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M2.3 earthquake 25km SSW of Bodfish, CA

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 25km SSW of Bodfish, CA on Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 7:48 AM PST (15:48 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 15km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2021-11-20 15:48:53 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.365° N, 118.553° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
53°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.96km WNW of Coso Junction, CA · 1779 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.522km N of Mojave, CA · 1779 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.616km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1779 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.715km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1779 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.615km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1779 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.28km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1778 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  7. 1.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1776 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.814km ESE of Porterville, CA · 1776 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.79km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 1774 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.613km E of Coso Junction, CA · 1774 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.513km E of Coso Junction, CA · 1774 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 1.623km NNE of Ojai, CA · 1774 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.913km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1774 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.614km SW of Taft, CA · 1773 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.87km E of Coso Junction, CA · 1770 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.87km E of Coso Junction, CA · 1770 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.613km SW of Lamont, CA · 1770 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.819km E of Little Lake, CA · 1769 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 3.215km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1769 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 20
  20. 2.815km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1769 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
  21. 1.719km E of Little Lake, CA · 1768 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 1.714km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1768 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.919km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1768 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.923km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1763 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.020km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1763 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.915km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1759 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.514km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1759 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.514km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1758 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.613km N of Tehachapi, CA · 1754 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 1.824km ENE of Arvin, CA · 1753 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.618km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1753 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.839km WSW of Olancha, CA · 1752 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.68km NNE of Little Lake, CA · 1751 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.623km N of Tehachapi, CA · 1751 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1750 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  36. 2.413km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1748 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 1.612km NE of Little Lake, CA · 1747 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.69km ESE of Coso Junction, CA · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.615km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.511km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1746 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 1.615km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1745 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  42. 1.98km SE of Neenach, CA · 1744 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 2.323km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1744 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  44. 1.617km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1743 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.515km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1742 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.111km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 1742 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.915km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1742 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.814km E of Arvin, CA · 1741 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 1.77km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA · 1741 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.817km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 1.513km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1740 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 2.120km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1739 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.821km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1738 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.728km NW of California City, CA · 1738 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 2.014km WSW of Johannesburg, CA · 1737 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 3.915km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA · 1736 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 133
  58. 3.015km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA · 1736 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 15
  59. 1.936km N of Kernville, CA · 1736 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 1.87km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 1735 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 2.23km S of Frazier Park, CA · 1780 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.714km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1780 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.715km NE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1781 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.622km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1781 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.65km WNW of Coso Junction, CA · 1782 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.619km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1784 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.916km E of Little Lake, CA · 1785 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.920km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1785 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.621km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1785 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 1.917km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1786 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.85km WNW of Coso Junction, CA · 1787 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.722km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1788 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 1.514km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1789 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.614km E of Arvin, CA · 1789 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 24
  15. 1.822km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1790 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.520km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1791 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.824km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 1791 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.120km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1791 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.619km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1793 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1793 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39865671. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:35 AM UTC.