, 8:17 AM PST · 17432 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
14. 1.820km S of Carpinteria, CATue, Jan 9, 1:13 PM PST · 17433 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
15. 1.56km W of Ojai, CATue, Jan 9, 2:39 AM PST · 17434 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
16. 1.78km NE of Valencia, CASun, Jan 7, 5:33 AM PST · 17435 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
17. 1.925km NE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 6, 4:58 PM PST · 17436 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
18. 3.522km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jan 3, 12:00 PM PST · 17439 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
19. 3.311km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jan 3, 5:36 AM PST · 17439 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
20. 1.610km SE of Gorman, CAMon, Jan 1, 8:01 PM PST · 17441 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3345783. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC.