M2.9 earthquake 17km SSE of Bodfish, CA
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 17km SSE of Bodfish, CA on Sat, Oct 9, 1982, 12:25 AM PDT (07:25 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 10km NE of Inyokern, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-10-09 07:25:39 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.443° N, 118.440° W
- Region
- California
- 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.
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.69km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16042 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.616km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16042 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.412km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16042 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.812km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16042 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.712km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16042 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.912km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16042 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.419km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16042 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.219km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16042 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.315km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16042 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.516km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16041 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.912km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16041 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.721km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 16041 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.110km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16041 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.712km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16041 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.519km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16041 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.918km SSW of Little Lake, CA · 16040 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.932km W of Olancha, CA · 16040 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.611km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16040 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.116km E of Little Lake, CA · 16040 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.819km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16040 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.79km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16040 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.419km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16039 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.620km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16039 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.819km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16039 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.011km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16039 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.510km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16039 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.711km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16039 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.618km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 16039 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.718km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16039 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.714km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16038 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.114km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16038 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.814km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16038 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.514km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16038 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.69km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 16038 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.824km N of Tehachapi, CA · 16037 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.832km W of Olancha, CA · 16037 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.616km SE of Bodfish, CA · 16037 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.422km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16037 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.115km E of Little Lake, CA · 16037 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.526km S of Bodfish, CA · 16037 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.920km ENE of Arvin, CA · 16037 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.99km NNE of Grapevine, CA · 16037 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.616km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16036 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.812km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16035 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.614km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16035 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.814km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 16035 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.515km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.414km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.79km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.59km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.512km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.912km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.110km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.810km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.89km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.711km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.115km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16034 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.919km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16033 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.910km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16033 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.110km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16033 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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