M2.3 earthquake 12km N of Grapevine, CA

Magnitude

2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Fri, May 6, 1983, 8:59 PM PDT

UTC

1983-05-07 03:59:55 UTC

Depth

3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.050° N, 118.949° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

159°

Stations used

32

• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast21 kmSSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast36 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast128 kmNNW

After

1. 1.930km WNW of Kernville, CASun, May 8, 4:03 AM PDT · 15853 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
2. 1.84km ESE of Kernville, CAWed, May 11, 12:27 PM PDT · 15849 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
3. 1.523km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, May 12, 5:41 PM PDT · 15848 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
4. 1.816km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, May 13, 3:33 PM PDT · 15847 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
5. 1.98km SE of Bodfish, CASat, May 14, 10:21 AM PDT · 15846 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
6. 1.67km SE of Bodfish, CASat, May 14, 9:31 PM PDT · 15846 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
7. 1.59km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, May 16, 4:05 AM PDT · 15845 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
8. 2.210km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, May 16, 9:55 PM PDT · 15844 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
9. 2.214km NNE of Taft, CAWed, May 18, 10:23 AM PDT · 15842 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
10. 1.58km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CAWed, May 18, 5:06 PM PDT · 15842 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
11. 1.77km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, May 18, 7:03 PM PDT · 15842 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
12. 1.67km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, May 18, 8:17 PM PDT · 15842 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
13. 1.54km ESE of Kernville, CAFri, May 20, 5:56 PM PDT · 15840 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
14. 1.58km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, May 20, 11:55 PM PDT · 15840 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
15. 1.52km SE of Ojai, CASat, May 21, 12:09 PM PDT · 15839 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
16. 2.18km ESE of Santa Clarita, CASun, May 22, 3:28 AM PDT · 15839 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
17. 1.719km N of Goleta, CASun, May 22, 8:12 AM PDT · 15838 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
18. 1.613km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, May 25, 11:40 AM PDT · 15835 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
19. 2.014km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAThu, May 26, 11:57 AM PDT · 15834 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
20. 2.419km E of Maricopa, CAFri, May 27, 10:00 AM PDT · 15833 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
21. 1.623km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, May 28, 1:13 PM PDT · 15832 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
22. 1.520km SE of Bodfish, CASun, May 29, 2:16 AM PDT · 15832 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
23. 2.97km W of Wofford Heights, CASun, May 29, 7:12 PM PDT · 15831 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
24. 1.726km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, May 31, 12:29 AM PDT · 15830 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
25. 2.018km S of Bodfish, CATue, May 31, 11:49 PM PDT · 15829 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
26. 1.66km SSE of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 2, 8:21 AM PDT · 15827 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
27. 1.67km SE of Bodfish, CAFri, Jun 3, 2:01 AM PDT · 15827 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
28. 1.54km SE of Kernville, CAFri, Jun 3, 2:55 PM PDT · 15826 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
29. 1.86km SE of Bodfish, CASat, Jun 4, 5:22 AM PDT · 15825 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
30. 2.27km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Jun 5, 4:43 PM PDT · 15824 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
31. 1.821km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Jun 6, 1:31 PM PDT · 15823 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
32. 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Jun 6, 9:17 PM PDT · 15823 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
33. 1.99km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, Jun 6, 10:47 PM PDT · 15823 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
34. 1.88km ESE of Bodfish, CATue, Jun 7, 3:57 AM PDT · 15823 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
35. 1.98km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 9, 5:24 AM PDT · 15820 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
36. 2.322km SE of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 9, 11:16 AM PDT · 15820 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
37. 1.58km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 9, 2:28 PM PDT · 15820 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
38. 3.018km SW of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 9, 5:34 PM PDT · 15820 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
39. 1.716km SW of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 9, 5:40 PM PDT · 15820 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
40. 1.917km SW of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 9, 5:42 PM PDT · 15820 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
41. 1.56km NNW of Fillmore, CAThu, Jun 9, 6:20 PM PDT · 15820 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
42. 2.09km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Jun 11, 3:54 AM PDT · 15819 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
43. 1.79km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Jun 11, 6:33 AM PDT · 15818 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
44. 1.523km ENE of Maricopa, CASat, Jun 11, 4:28 PM PDT · 15818 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
45. 1.79km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Jun 11, 7:30 PM PDT · 15818 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
46. 1.911km ESE of Wofford Heights, CASun, Jun 12, 2:15 AM PDT · 15818 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
47. 1.57km SSE of Bodfish, CASun, Jun 12, 12:45 PM PDT · 15817 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
48. 2.010km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, Jun 13, 12:06 PM PDT · 15816 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
49. 1.88km NNE of Chatsworth, CAMon, Jun 13, 9:50 PM PDT · 15816 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
50. 1.58km ENE of Kernville, CATue, Jun 14, 9:12 AM PDT · 15815 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
51. 2.520km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jun 15, 6:11 AM PDT · 15814 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
52. 1.824km NE of Arvin, CAThu, Jun 16, 5:26 PM PDT · 15813 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
53. 1.87km SE of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 16, 10:00 PM PDT · 15813 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
54. 2.59km ESE of Bodfish, CAFri, Jun 17, 12:51 AM PDT · 15813 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
55. 2.511km NE of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, Jun 17, 1:40 PM PDT · 15812 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
56. 2.98km ENE of Santa Clarita, CASun, Jun 19, 3:45 AM PDT · 15811 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
57. 2.16km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Jun 19, 6:46 PM PDT · 15810 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
58. 2.123km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Jun 20, 8:18 AM PDT · 15809 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
59. 1.910km NNE of Castaic, CAThu, Jun 23, 1:42 AM PDT · 15807 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
60. 2.010km SE of Lake Isabella, CAThu, Jun 23, 2:27 AM PDT · 15807 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

