M2.0 earthquake 13km N of Grapevine, CA

Magnitude

2.0 (mh), micro

Local time

Sat, Nov 3, 1979, 10:54 AM PST

UTC

1979-11-03 18:54:15 UTC

Depth

0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.057° N, 118.942° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.4 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.11

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

160°

Stations used

11

• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast20 kmSSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast36 kmSSE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast129 kmNNW

After

1. 3.125km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Nov 5, 2:37 PM PST · 17122 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
2. 1.925km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Nov 5, 6:08 PM PST · 17122 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
3. 1.515km NNW of Grapevine, CATue, Nov 6, 9:32 AM PST · 17122 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
4. 1.94km NW of Frazier Park, CAWed, Nov 7, 3:00 AM PST · 17121 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
5. 2.824km SSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 8, 4:57 AM PST · 17120 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
6. 2.024km SSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 8, 5:00 AM PST · 17120 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
7. 2.618km SW of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 8, 12:41 PM PST · 17120 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
8. 1.820km WSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 8, 12:43 PM PST · 17120 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
9. 2.39km WNW of Kernville, CASat, Nov 10, 8:34 AM PST · 17118 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
10. 1.513km SW of Ojai, CASun, Nov 11, 2:14 AM PST · 17117 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
11. 2.116km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Nov 14, 1:37 AM PST · 17114 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
12. 1.68km W of Castaic, CAWed, Nov 14, 3:00 AM PST · 17114 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
13. 2.421km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Nov 14, 7:08 PM PST · 17113 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
14. 2.312km WNW of Ojai, CAWed, Nov 21, 4:29 AM PST · 17107 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
15. 1.614km NNW of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Nov 21, 7:34 AM PST · 17107 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
16. 1.529km ENE of Santa Ynez, CAWed, Nov 21, 2:57 PM PST · 17106 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
17. 2.312km WNW of Ojai, CAWed, Nov 21, 9:18 PM PST · 17106 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
18. 2.68km ENE of Lake Isabella, CAThu, Nov 22, 8:56 AM PST · 17106 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
19. 3.06km ENE of Lake Isabella, CAThu, Nov 22, 11:44 AM PST · 17106 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
20. 3.06km N of Lamont, CAThu, Nov 22, 10:38 PM PST · 17105 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
21. 2.57km WSW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 23, 7:57 AM PST · 17105 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
22. 2.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Nov 24, 12:16 AM PST · 17104 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
23. 2.211km N of Sunland, CAMon, Nov 26, 7:00 AM PST · 17102 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
24. 2.87km ENE of Lake Isabella, CAThu, Nov 29, 7:09 AM PST · 17099 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
25. 1.515km NNW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 30, 2:06 AM PST · 17098 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
26. 2.713km WNW of Ojai, CAFri, Nov 30, 6:54 AM PST · 17098 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
27. 1.916km SW of Frazier Park, CASat, Dec 1, 3:05 AM PST · 17097 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
28. 2.45km SSW of Buttonwillow, CASat, Dec 1, 11:45 PM PST · 17096 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
29. 2.47km ENE of Lake Isabella, CASun, Dec 2, 6:49 PM PST · 17095 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
30. 2.824km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Dec 4, 7:10 PM PST · 17093 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
31. 2.56km WSW of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 5, 4:14 AM PST · 17093 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
32. 2.411km SSW of Agua Dulce, CASun, Dec 9, 12:35 AM PST · 17089 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
33. 2.110km SW of Valencia, CAMon, Dec 10, 1:58 AM PST · 17088 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
34. 2.22km SSE of Grapevine, CATue, Dec 11, 12:27 AM PST · 17087 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
35. 1.68km SSE of Tehachapi, CATue, Dec 11, 4:22 AM PST · 17087 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
36. 1.78km SSE of Tehachapi, CATue, Dec 11, 4:40 AM PST · 17087 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
37. 1.615km NE of Lancaster, CAThu, Dec 13, 11:39 AM PST · 17085 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
38. 2.99km NE of Grapevine, CASat, Dec 15, 10:03 AM PST · 17083 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
39. 2.28km WSW of Grapevine, CASun, Dec 16, 12:45 AM PST · 17082 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
40. 1.55km NNW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Dec 17, 3:28 PM PST · 17080 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
41. 2.629km ESE of Kernville, CAMon, Dec 17, 4:56 PM PST · 17080 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
42. 2.928km W of Inyokern, CAMon, Dec 17, 4:59 PM PST · 17080 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
43. 2.017km ESE of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 19, 3:05 AM PST · 17079 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
44. 1.923km S of Frazier Park, CAThu, Dec 20, 8:33 AM PST · 17078 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
45. 2.18km E of Lake Isabella, CASat, Dec 22, 8:31 AM PST · 17076 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
46. 2.39km NNW of Mojave, CASun, Dec 23, 4:34 PM PST · 17074 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
47. 1.616km N of Piru, CATue, Dec 25, 1:07 AM PST · 17073 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
48. 2.17km ENE of Oxnard, CAThu, Dec 27, 11:56 AM PST · 17071 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
49. 2.314km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Dec 29, 9:16 AM PST · 17069 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
50. 2.515km E of Lake Isabella, CASat, Dec 29, 10:46 PM PST · 17068 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
51. 1.712km N of Sunland, CATue, Jan 1, 1:05 AM PST · 17066 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
52. 1.87km E of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jan 1, 1:35 AM PST · 17066 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
53. 2.011km NE of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Jan 1, 6:47 AM PST · 17066 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
54. 3.14km NNE of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Jan 2, 9:40 AM PST · 17065 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away

Before

1. 1.818km W of Tehachapi, CAFri, Nov 2, 8:45 AM PST · 17126 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
2. 2.33km NNW of Oildale, CATue, Oct 30, 6:10 PM PST · 17128 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
3. 2.320km SE of Bodfish, CATue, Oct 30, 5:04 AM PST · 17129 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
4. 2.720km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 28, 5:21 PM PST · 17130 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
5. 1.720km N of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 28, 5:02 PM PST · 17130 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
6. 1.722km SW of Lamont, CASat, Oct 27, 4:56 PM PDT · 17131 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
7. 1.824km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Oct 23, 1:23 PM PDT · 17136 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
8. 1.65km NW of Oak Park, CAMon, Oct 22, 1:42 PM PDT · 17137 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
9. 2.415km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, Oct 19, 4:06 AM PDT · 17140 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
10. 1.620km S of Maricopa, CAThu, Oct 18, 7:49 PM PDT · 17140 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
11. 2.126km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Oct 18, 2:53 PM PDT · 17141 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
12. 1.921km NNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Oct 15, 2:25 PM PDT · 17144 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
13. 1.723km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Oct 15, 12:27 AM PDT · 17144 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
14. 2.39km WNW of Ojai, CAFri, Oct 12, 7:40 AM PDT · 17147 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
15. 1.813km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Oct 7, 1:24 AM PDT · 17152 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
16. 2.611km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Oct 7, 12:20 AM PDT · 17152 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3353588. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.