California earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 21km NW of Grapevine, CA

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21km NW of Grapevine, CA on Sat, Nov 7, 1981, 4:55 PM PST (00:55 UTC), -2 km (-1 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
1.5 (mh), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-11-08 00:55:43 UTC
Depth
-1.5 km (-0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.069° N, 119.102° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
142°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.07km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 16395 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 3.04km SSW of Montecito, CA · 16394 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.718km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 16394 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.03km SSW of Montecito, CA · 16394 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.59km E of Piru, CA · 16393 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.39km E of Piru, CA · 16393 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.74km S of Montecito, CA · 16393 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 4.718km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.518km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 4.219km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.622km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 16392 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.720km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.620km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.622km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.620km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 1.618km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.218km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 2.219km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 3.220km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 3.121km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 1.620km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16392 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 1.918km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 1.719km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 1.619km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  25. 1.718km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 1.818km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.421km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 2.320km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 16392 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 2.720km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16392 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 2.819km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16391 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 1.818km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16391 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 1.819km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16391 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 2.120km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16391 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 2.219km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16391 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 1.715km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16390 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  36. 1.816km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16390 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 1.521km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16389 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 2.29km ENE of Buttonwillow, CA · 16389 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 1.511km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16388 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 1.718km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16388 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  41. 3.122km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16387 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 2.920km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16386 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 2.326km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 16386 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.622km NE of Arvin, CA · 16386 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 1.614km S of Tehachapi, CA · 16385 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 1.57km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA · 16385 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.56km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA · 16385 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.513km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16384 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16384 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 2.920km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16383 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 1.68km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16382 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 2.114km WNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16382 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 2.74km ESE of Kernville, CA · 16382 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.520km SSW of Bakersfield, CA · 16378 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 2.06km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA · 16377 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 1.919km NNW of Fillmore, CA · 16377 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  57. 1.813km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 16375 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  58. 2.016km N of Fillmore, CA · 16374 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 2.819km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16372 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 1.78km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16371 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 2.57km NW of Castaic, CA · 16396 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.120km ENE of Arvin, CA · 16398 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.69km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16398 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.514km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 16398 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.512km W of Grapevine, CA · 16399 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 1.719km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16399 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.618km NNW of Mojave, CA · 16402 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.625km ENE of Arvin, CA · 16403 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.418km ESE of Maricopa, CA · 16404 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 1.77km NNW of Granada Hills, CA · 16405 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.88km NNW of Granada Hills, CA · 16406 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.06km N of Granada Hills, CA · 16406 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.59km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16407 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.618km SE of Bodfish, CA · 16409 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.517km SSW of Lamont, CA · 16409 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.517km SSW of Lamont, CA · 16409 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.830km ESE of Lake Isabella, CA · 16411 days ago · -1 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 2.023km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 16412 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.116km N of Mojave, CA · 16412 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.018km SSE of Arvin, CA · 16413 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci526696. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:20 AM UTC.