M1.6 earthquake 27km WNW of Buttonwillow, CA

Magnitude

1.6 (mh), micro

Local time

Thu, Mar 3, 1988, 9:08 PM PST

UTC

1988-03-04 05:08:30 UTC

Depth

5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.533° N, 119.717° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.1 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

187°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

9

• Lost Hills, CaliforniaPopulation 2,412. Forecast9 kmSSW
• Wasco, CaliforniaPopulation 26,279. Forecast35 kmW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast66 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast213 kmNW

After

1. 2.027km NW of Buttonwillow, CATue, Mar 8, 12:14 AM PST · 14085 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
2. 1.927km WNW of Buttonwillow, CATue, Mar 8, 3:04 PM PST · 14084 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
3. 1.929km NW of Buttonwillow, CAWed, Mar 9, 12:03 PM PST · 14083 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
4. 1.722 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaThu, Mar 10, 2:00 AM PST · 14083 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
5. 1.727km WNW of Buttonwillow, CAThu, Mar 10, 10:43 PM PST · 14082 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
6. 1.613 km NNE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Mar 12, 8:26 AM PST · 14081 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
7. 1.912km SE of Buttonwillow, CASun, Mar 13, 9:49 AM PST · 14080 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
8. 1.912 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Mar 13, 11:09 AM PST · 14079 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
9. 1.6Central CaliforniaSun, Mar 13, 11:10 AM PST · 14079 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
10. 3.025km WNW of Buttonwillow, CATue, Mar 15, 8:41 AM PST · 14078 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
11. 2.824km ENE of Simmler, CATue, Mar 15, 9:29 AM PST · 14078 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
12. 2.128km NE of Simmler, CATue, Mar 15, 9:39 AM PST · 14078 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
13. 2.028km NE of Simmler, CATue, Mar 15, 11:45 AM PST · 14077 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
14. 2.22 km WNW of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Mar 16, 12:08 AM PST · 14077 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
15. 2.08km N of Rosedale, CAThu, Mar 17, 3:36 AM PST · 14076 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
16. 1.517 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Mar 25, 4:35 AM PST · 14068 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
17. 3.21 km WNW of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Mar 26, 1:20 PM PST · 14066 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
18. 2.02 km WNW of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Mar 26, 1:21 PM PST · 14066 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
19. 1.612 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Mar 27, 12:53 PM PST · 14065 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
20. 1.66km NNW of Wasco, CAMon, Mar 28, 6:30 AM PST · 14065 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
21. 2.06 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaThu, Mar 31, 12:47 AM PST · 14062 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
22. 2.418km WNW of Buttonwillow, CASun, Apr 3, 10:43 PM PDT · 14058 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
23. 1.523km NE of Arvin, CASun, Apr 3, 11:59 PM PDT · 14058 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
24. 2.324km WSW of Lamont, CAMon, Apr 4, 6:23 PM PDT · 14057 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
25. 1.624km ENE of Maricopa, CAWed, Apr 6, 1:26 AM PDT · 14056 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
26. 1.65km NW of Buttonwillow, CAThu, Apr 7, 4:14 AM PDT · 14055 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
27. 2.34km WNW of Buttonwillow, CAThu, Apr 7, 3:12 PM PDT · 14054 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
28. 1.74km SW of Buttonwillow, CAThu, Apr 7, 7:28 PM PDT · 14054 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
29. 2.27 km S of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Apr 9, 10:11 PM PDT · 14052 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
30. 2.29 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaMon, Apr 11, 1:06 PM PDT · 14050 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
31. 2.19 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaMon, Apr 11, 1:21 PM PDT · 14050 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
32. 2.415km N of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Apr 12, 7:39 PM PDT · 14049 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
33. 3.58km ENE of Taft, CAWed, Apr 13, 7:28 AM PDT · 14049 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
34. 1.618km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Apr 16, 3:20 PM PDT · 14045 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
35. 1.915km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Apr 16, 3:29 PM PDT · 14045 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
36. 2.14 km NNE of Edna, CaliforniaTue, Apr 19, 11:19 AM PDT · 14043 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
37. 1.515km WNW of Buttonwillow, CATue, Apr 19, 11:23 PM PDT · 14042 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
38. 2.2Central CaliforniaThu, Apr 21, 1:09 PM PDT · 14040 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
39. 1.712 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Apr 22, 1:40 PM PDT · 14039 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
40. 3.110 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Apr 23, 9:57 AM PDT · 14039 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
41. 2.37 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaTue, Apr 26, 7:29 PM PDT · 14035 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
42. 2.511 km ESE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Apr 30, 6:10 PM PDT · 14031 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away

Before

1. 1.87 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaThu, Mar 3, 3:06 PM PST · 14089 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
2. 1.815 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, Mar 2, 2:52 PM PST · 14090 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
3. 1.511 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaWed, Mar 2, 2:31 PM PST · 14090 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
4. 1.615 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Mar 1, 4:19 PM PST · 14091 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
5. 1.66km N of Taft, CATue, Mar 1, 1:59 AM PST · 14092 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
6. 1.510 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Feb 29, 4:27 PM PST · 14092 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
7. 1.529km NW of Buttonwillow, CAFri, Feb 26, 7:22 PM PST · 14095 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
8. 1.729km WNW of Buttonwillow, CAFri, Feb 26, 10:00 AM PST · 14096 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
9. 1.729km NW of Buttonwillow, CAWed, Feb 24, 10:17 PM PST · 14097 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
10. 1.720km ENE of Simmler, CATue, Feb 23, 7:21 PM PST · 14098 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
11. 1.526km NE of Simmler, CATue, Feb 23, 6:49 PM PST · 14098 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
12. 1.77 km S of Huron, CaliforniaTue, Feb 23, 4:15 AM PST · 14099 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
13. 1.621 km NW of Parkfield, CaliforniaTue, Feb 23, 1:12 AM PST · 14099 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
14. 2.027km NW of Buttonwillow, CAMon, Feb 22, 8:16 PM PST · 14099 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
15. 1.728km NW of Buttonwillow, CAMon, Feb 22, 5:25 PM PST · 14099 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
16. 2.028km NW of Buttonwillow, CAMon, Feb 22, 3:54 PM PST · 14099 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
17. 1.930km NW of Buttonwillow, CAMon, Feb 22, 12:07 PM PST · 14099 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
18. 2.61 km WNW of Avenal, CaliforniaMon, Feb 22, 7:25 AM PST · 14100 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
19. 2.028km NW of Buttonwillow, CAMon, Feb 22, 7:01 AM PST · 14100 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
20. 2.129km NW of Buttonwillow, CAMon, Feb 22, 3:42 AM PST · 14100 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci744991. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:15 AM UTC.