M1.6 earthquake 5km NW of Buttonwillow, CA

Magnitude

1.6 (mc), micro

Local time

Thu, Apr 7, 1988, 4:14 AM PDT

UTC

1988-04-07 11:14:52 UTC

Depth

5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.439° N, 119.506° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

177°

Stations used

0

• Buttonwillow, CaliforniaPopulation 1,508. Forecast5 kmNW
• Shafter, CaliforniaPopulation 18,336. Forecast22 kmWSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast45 kmW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast193 kmNW

After

1. 2.34km WNW of Buttonwillow, CAThu, Apr 7, 3:12 PM PDT · 14055 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
2. 1.74km SW of Buttonwillow, CAThu, Apr 7, 7:28 PM PDT · 14054 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
3. 2.27 km S of Huron, CaliforniaSat, Apr 9, 10:11 PM PDT · 14052 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
4. 2.29 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaMon, Apr 11, 1:06 PM PDT · 14051 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
5. 2.19 km SSE of Huron, CaliforniaMon, Apr 11, 1:21 PM PDT · 14051 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
6. 2.415km N of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Apr 12, 7:39 PM PDT · 14049 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
7. 3.58km ENE of Taft, CAWed, Apr 13, 7:28 AM PDT · 14049 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
8. 1.73km NW of Wofford Heights, CASat, Apr 16, 8:46 AM PDT · 14046 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
9. 1.721km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Apr 16, 10:23 AM PDT · 14046 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
10. 2.421km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Apr 16, 12:36 PM PDT · 14046 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
11. 1.618km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Apr 16, 3:20 PM PDT · 14046 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
12. 1.915km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Apr 16, 3:29 PM PDT · 14046 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
13. 1.515km WNW of Buttonwillow, CATue, Apr 19, 11:23 PM PDT · 14042 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
14. 1.721km SSW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Apr 22, 2:41 AM PDT · 14040 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
15. 1.712 km NNW of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, Apr 22, 1:40 PM PDT · 14040 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
16. 1.521km SSW of Tehachapi, CASun, Apr 24, 8:14 AM PDT · 14038 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
17. 1.624km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Apr 26, 8:33 PM PDT · 14035 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
18. 1.611km SSE of Bodfish, CAFri, Apr 29, 3:31 AM PDT · 14033 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
19. 1.911km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, Apr 30, 1:39 AM PDT · 14032 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
20. 2.011km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, Apr 30, 3:05 AM PDT · 14032 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
21. 2.111km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, Apr 30, 3:13 AM PDT · 14032 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
22. 1.511km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, Apr 30, 3:14 AM PDT · 14032 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
23. 1.612km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, Apr 30, 3:24 AM PDT · 14032 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
24. 2.511 km ESE of Coalinga, CaliforniaSat, Apr 30, 6:10 PM PDT · 14031 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
25. 1.717km WNW of Tehachapi, CATue, May 3, 10:27 AM PDT · 14029 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
26. 1.611 km SSW of Huron, CaliforniaWed, May 4, 1:58 PM PDT · 14028 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
27. 2.07km WNW of Frazier Park, CAWed, May 4, 3:34 PM PDT · 14028 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
28. 2.06km WNW of Frazier Park, CAWed, May 4, 3:38 PM PDT · 14028 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
29. 1.917km E of Arvin, CASat, May 7, 7:05 PM PDT · 14024 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
30. 1.719km NW of Tehachapi, CASat, May 7, 11:56 PM PDT · 14024 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
31. 3.125 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaTue, May 10, 2:29 PM PDT · 14022 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
32. 1.917km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAThu, May 12, 12:58 AM PDT · 14020 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
33. 2.110km SW of Grapevine, CASun, May 15, 8:02 PM PDT · 14016 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
34. 1.627km WNW of Buttonwillow, CAMon, May 16, 1:12 PM PDT · 14016 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
35. 1.922km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, May 18, 4:48 PM PDT · 14013 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
36. 1.611 km ESE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, May 20, 1:04 AM PDT · 14012 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
37. 1.911km SE of Bodfish, CAFri, May 20, 10:23 AM PDT · 14012 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
38. 2.47 km SSE of Home Garden, CaliforniaSat, May 21, 11:24 AM PDT · 14011 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
39. 1.50km ESE of Wofford Heights, CASun, May 22, 6:39 PM PDT · 14009 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
40. 2.212 km SW of Huron, CaliforniaWed, May 25, 2:27 PM PDT · 14007 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
41. 2.017km E of Arvin, CAThu, May 26, 11:16 AM PDT · 14006 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
42. 1.517km SW of Lamont, CAThu, May 26, 8:05 PM PDT · 14005 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
43. 1.62 km WNW of Avenal, CaliforniaFri, May 27, 4:11 PM PDT · 14005 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
44. 2.326km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, May 31, 10:54 PM PDT · 14000 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
45. 1.614km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jun 1, 1:02 AM PDT · 14000 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
46. 2.712km SSE of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 2, 4:19 AM PDT · 13999 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
47. 2.012km SSE of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 2, 8:26 PM PDT · 13998 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
48. 2.210km ENE of Maricopa, CASat, Jun 4, 6:58 PM PDT · 13996 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
49. 2.416km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Jun 5, 4:11 AM PDT · 13996 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away

Before

1. 1.624km ENE of Maricopa, CAWed, Apr 6, 1:26 AM PDT · 14056 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
2. 2.324km WSW of Lamont, CAMon, Apr 4, 6:23 PM PDT · 14057 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
3. 1.523km NE of Arvin, CASun, Apr 3, 11:59 PM PDT · 14058 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
4. 2.418km WNW of Buttonwillow, CASun, Apr 3, 10:43 PM PDT · 14058 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
5. 2.54km SSE of Frazier Park, CASat, Apr 2, 3:16 AM PST · 14060 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
6. 1.615km ENE of Lebec, CATue, Mar 29, 4:44 PM PST · 14063 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
7. 1.66km NNW of Wasco, CAMon, Mar 28, 6:30 AM PST · 14065 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
8. 2.02 km WNW of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Mar 26, 1:21 PM PST · 14067 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
9. 3.21 km WNW of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Mar 26, 1:20 PM PST · 14067 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
10. 1.710km WNW of Kernville, CASun, Mar 20, 6:08 AM PST · 14073 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
11. 2.08km N of Rosedale, CAThu, Mar 17, 3:36 AM PST · 14076 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
12. 2.319km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Mar 16, 7:40 AM PST · 14077 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
13. 2.22 km WNW of Avenal, CaliforniaWed, Mar 16, 12:08 AM PST · 14077 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
14. 2.028km NE of Simmler, CATue, Mar 15, 11:45 AM PST · 14078 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
15. 2.128km NE of Simmler, CATue, Mar 15, 9:39 AM PST · 14078 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
16. 2.824km ENE of Simmler, CATue, Mar 15, 9:29 AM PST · 14078 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
17. 3.025km WNW of Buttonwillow, CATue, Mar 15, 8:41 AM PST · 14078 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
18. 2.020km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Mar 13, 11:18 PM PST · 14079 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
19. 1.912km SE of Buttonwillow, CASun, Mar 13, 9:49 AM PST · 14080 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
20. 2.120km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Mar 11, 10:27 PM PST · 14081 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci747476. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC.