California earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 12km NW of Grapevine, CA

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 12km NW of Grapevine, CA on Sun, Jan 16, 1983, 4:52 PM PST (00:52 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 13km W of Wofford Heights, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Mh), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1983-01-17 00:52:10 UTC
Depth
-0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.010° N, 119.033° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.713km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15967 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.513km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15967 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.612km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15967 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.912km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15967 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.812km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15967 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.513km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15966 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.211km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15966 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.513km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15966 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.912km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15966 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.914km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15966 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.56km WNW of Granada Hills, CA · 15965 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.712km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15965 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.912km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15965 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.112km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15964 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 3.014km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15963 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 3.312km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15962 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.025km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15961 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.615km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA · 15960 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.812km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15960 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.88km W of Castaic, CA · 15959 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.526km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 15957 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 2.523km SSW of Alpaugh, CA · 15955 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 1.54km ESE of Valencia, CA · 15954 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 2.56km WNW of Goleta, CA · 15953 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.814km SSE of Carpinteria, CA · 15952 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.56km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 15951 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.922km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15950 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 2.322km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15950 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.83km S of Wofford Heights, CA · 15950 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 2.73km S of Wofford Heights, CA · 15948 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.83km S of Wofford Heights, CA · 15945 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.39km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA · 15945 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.026km SE of Bodfish, CA · 15945 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  34. 2.226km SE of Bodfish, CA · 15944 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.626km SE of Bodfish, CA · 15944 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 2.226km SE of Bodfish, CA · 15944 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.921km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15942 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 2.322km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15942 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 2.47km SE of Goleta, CA · 15941 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 1.76km NW of Ventura, CA · 15941 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  41. 1.93km S of Wofford Heights, CA · 15940 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  42. 2.411km N of Grapevine, CA · 15939 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 2.312km N of Grapevine, CA · 15938 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 2.26km W of Santa Paula, CA · 15938 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  45. 1.923km WSW of Maricopa, CA · 15937 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.57km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 15937 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  47. 2.512km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15937 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 1.75km NNW of Vincent, CA · 15935 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.99km SW of Rosedale, CA · 15933 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 1.613km S of Bodfish, CA · 15931 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 1.86km W of Ventura, CA · 15931 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.14km NW of Shafter, CA · 15930 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 2.226km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15930 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.912km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 15928 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 1.613km N of Grapevine, CA · 15927 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 2.513km SE of Maricopa, CA · 15924 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 1.57km ENE of Lake Isabella, CA · 15919 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 1.713km SW of Lamont, CA · 15918 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 1.516km SE of Carpinteria, CA · 15918 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 3.06km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 15918 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 1.612km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15970 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.711km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15970 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.912km W of Wofford Heights, CA · 15970 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.40km SW of West Hills, CA · 15971 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.720km S of Maricopa, CA · 15972 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.110km SW of Ojai, CA · 15972 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.717km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 15972 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.810km SSW of Maricopa, CA · 15972 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 1.63km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 15973 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.93km SE of Frazier Park, CA · 15973 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.83km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 15973 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 1.53km S of Frazier Park, CA · 15973 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.58km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 15975 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.67km NE of Santa Paula, CA · 15977 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.411km N of Goleta, CA · 15978 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.624km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 15978 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.15km W of Kernville, CA · 15979 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.316km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 15980 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.612km NNE of Piru, CA · 15980 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.115km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15980 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci502466. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC.