California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 15km N of Grapevine, California

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15km N of Grapevine, California on Mon, May 20, 2002, 11:18 AM PDT (18:18 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 4km WNW of Gorman, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2002-05-20 18:18:04 UTC
Depth
12.4 km (7.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.077° N, 118.924° W
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.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.67
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
153°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66km SE of Piru, California · 8903 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.69km SE of Piru, California · 8903 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.67km SE of Piru, California · 8903 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.57km ESE of Piru, California · 8903 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.617km N of Grapevine, California · 8902 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.611km WNW of Kernville, CA · 8902 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.712km SW of Valencia, California · 8902 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.68km W of Tehachapi, California · 8899 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 1.74km ENE of Wofford Heights, CA · 8897 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.74km ENE of Wofford Heights, CA · 8896 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.62km E of Granada Hills, CA · 8895 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.823km ENE of Maricopa, California · 8894 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.817km ENE of Taft, California · 8894 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.623km S of Bodfish, California · 8893 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.522km N of Tehachapi, California · 8891 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.511km SSE of Gorman, California · 8891 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 1.810km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 8891 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.86km NW of Simi Valley, CA · 8890 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.711km NE of Edwards Air Force Base, CA · 8890 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.814km NNE of Grapevine, CA · 8884 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 1.722km S of Pine Mountain Club, California · 8883 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 1.821km S of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 8883 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 1.722km S of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 8883 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 2.46km SW of Shafter, CA · 8881 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 1.613km N of Grapevine, California · 8880 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 1.94km SW of Shafter, CA · 8879 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.021km ENE of Maricopa, California · 8875 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 1.68km E of Kernville, CA · 8874 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 1.84km NE of Pacoima, CA · 8873 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 1.99km SE of Kernville, CA · 8869 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.65km W of Kernville, CA · 8868 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 1.812km NNE of Grapevine, California · 8866 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  33. 1.923km N of Montecito, California · 8866 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.825km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 8864 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.115km N of Castaic, CA · 8862 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 1.511km WNW of Castaic, CA · 8859 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  37. 1.511km NNW of Mojave, California · 8858 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  38. 1.520km S of Maricopa, California · 8858 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 2.35km W of Kernville, CA · 8856 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 1.61km WSW of Granada Hills, California · 8854 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.94km WNW of Gorman, CA · 8853 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 2.05km W of Gorman, CA · 8853 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 1.85km W of Gorman, CA · 8853 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 1.65km WSW of Gorman, CA · 8853 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 1.58km N of Santa Paula, California · 8851 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 1.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 8851 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 1.96km SE of Piru, CA · 8850 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.58km N of Rosedale, California · 8850 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 1.513km ESE of Tehachapi, California · 8849 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.69km N of Santa Paula, California · 8848 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 1.68km SW of Grapevine, California · 8848 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, California · 8847 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, California · 8847 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 1.77km NW of Camarillo, California · 8847 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 1.511km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 8846 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 1.715km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 8846 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 1.824km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 8845 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 1.86km NE of Lebec, CA · 8844 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away

Before

  1. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 8904 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.524km NNW of Tehachapi, California · 8905 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.57km NNW of Chatsworth, CA · 8906 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.910km E of Ojai, CA · 8907 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.58km E of Kernville, CA · 8907 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.216km SW of Arvin, California · 8909 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.719km NW of Grapevine, CA · 8909 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 1.84km W of Grapevine, California · 8911 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.623km S of Bodfish, CA · 8911 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.69km W of Tehachapi, CA · 8912 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.15km NNW of Chatsworth, CA · 8913 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.76km NW of Chatsworth, California · 8913 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.923km S of Bodfish, CA · 8914 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.04km NE of Rosedale, CA · 8914 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.28km SSE of Piru, CA · 8917 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.07km E of Kernville, CA · 8918 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.621km E of Maricopa, California · 8918 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.62km SE of Simi Valley, CA · 8918 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 1.58km E of Kernville, CA · 8919 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.821km SSW of Bakersfield, California · 8920 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci13287476. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:10 PM UTC.