M2.6 earthquake 24km SSW of Bodfish, CA

Magnitude

2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sun, Feb 1, 1981, 12:13 PM PST

UTC

1981-02-01 20:13:11 UTC

Depth

-1.0 km (-0.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.376° N, 118.551° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

98°

Stations used

24

• Bodfish, CaliforniaPopulation 1,956. Forecast24 kmSSW
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast29 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast42 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast150 kmN

After

1. 2.516km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Feb 1, 12:21 PM PST · 16679 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
2. 1.516km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Feb 1, 12:35 PM PST · 16679 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
3. 1.517km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Feb 1, 5:11 PM PST · 16678 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
4. 1.935km ESE of Bodfish, CASun, Feb 1, 10:41 PM PST · 16678 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
5. 1.69km SE of Johannesburg, CAMon, Feb 2, 5:07 AM PST · 16678 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
6. 2.136km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, Feb 2, 12:08 PM PST · 16678 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
7. 1.56km NNE of Grapevine, CATue, Feb 3, 2:12 AM PST · 16677 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
8. 2.524km SSW of Little Lake, CATue, Feb 3, 5:59 PM PST · 16676 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
9. 1.87km NNE of Grapevine, CAWed, Feb 4, 12:48 AM PST · 16676 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
10. 1.71km ESE of Wofford Heights, CAWed, Feb 4, 5:14 AM PST · 16676 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
11. 1.621km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Feb 4, 10:45 AM PST · 16676 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
12. 1.96km ENE of Kernville, CAThu, Feb 5, 3:53 PM PST · 16674 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
13. 1.624km WNW of Inyokern, CAFri, Feb 6, 1:21 AM PST · 16674 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
14. 1.824km SW of Little Lake, CASat, Feb 7, 11:21 PM PST · 16672 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
15. 2.118km N of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Feb 11, 1:43 AM PST · 16669 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
16. 1.613km SW of Arvin, CAWed, Feb 11, 7:59 AM PST · 16669 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
17. 1.613km SW of Arvin, CAThu, Feb 12, 6:48 AM PST · 16668 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
18. 2.113km SSW of Arvin, CAThu, Feb 12, 7:45 AM PST · 16668 days ago · -1 km deep · 43 km away
19. 2.217km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Feb 12, 9:02 PM PST · 16667 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
20. 2.05km SSE of Delano, CAThu, Feb 12, 10:55 PM PST · 16667 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
21. 2.311km NNW of Coso Junction, CAFri, Feb 13, 5:49 PM PST · 16666 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
22. 1.613km NE of Little Lake, CASat, Feb 14, 5:58 PM PST · 16665 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
23. 2.117km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Feb 16, 8:34 PM PST · 16663 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
24. 1.719km NNW of Grapevine, CATue, Feb 17, 3:24 AM PST · 16663 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
25. 1.66km N of Little Lake, CATue, Feb 17, 10:53 AM PST · 16663 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
26. 1.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Feb 20, 3:57 PM PST · 16659 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
27. 2.726km WNW of Inyokern, CASun, Feb 22, 10:19 PM PST · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
28. 1.714km NNE of Taft, CAWed, Feb 25, 10:25 AM PST · 16655 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
29. 1.914km NNE of Taft, CAWed, Feb 25, 2:45 PM PST · 16654 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
30. 1.719km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Feb 26, 5:09 AM PST · 16654 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
31. 1.719km SE of Little Lake, CAFri, Feb 27, 4:18 PM PST · 16652 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
32. 1.63km NNW of Lamont, CASat, Feb 28, 6:12 AM PST · 16652 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
33. 1.719km NW of Grapevine, CASat, Feb 28, 1:04 PM PST · 16652 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
34. 2.024km S of Bodfish, CASun, Mar 1, 4:57 AM PST · 16651 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
35. 1.723km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Mar 2, 5:32 AM PST · 16650 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
36. 2.315km SSW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Mar 6, 1:35 PM PST · 16646 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
37. 2.522km SW of Lamont, CASat, Mar 7, 9:31 AM PST · 16645 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
38. 1.621km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Mar 7, 2:54 PM PST · 16644 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
39. 1.67km ESE of Coso Junction, CASun, Mar 8, 6:40 PM PST · 16643 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
40. 1.87km ESE of Coso Junction, CASun, Mar 8, 8:08 PM PST · 16643 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
41. 1.814km ESE of Little Lake, CAMon, Mar 9, 4:41 PM PST · 16642 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
42. 1.718km ENE of Grapevine, CATue, Mar 10, 12:43 AM PST · 16642 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
43. 1.716km W of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 10, 5:05 AM PST · 16642 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
44. 1.711km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Mar 10, 6:36 AM PST · 16642 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
45. 1.921km E of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Mar 11, 11:29 AM PST · 16641 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
46. 2.38km ESE of Coso Junction, CAThu, Mar 12, 5:36 PM PST · 16639 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
47. 2.16km ESE of Coso Junction, CAThu, Mar 12, 6:36 PM PST · 16639 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
48. 2.49km NE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Mar 15, 6:12 PM PST · 16636 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
49. 2.611km NE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Mar 15, 7:28 PM PST · 16636 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
50. 2.122km NE of Arvin, CASun, Mar 15, 8:27 PM PST · 16636 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
51. 2.07km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Mar 16, 9:54 AM PST · 16636 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
52. 2.010km NE of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Mar 19, 7:28 AM PST · 16633 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
53. 2.05km NW of Castaic, CAFri, Mar 20, 6:38 AM PST · 16632 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
54. 1.815km NE of Lamont, CAWed, Mar 25, 2:29 AM PST · 16627 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
55. 2.62km ENE of Kernville, CAWed, Apr 1, 9:32 PM PST · 16619 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
56. 1.514km SSW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Apr 2, 4:53 AM PST · 16619 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away

Before

1. 1.818km NW of Tehachapi, CASat, Jan 31, 4:19 AM PST · 16680 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
2. 1.96km NNE of Oildale, CAThu, Jan 29, 7:41 PM PST · 16681 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
3. 1.712km N of Mojave, CASun, Jan 25, 10:20 PM PST · 16685 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
4. 2.216km N of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Jan 22, 11:57 AM PST · 16689 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
5. 1.812km ENE of Little Lake, CATue, Jan 20, 4:54 AM PST · 16691 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
6. 2.016km N of Inyokern, CATue, Jan 13, 7:09 PM PST · 16697 days ago · -1 km deep · 82 km away
7. 1.925km N of Kernville, CAWed, Jan 7, 10:16 PM PST · 16703 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
8. 1.820km SSW of Little Lake, CATue, Jan 6, 1:47 PM PST · 16705 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
9. 1.921km SSW of Inyokern, CASat, Jan 3, 11:50 AM PST · 16708 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
10. 2.016km SSW of Olancha, CAFri, Jan 2, 3:46 PM PST · 16708 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3302061. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC.