M1.9 earthquake 8km NNW of Grapevine, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (Mc), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Mon, Oct 12, 1987, 5:10 PM PDT

UTC

1987-10-13 00:10:21 UTC

Depth

13.7 km (8.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.005° N, 118.974° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

127°

Stations used

0

• Frazier Park, CaliforniaPopulation 2,691. Forecast20 kmN
• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast26 kmSSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast41 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast125 kmNNW

After

1. 1.712km SW of Arvin, CAThu, Oct 15, 2:26 AM PDT · 14233 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
2. 1.924km NE of Arvin, CASun, Oct 18, 3:25 AM PDT · 14230 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
3. 2.024km SE of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 19, 10:59 AM PDT · 14229 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
4. 1.98km ESE of Kernville, CAMon, Oct 19, 1:25 PM PDT · 14228 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
5. 2.914km ESE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Oct 20, 6:43 AM PDT · 14228 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
6. 1.611km W of Grapevine, CATue, Oct 20, 5:34 PM PDT · 14227 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
7. 1.724km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Oct 20, 7:44 PM PDT · 14227 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
8. 1.817km SE of Arvin, CASat, Oct 24, 11:03 PM PDT · 14223 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
9. 2.65km SE of Kernville, CAMon, Oct 26, 5:59 AM PST · 14222 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
10. 1.95km WNW of Lake Isabella, CATue, Oct 27, 4:17 PM PST · 14220 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
11. 1.910km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Oct 28, 2:33 AM PST · 14220 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
12. 2.115km SSW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Oct 29, 3:20 PM PST · 14218 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
13. 1.612km W of Wofford Heights, CAFri, Oct 30, 6:49 AM PST · 14218 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
14. 2.322km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 31, 11:01 AM PST · 14216 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
15. 1.628km SSW of Maricopa, CASat, Oct 31, 2:50 PM PST · 14216 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
16. 1.822km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 31, 10:16 PM PST · 14216 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
17. 1.83km SSE of Kernville, CAMon, Nov 2, 11:33 PM PST · 14214 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
18. 2.13km SSE of Kernville, CAWed, Nov 4, 3:13 AM PST · 14213 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
19. 2.010km NNE of Ojai, CASat, Nov 7, 11:33 AM PST · 14209 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
20. 2.04km WSW of Frazier Park, CASun, Nov 8, 3:43 PM PST · 14208 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
21. 1.917km NW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Nov 9, 12:33 PM PST · 14207 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
22. 2.817km ESE of Arvin, CAMon, Nov 9, 9:23 PM PST · 14207 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
23. 2.04km SSE of Kernville, CATue, Nov 10, 7:08 PM PST · 14206 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
24. 1.914km NNW of Castaic, CAWed, Nov 11, 11:49 AM PST · 14205 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
25. 2.04km N of Santa Paula, CASun, Nov 15, 4:18 PM PST · 14201 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
26. 1.925km SW of Lamont, CAMon, Nov 23, 5:18 PM PST · 14193 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
27. 1.62km NNE of Chatsworth, CATue, Nov 24, 6:15 PM PST · 14192 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
28. 2.17km NE of Fillmore, CASat, Nov 28, 10:53 PM PST · 14188 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
29. 2.15km NW of Wofford Heights, CATue, Dec 1, 5:53 AM PST · 14186 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
30. 2.922km ESE of Bodfish, CATue, Dec 1, 8:44 PM PST · 14185 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
31. 1.922km ESE of Bodfish, CATue, Dec 1, 9:04 PM PST · 14185 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
32. 2.628km W of Bodfish, CAFri, Dec 4, 8:36 PM PST · 14182 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
33. 3.222km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 5, 12:36 PM PST · 14181 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
34. 1.68km NE of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 7, 1:12 PM PST · 14179 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
35. 1.717km SW of Lamont, CAThu, Dec 10, 12:35 PM PST · 14176 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away

Before

1. 1.95km S of Mojave, CASun, Oct 11, 6:22 PM PDT · 14236 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
2. 1.816km S of Bodfish, CASun, Oct 11, 10:09 AM PDT · 14237 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
3. 2.119km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 10, 4:41 PM PDT · 14237 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
4. 1.913km NW of Taft, CAThu, Oct 8, 5:24 PM PDT · 14239 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
5. 1.98km ESE of Piru, CAThu, Oct 8, 1:12 PM PDT · 14239 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
6. 1.721km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Oct 7, 5:14 PM PDT · 14240 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
7. 2.48km ESE of Kernville, CAMon, Oct 5, 8:19 AM PDT · 14243 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
8. 1.78km ESE of Kernville, CAMon, Oct 5, 7:56 AM PDT · 14243 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
9. 1.75km NE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Oct 5, 7:10 AM PDT · 14243 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
10. 2.14km SSE of Kernville, CAMon, Oct 5, 5:39 AM PDT · 14243 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
11. 1.96km W of Grapevine, CASun, Oct 4, 8:08 PM PDT · 14243 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
12. 2.95km WSW of Grapevine, CASun, Oct 4, 7:32 PM PDT · 14243 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
13. 1.68km SSW of Castaic, CASun, Oct 4, 3:20 AM PDT · 14244 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
14. 2.213km SW of Arvin, CASun, Oct 4, 2:37 AM PDT · 14244 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
15. 1.619km W of Rosamond, CAThu, Oct 1, 12:20 PM PDT · 14246 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
16. 1.821km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Oct 1, 11:28 AM PDT · 14246 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
17. 2.410km SE of Kernville, CAThu, Oct 1, 5:21 AM PDT · 14247 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
18. 2.725km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Sep 28, 11:58 PM PDT · 14249 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
19. 2.127km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Sep 27, 1:28 PM PDT · 14250 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
20. 2.42km WNW of Frazier Park, CASun, Sep 27, 10:08 AM PDT · 14251 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci732714. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:37 AM UTC.