California earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 7km ESE of Bodfish, CA

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 7km ESE of Bodfish, CA on Sat, Nov 7, 1981, 6:40 PM PST (02:40 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 18km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (mc), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-11-08 02:40:35 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.559° N, 118.427° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
61°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.26km N of Little Lake, CA · 16395 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.718km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 16395 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 4.718km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.518km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 4.219km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.622km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 16394 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.720km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.620km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.622km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.620km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.618km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.218km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.219km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 3.220km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 3.121km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16394 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.620km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16394 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.918km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16393 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.719km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16393 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.619km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16393 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.718km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16393 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.818km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16393 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.012km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16393 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.421km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16393 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.320km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 16393 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.720km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16393 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.916km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16393 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  27. 2.819km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16393 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 1.818km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16393 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 1.819km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16393 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 2.120km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 2.219km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 1.815km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16392 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 1.715km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16391 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 1.816km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16391 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.521km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16391 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 2.29km ENE of Buttonwillow, CA · 16390 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.511km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16390 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 1.718km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16389 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.014km ESE of Porterville, CA · 16388 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 3.122km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16388 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.920km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16388 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.326km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 16387 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 1.622km NE of Arvin, CA · 16387 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 1.614km S of Tehachapi, CA · 16386 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 1.513km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16386 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.626km W of Coso Junction, CA · 16385 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16385 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.07km ESE of Kernville, CA · 16385 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 1.57km ESE of Kernville, CA · 16385 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 2.920km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16384 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.114km WNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16384 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 2.74km ESE of Kernville, CA · 16383 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 2.011km S of Olancha, CA · 16381 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 1.520km SSW of Bakersfield, CA · 16379 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 2.36km WNW of Olancha, CA · 16377 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  56. 1.925km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 16376 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 1.813km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 16376 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 1.915km WSW of Little Lake, CA · 16375 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 2.819km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16373 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.025km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 16372 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 144.

Before

  1. 1.521km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16397 days ago · -2 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.119km SSW of Little Lake, CA · 16397 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.120km ENE of Arvin, CA · 16399 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.024km W of Johannesburg, CA · 16399 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.417km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 16399 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.69km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16399 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.926km E of Coso Junction, CA · 16400 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.514km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 16400 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 1.512km W of Grapevine, CA · 16400 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.719km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16400 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.717km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16401 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.317km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16401 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.217km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16401 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.18km NNE of Little Lake, CA · 16401 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.618km NNW of Mojave, CA · 16403 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 1.519km W of Searles Valley, CA · 16404 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.625km ENE of Arvin, CA · 16404 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.418km ESE of Maricopa, CA · 16405 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.618km SE of Bodfish, CA · 16410 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 1.517km SSW of Lamont, CA · 16410 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci526699. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:50 PM UTC.