M1.9 earthquake 17km S of Bodfish, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (mh), micro

Local time

Sun, May 4, 1980, 10:10 AM PDT

UTC

1980-05-04 17:10:57 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.437° N, 118.461° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.3 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

157°

Stations used

5

• Bodfish, CaliforniaPopulation 1,956. Forecast17 kmS
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast34 kmN
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast51 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast155 kmN

After

1. 1.918km ESE of Little Lake, CAMon, May 5, 12:07 AM PDT · 16942 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
2. 1.812km SE of Bodfish, CAMon, May 5, 6:52 AM PDT · 16941 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
3. 2.010km WNW of Frazier Park, CAMon, May 5, 4:03 PM PDT · 16941 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
4. 1.924km W of Johannesburg, CAWed, May 7, 6:01 PM PDT · 16939 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
5. 2.43km W of Little Lake, CAMon, May 12, 3:30 PM PDT · 16934 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
6. 3.916km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, May 19, 5:50 PM PDT · 16927 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
7. 3.117km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, May 19, 6:32 PM PDT · 16927 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
8. 2.120km NW of Inyokern, CAMon, May 19, 7:11 PM PDT · 16927 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
9. 1.84km NW of Coso Junction, CATue, May 20, 5:21 PM PDT · 16926 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
10. 1.914km ESE of Wofford Heights, CAWed, May 21, 12:31 AM PDT · 16926 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
11. 2.322km N of Kernville, CAFri, May 23, 5:18 AM PDT · 16923 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
12. 2.526km NNE of Arvin, CASat, May 24, 3:30 AM PDT · 16922 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
13. 1.923km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, May 24, 11:40 PM PDT · 16922 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
14. 2.38km E of Coso Junction, CAFri, May 30, 12:14 AM PDT · 16917 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
15. 2.211km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, May 31, 6:50 PM PDT · 16915 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
16. 1.816km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Jun 1, 11:39 AM PDT · 16914 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
17. 1.820km WNW of Johannesburg, CAWed, Jun 4, 3:25 AM PDT · 16911 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
18. 2.33km W of Coso Junction, CAWed, Jun 4, 6:23 PM PDT · 16911 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
19. 2.325km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Jun 12, 9:02 PM PDT · 16903 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
20. 1.612km NW of Searles Valley, CAMon, Jun 16, 12:30 PM PDT · 16899 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
21. 2.120km ESE of Little Lake, CAWed, Jun 18, 7:56 AM PDT · 16897 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
22. 2.521km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Jun 18, 8:46 PM PDT · 16897 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
23. 2.025km S of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 19, 12:06 AM PDT · 16897 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
24. 1.65km WNW of Lamont, CAThu, Jun 19, 5:26 PM PDT · 16896 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
25. 2.34km WNW of Lamont, CAFri, Jun 20, 5:43 PM PDT · 16895 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
26. 2.621km E of Coso Junction, CASat, Jun 21, 1:34 AM PDT · 16895 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
27. 2.917km WNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Jun 21, 3:39 PM PDT · 16894 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
28. 2.016km WNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Jun 21, 3:55 PM PDT · 16894 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
29. 1.815km SSW of Little Lake, CASun, Jun 22, 5:16 AM PDT · 16893 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
30. 2.141km NNW of Kernville, CASun, Jun 22, 9:15 AM PDT · 16893 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
31. 1.76km ENE of Lake Isabella, CAMon, Jun 23, 9:40 PM PDT · 16892 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
32. 1.613km NNW of Grapevine, CATue, Jun 24, 1:08 AM PDT · 16892 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
33. 2.513km ESE of Porterville, CATue, Jun 24, 3:55 AM PDT · 16891 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
34. 1.78km SSE of Bodfish, CAWed, Jun 25, 1:21 AM PDT · 16891 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
35. 2.414km N of Grapevine, CAWed, Jun 25, 9:08 PM PDT · 16890 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
36. 2.615km WSW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Jun 27, 10:55 PM PDT · 16888 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
37. 1.921km NW of Grapevine, CASat, Jun 28, 12:09 AM PDT · 16888 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
38. 2.120km SE of Little Lake, CASat, Jun 28, 3:11 PM PDT · 16887 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
39. 1.715km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASun, Jun 29, 7:26 AM PDT · 16886 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
40. 1.611km NNE of Grapevine, CASun, Jun 29, 2:22 PM PDT · 16886 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
41. 2.828km NNE of Kernville, CAMon, Jun 30, 10:29 PM PDT · 16885 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
42. 3.233km NNE of Kernville, CATue, Jul 1, 3:50 AM PDT · 16884 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
43. 2.118km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Jul 1, 6:59 AM PDT · 16884 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
44. 1.916km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Jul 1, 11:24 AM PDT · 16884 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
45. 2.333km N of Kernville, CATue, Jul 1, 4:44 PM PDT · 16884 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
46. 2.529km NNE of Kernville, CAWed, Jul 2, 10:49 PM PDT · 16883 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away

Before

1. 1.62km NE of Lake Isabella, CASat, May 3, 3:47 PM PDT · 16943 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
2. 1.917km NNE of Inyokern, CASat, May 3, 5:11 AM PDT · 16943 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
3. 2.218km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Apr 27, 11:09 AM PDT · 16949 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
4. 2.020km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Apr 23, 6:43 AM PST · 16953 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
5. 2.724km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Apr 22, 6:24 PM PST · 16954 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
6. 2.623km N of Tehachapi, CATue, Apr 22, 3:29 PM PST · 16954 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
7. 1.713km W of Little Lake, CAMon, Apr 21, 8:43 PM PST · 16955 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
8. 1.58km W of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Apr 21, 5:27 PM PST · 16955 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
9. 2.42km ENE of Frazier Park, CAMon, Apr 21, 4:56 AM PST · 16955 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
10. 2.44km NNW of Delano, CAMon, Apr 21, 1:33 AM PST · 16955 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
11. 2.420km NW of Tehachapi, CASat, Apr 19, 4:48 PM PST · 16957 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
12. 1.52km WNW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Apr 18, 4:33 PM PST · 16958 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
13. 1.820km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, Apr 18, 8:37 AM PST · 16958 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
14. 2.315km SW of Olancha, CAFri, Apr 18, 3:12 AM PST · 16958 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
15. 1.519km ESE of Ridgecrest, CATue, Apr 15, 7:21 AM PST · 16961 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
16. 1.813km WNW of Johannesburg, CASun, Apr 13, 7:32 PM PST · 16963 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
17. 1.821km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Apr 12, 9:24 PM PST · 16964 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
18. 2.318km W of Johannesburg, CAFri, Apr 11, 3:42 PM PST · 16965 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
19. 1.827km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Apr 9, 9:02 PM PST · 16967 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
20. 1.616km E of Arvin, CAWed, Apr 9, 9:04 AM PST · 16967 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3328544. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC.