M2.3 earthquake 8km SSE of Gorman, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 8km SSE of Gorman, CA on Wed, Feb 3, 1982, 12:18 PM PST (20:18 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 25km NNW of Tehachapi, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-03 20:18:20 UTC
- Depth
- 12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.723° N, 118.834° 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
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- 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: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.020km ENE of Taft, CA · 16312 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.118km SE of Bodfish, CA · 16310 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16309 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16309 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.426km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16309 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.318km ENE of Ojai, CA · 16308 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.318km ENE of Ojai, CA · 16308 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.326km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16308 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.725km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16308 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.32km NW of West Hills, CA · 16308 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.610km WSW of Malibu, CA · 16308 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.35km NE of Panorama City, CA · 16307 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.520km N of Fillmore, CA · 16307 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.35km SW of Lake View Terrace, CA · 16306 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.418km WSW of Ventura, CA · 16306 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.418km WSW of Ventura, CA · 16306 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.15km NE of Panorama City, CA · 16306 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.820km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 16306 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.826km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16305 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.611km SW of Port Hueneme, CA · 16304 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.013km W of Mojave, CA · 16303 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.026km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16303 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.012km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 16302 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.87km SSW of Littlerock, CA · 16302 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.222km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16300 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.66km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 16300 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.69km SW of Agua Dulce, CA · 16299 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.32km WSW of Malibu, CA · 16299 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.225km NNE of Arvin, CA · 16299 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.76km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 16298 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.610km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 16297 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.58km S of Pearblossum, CA · 16296 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.626km N of Tehachapi, CA · 16296 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.725km N of Tehachapi, CA · 16296 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.725km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16296 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.626km S of Bodfish, CA · 16295 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.918km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 16294 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.41km ESE of Port Hueneme, CA · 16291 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.815km SSW of Tehachapi, CA · 16291 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.617km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 16291 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.27km SSE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16291 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.725km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16290 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.39km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16290 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.29km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16289 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.39km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16289 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.425km N of Tehachapi, CA · 16288 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.816km SSW of Lamont, CA · 16288 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.31km ESE of Port Hueneme, CA · 16288 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.016km SSW of Lamont, CA · 16287 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.312km NE of Carpinteria, CA · 16287 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.74km NE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 16287 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.117km SSW of Lamont, CA · 16286 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.416km ESE of Arvin, CA · 16282 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.724km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16282 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.920km ENE of Maricopa, CA · 16281 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.25km SSW of Pearblossum, CA · 16280 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.87km SSE of Pearblossum, CA · 16280 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.015km SSW of Lamont, CA · 16279 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.317km SSW of Lamont, CA · 16277 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.616km SSW of Lamont, CA · 16275 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 2.39km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 16314 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.67km NE of Carpinteria, CA · 16314 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.515km NNW of Goleta, CA · 16315 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.220km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16315 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.55km SE of Malibu, CA · 16316 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.87km WNW of Frazier Park, CA · 16317 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.18km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16320 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.120km SSE of Carpinteria, CA · 16321 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.28km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16322 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.49km W of Manhattan Beach, CA · 16323 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.43km S of Frazier Park, CA · 16324 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.32km SSE of Los Angeles, CA · 16324 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.726km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 16326 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.719km WSW of Ventura, CA · 16326 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.017km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA · 16326 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.23km NE of Panorama City, CA · 16327 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.322km ENE of Arvin, CA · 16327 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.916km S of Bodfish, CA · 16327 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.42km SE of Goleta, CA · 16328 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.57km SW of Marina del Rey, CA · 16328 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci105396. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.