1. 1.619km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, May 6, 8:41 AM PDT · 15854 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
2. 2.423km NE of Arvin, CAThu, May 5, 10:23 AM PDT · 15855 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
3. 1.53km SSW of Valencia, CAWed, May 4, 9:49 AM PDT · 15856 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
4. 2.16km N of Mojave, CAWed, May 4, 6:51 AM PDT · 15856 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
5. 1.86km NW of Wofford Heights, CAMon, May 2, 10:06 AM PDT · 15858 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
6. 2.123km NE of Arvin, CASun, May 1, 1:22 PM PDT · 15859 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
7. 2.023km NE of Arvin, CASun, May 1, 12:33 PM PDT · 15859 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
8. 2.023km NE of Arvin, CASun, May 1, 12:25 PM PDT · 15859 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
9. 2.420km N of Mojave, CATue, Apr 26, 10:43 PM PDT · 15864 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
10. 1.98km NE of Buttonwillow, CAMon, Apr 25, 11:11 PM PDT · 15865 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
11. 1.720km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Apr 24, 11:24 PM PDT · 15866 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
12. 2.024km NE of Arvin, CAThu, Apr 21, 12:18 AM PST · 15870 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
13. 1.99km SSW of Lake Hughes, CATue, Apr 19, 7:49 AM PST · 15871 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
14. 1.910km S of Arvin, CAMon, Apr 18, 1:49 AM PST · 15873 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
15. 2.619km N of Mojave, CASun, Apr 17, 6:46 AM PST · 15873 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
16. 3.324km NE of Arvin, CASun, Apr 17, 3:49 AM PST · 15874 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
17. 2.28km NW of Granada Hills, CASat, Apr 16, 7:26 PM PST · 15874 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
18. 1.96km SW of Wofford Heights, CASat, Apr 16, 5:34 PM PST · 15874 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
19. 1.96km NNW of Lake Isabella, CASat, Apr 16, 5:34 PM PST · 15874 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
20. 1.612km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Apr 16, 2:43 PM PST · 15874 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci1106869. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC.