M1.9 earthquake 6km W of Grapevine, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (Mc), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sun, Oct 4, 1987, 8:08 PM PDT

UTC

1987-10-05 03:08:00 UTC

Depth

14.4 km (8.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.940° N, 118.992° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

86°

Stations used

0

• Lake of the Woods, CaliforniaPopulation 917. Forecast14 kmN
• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast33 kmSSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast48 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast120 kmNW

After

1. 2.012km WNW of Malibu, CAMon, Oct 5, 2:07 AM PDT · 14241 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
2. 1.75km NE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Oct 5, 7:10 AM PDT · 14241 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
3. 1.721km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Oct 7, 5:14 PM PDT · 14239 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
4. 1.98km ESE of Piru, CAThu, Oct 8, 1:12 PM PDT · 14238 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
5. 1.913km NW of Taft, CAThu, Oct 8, 5:24 PM PDT · 14238 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
6. 2.014km NNE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CASat, Oct 10, 4:15 AM PDT · 14236 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
7. 2.119km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 10, 4:41 PM PDT · 14236 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
8. 1.816km S of Bodfish, CASun, Oct 11, 10:09 AM PDT · 14235 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
9. 1.95km S of Mojave, CASun, Oct 11, 6:22 PM PDT · 14235 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
10. 1.98km NNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Oct 12, 5:10 PM PDT · 14234 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
11. 1.712km SW of Arvin, CAThu, Oct 15, 2:26 AM PDT · 14231 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
12. 1.924km NE of Arvin, CASun, Oct 18, 3:25 AM PDT · 14228 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
13. 2.024km SE of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 19, 10:59 AM PDT · 14227 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
14. 2.914km ESE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Oct 20, 6:43 AM PDT · 14226 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
15. 1.611km W of Grapevine, CATue, Oct 20, 5:34 PM PDT · 14226 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
16. 1.724km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Oct 20, 7:44 PM PDT · 14226 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
17. 1.817km SE of Arvin, CASat, Oct 24, 11:03 PM PDT · 14222 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
18. 1.95km WNW of Lake Isabella, CATue, Oct 27, 4:17 PM PST · 14219 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
19. 1.910km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Oct 28, 2:33 AM PST · 14218 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
20. 2.115km SSW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Oct 29, 3:20 PM PST · 14217 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
21. 1.612km W of Wofford Heights, CAFri, Oct 30, 6:49 AM PST · 14216 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
22. 2.322km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 31, 11:01 AM PST · 14215 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
23. 1.628km SSW of Maricopa, CASat, Oct 31, 2:50 PM PST · 14215 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
24. 1.822km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 31, 10:16 PM PST · 14215 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
25. 2.010km NNE of Ojai, CASat, Nov 7, 11:33 AM PST · 14208 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
26. 2.04km WSW of Frazier Park, CASun, Nov 8, 3:43 PM PST · 14207 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
27. 1.917km NW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Nov 9, 12:33 PM PST · 14206 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
28. 2.817km ESE of Arvin, CAMon, Nov 9, 9:23 PM PST · 14206 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
29. 1.914km NNW of Castaic, CAWed, Nov 11, 11:49 AM PST · 14204 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
30. 2.04km N of Santa Paula, CASun, Nov 15, 4:18 PM PST · 14200 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
31. 1.925km SW of Lamont, CAMon, Nov 23, 5:18 PM PST · 14192 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
32. 1.62km NNE of Chatsworth, CATue, Nov 24, 6:15 PM PST · 14191 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
33. 2.17km NE of Fillmore, CASat, Nov 28, 10:53 PM PST · 14187 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
34. 2.15km NW of Wofford Heights, CATue, Dec 1, 5:53 AM PST · 14184 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
35. 2.922km ESE of Bodfish, CATue, Dec 1, 8:44 PM PST · 14184 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
36. 1.922km ESE of Bodfish, CATue, Dec 1, 9:04 PM PST · 14184 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away

Before

1. 2.95km WSW of Grapevine, CASun, Oct 4, 7:32 PM PDT · 14242 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.68km SSW of Castaic, CASun, Oct 4, 3:20 AM PDT · 14242 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
3. 2.213km SW of Arvin, CASun, Oct 4, 2:37 AM PDT · 14242 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
4. 1.619km W of Rosamond, CAThu, Oct 1, 12:20 PM PDT · 14245 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
5. 1.821km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Oct 1, 11:28 AM PDT · 14245 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
6. 2.725km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Sep 28, 11:58 PM PDT · 14248 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
7. 2.127km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Sep 27, 1:28 PM PDT · 14249 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
8. 2.42km WNW of Frazier Park, CASun, Sep 27, 10:08 AM PDT · 14249 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
9. 2.120km ENE of Oildale, CASun, Sep 27, 5:00 AM PDT · 14249 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
10. 2.09km NNW of Grapevine, CASat, Sep 26, 8:18 AM PDT · 14250 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
11. 3.010km NNE of Oildale, CAFri, Sep 25, 8:01 AM PDT · 14251 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
12. 1.813km SW of Arvin, CAThu, Sep 24, 5:39 AM PDT · 14252 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
13. 1.815km S of Bodfish, CATue, Sep 22, 10:53 AM PDT · 14254 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
14. 3.512km SSW of Carpinteria, CASun, Sep 20, 11:42 AM PDT · 14256 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
15. 2.013km SSW of Arvin, CAFri, Sep 18, 6:36 AM PDT · 14258 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
16. 2.36km SSW of Lamont, CAWed, Sep 16, 8:30 PM PDT · 14260 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
17. 1.914km SSW of Lamont, CATue, Sep 15, 8:52 PM PDT · 14261 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
18. 1.712km SW of Arvin, CATue, Sep 15, 7:23 AM PDT · 14261 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
19. 2.118km SSE of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Sep 14, 4:35 PM PDT · 14262 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
20. 1.715km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Sep 9, 9:04 PM PDT · 14267 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci732121. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:06 PM UTC.