M2.3 earthquake 2km SE of Frazier Park, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 2km SE of Frazier Park, CA on Mon, Mar 15, 2021, 3:38 PM PDT (22:38 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 14km SE of Bodfish, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-15 22:38:21 UTC
- Depth
- 13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.810° N, 118.933° W
- Region
- California
- 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.912km SE of Bodfish, CA · 2029 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.010km SW of Buttonwillow, CA · 2028 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.87km SW of Pearblossom, CA · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.95km NNE of Taft, CA · 2026 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.121km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 2025 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.712km NNE of Piru, CA · 2025 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.619km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 2020 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.08km ENE of Oildale, CA · 2018 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 1.521km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 2015 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.221km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 2014 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 1.65km SE of Frazier Park, CA · 2014 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.714km NNW of Isla Vista, CA · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.91km W of Piru, CA · 2012 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.811km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 2010 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.711km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 2010 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.612km W of Mojave, CA · 2009 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.014km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 2009 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.88km NW of Malibu, CA · 2008 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 1.919km S of Camarillo, CA · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.62km SE of Frazier Park, CA · 2001 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.823km ENE of Arvin, CA · 2000 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.724km NNE of Montecito, CA · 1998 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.824km NNE of Montecito, CA · 1997 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.618km SW of Lamont, CA · 1993 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.824km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1993 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.817km SE of Buttonwillow, CA · 1993 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.724km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 1992 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.96km WSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 1991 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.113km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1983 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.99km S of Tehachapi, CA · 1982 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.65km NNW of Sylmar, CA · 1981 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.76km SE of Lake Isabella, CA · 1981 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.615km ENE of Ojai, CA · 1980 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.524km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1976 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.511km NW of Mojave, CA · 1974 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.115km N of Castaic, CA · 1972 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.814km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1972 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 10
- 1.57km SSE of Littlerock, CA · 1971 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 1.56km WNW of Rosamond, CA · 2030 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.50km NW of Pacoima, CA · 2034 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 256
- 2.31km WNW of Pacoima, CA · 2035 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 11
- 1.614km SE of Lake Isabella, CA · 2037 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Agoura Hills, CA · 2038 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 1.77km WSW of Malibu, CA · 2040 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.86km WSW of Gorman, CA · 2040 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.221km NNE of Arvin, CA · 2040 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.520km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.912km N of Grapevine, CA · 2041 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.57km SW of Pearblossom, CA · 2042 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.923km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 2042 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.67km SSE of Littlerock, CA · 2043 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 27
- 1.923km SW of Lamont, CA · 2044 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.820km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 2045 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.820km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 2045 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.03km E of Simi Valley, CA · 2046 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1,486
- 1.82km SSW of Sylmar, CA · 2047 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.516km NW of Grapevine, CA · 2050 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95km NNW of Chatsworth, CA · 2053 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39581063. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.