M2.8 earthquake 3km SSE of Frazier Park, CA
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3km SSE of Frazier Park, CA on Mon, Jan 10, 1983, 10:47 PM PST (06:47 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 11km S of Malibu Beach, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-01-11 06:47:45 UTC
- Depth
- 9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.798° N, 118.931° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.93km SE of Frazier Park, CA · 15970 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.63km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 15970 days ago · 12 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.810km SSW of Maricopa, CA · 15970 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.717km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 15970 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.110km SW of Ojai, CA · 15970 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.720km S of Maricopa, CA · 15969 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.40km SW of West Hills, CA · 15969 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.519km S of Camarillo, CA · 15969 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.512km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15965 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.56km WNW of Granada Hills, CA · 15963 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.94km NNE of Vincent, CA · 15963 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.55km NNE of Malibu, CA · 15959 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.025km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15959 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.615km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA · 15958 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.88km W of Castaic, CA · 15957 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.526km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 15954 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.611km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 15953 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.54km ESE of Valencia, CA · 15951 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.56km WNW of Goleta, CA · 15950 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.211km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15950 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.814km SSE of Carpinteria, CA · 15950 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.56km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 15948 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.922km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15948 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.322km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15948 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.49km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15947 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.10km NE of Silver Lake, CA · 15946 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.41km N of Silver Lake, CA · 15945 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.39km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA · 15943 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.026km SE of Bodfish, CA · 15942 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.226km SE of Bodfish, CA · 15941 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.626km SE of Bodfish, CA · 15941 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.226km SE of Bodfish, CA · 15941 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.611km NW of Malibu, CA · 15941 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.921km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15940 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.322km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15940 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.47km SE of Goleta, CA · 15939 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.76km NW of Ventura, CA · 15939 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.411km N of Grapevine, CA · 15937 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.312km N of Grapevine, CA · 15936 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.511km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15936 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.26km W of Santa Paula, CA · 15936 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.923km WSW of Maricopa, CA · 15935 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.57km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 15935 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.512km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15935 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Vincent, CA · 15933 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.99km SW of Rosedale, CA · 15931 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.613km S of Bodfish, CA · 15929 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.86km W of Ventura, CA · 15928 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.14km NW of Shafter, CA · 15928 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.226km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15928 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.08km NW of Malibu, CA · 15926 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.911km NW of Malibu, CA · 15926 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.912km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 15926 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.613km N of Grapevine, CA · 15925 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.513km SE of Maricopa, CA · 15922 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.99km NW of Malibu, CA · 15917 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.58km NW of Malibu, CA · 15916 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.713km SW of Lamont, CA · 15916 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.516km SE of Carpinteria, CA · 15916 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.06km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 15915 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 66.
Before
- 1.53km S of Frazier Park, CA · 15970 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.86km SW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15971 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.36km SW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15971 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.05km E of Malibu, CA · 15971 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.08km ESE of Malibu, CA · 15971 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.96km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15971 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.58km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 15973 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.216km W of Malibu, CA · 15974 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.67km NE of Santa Paula, CA · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.411km N of Goleta, CA · 15976 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.624km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 15976 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.316km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 15977 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.612km NNE of Piru, CA · 15978 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.115km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15978 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.28km S of Malibu, CA · 15980 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.78km SSW of Malibu, CA · 15981 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.96km S of Malibu, CA · 15982 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.610km N of Santa Paula, CA · 15982 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.05km SSW of Malibu, CA · 15982 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.26km SSW of Malibu, CA · 15982 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
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