M3.3 earthquake 13km SE of Bodfish, CA

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 13km SE of Bodfish, CA on Sat, Mar 5, 2022, 3:02 AM PST (11:02 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 14km NW of Coso Junction, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.27	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.158 · 159 stations
3.1	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.042 · 76 stations

18 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 148.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci40200072 (also filed as us6000h2ag). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:49 AM UTC.