M1.7 earthquake 20km NW of Grapevine, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 20km NW of Grapevine, CA on Fri, Aug 17, 1984, 11:58 PM PDT (06:58 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 12km ENE of Santa Ynez, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-08-18 06:58:27 UTC
- Depth
- 16.9 km (10.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.067° N, 119.093° 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
- 150°
- 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: 56 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.619km SW of Lamont, CA · 15380 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.911km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 15379 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.813km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 15378 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.224km NE of Arvin, CA · 15378 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.77km ENE of Santa Clarita, CA · 15372 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.83km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 15371 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.824km NE of Arvin, CA · 15371 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.820km SW of Lamont, CA · 15370 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.618km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 15370 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.618km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15370 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.919km SSW of Lamont, CA · 15369 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.720km SE of Bodfish, CA · 15369 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.012km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 15366 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.65km NNE of Santa Clarita, CA · 15365 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.819km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15365 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.917km ESE of Arvin, CA · 15364 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.46km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA · 15364 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.816km N of Santa Paula, CA · 15364 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.818km SW of Lamont, CA · 15363 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.514km SSW of Tehachapi, CA · 15361 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.618km SW of Lamont, CA · 15357 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.816km WSW of Tehachapi, CA · 15356 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.813km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15355 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.07km E of Santa Ynez, CA · 15354 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.512km ENE of Santa Ynez, CA · 15354 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.312km NE of Santa Ynez, CA · 15353 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.53km NE of Santa Clarita, CA · 15353 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.67km SE of Tehachapi, CA · 15350 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.818km SW of Lamont, CA · 15350 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.820km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15350 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.320km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15350 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.121km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15350 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.019km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15350 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.521km ESE of Lake Isabella, CA · 15348 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.213km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 15347 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.712km SE of Buttonwillow, CA · 15347 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15347 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.18km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 15345 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.83km ENE of Ojai, CA · 15344 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.317km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15342 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.34km NNW of Ventura, CA · 15341 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.85km NW of Ventura, CA · 15341 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.34km NNW of Ventura, CA · 15341 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.521km ESE of Lake Isabella, CA · 15341 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.810km ESE of Piru, CA · 15340 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.710km WSW of Rosamond, CA · 15339 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.410km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 15338 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.710km N of Grapevine, CA · 15337 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.112km S of Tehachapi, CA · 15337 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.113km ENE of Santa Ynez, CA · 15336 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.71km SE of Castaic, CA · 15335 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.81km SSE of Castaic, CA · 15335 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.01km S of Castaic, CA · 15335 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.19km WSW of Ojai, CA · 15335 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.119km SW of Lamont, CA · 15334 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.719km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 15332 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 1.622km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15387 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.714km NE of Taft, CA · 15388 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.620km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15388 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.720km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15388 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.517km S of Bodfish, CA · 15389 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.68km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 15390 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.15km NE of Lake Isabella, CA · 15390 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.020km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15391 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.820km N of Tehachapi, CA · 15392 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.34km NNE of Lake Isabella, CA · 15392 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 15394 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.34km NNE of Lake Isabella, CA · 15395 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.120km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15395 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.520km ESE of Lake Isabella, CA · 15396 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.47km SW of Santa Barbara, CA · 15396 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.58km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 15397 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.922km ESE of Lake Isabella, CA · 15397 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 15397 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.914km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15397 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.57km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 15397 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
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