M2.3 earthquake 14km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 14km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA on Thu, May 26, 2022, 3:46 PM PDT (22:46 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 13km 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
- 2022-05-26 22:46:18 UTC
- Depth
- 21.6 km (13.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.286° N, 119.400° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1585 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.55km WNW of Wofford Heights, CA · 1585 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1579 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 52
- 2.313km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1579 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.213km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1579 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 17
- 1.812km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1578 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1578 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.722km SE of Kettleman City, CA · 1576 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.212km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1575 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.018km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 1574 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 1.95km ESE of Tehachapi, CA · 1572 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.111km SW of Lamont, CA · 1571 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 15
- 1.721km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1571 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Kettleman City, CA · 1571 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.119km SSW of Lamont, CA · 1570 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 8
- 2.810km ESE of Ojai, CA · 1569 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 12
- 1.510km ESE of Ojai, CA · 1569 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.714km N of Goleta, CA · 1567 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.920km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1564 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.025km SW of Bodfish, CA · 1562 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.011km NNW of Fillmore, CA · 1561 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.811km NW of Fillmore, CA · 1561 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.24km NNW of Frazier Park, CA · 1561 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.53km WNW of Gorman, CA · 1559 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.825km SW of Bodfish, CA · 1558 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.825km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1558 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.97km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1557 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.724km E of Maricopa, CA · 1554 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.020km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 1554 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 3.59km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1552 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 56
- 2.18km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1551 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1549 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.914km SSE of Kettleman City, CA · 1545 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1540 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 81
- 2.013km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1540 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1540 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.823km NE of Santa Ynez, CA · 1540 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.412km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1539 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 14
- 1.59km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1539 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.69km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1538 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.719km N of Neenach, CA · 1537 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1536 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.213km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1535 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.912km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.65km SW of Bodfish, CA · 1534 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Ojai, CA · 1533 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.611km NE of Maricopa, CA · 1533 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 2.14km S of Frazier Park, CA · 1594 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.013km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1595 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.710km E of Carpinteria, CA · 1596 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 38
- 2.68km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 1597 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
- 1.913km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1598 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1604 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.317km SSE of Maricopa, CA · 1604 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 14
- 1.613km NNW of Fillmore, CA · 1606 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.615km NNW of Fillmore, CA · 1606 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.59km ESE of Ojai, CA · 1607 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.811km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 1608 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.715km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 1609 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.77km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1612 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 10
- 1.525km SW of Maricopa, CA · 1613 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.816km W of Simmler, CA · 1614 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 1.59km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 1616 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.116km SE of Kettleman City, CA · 1617 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.62km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 1619 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1619 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.88km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 1621 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci40027711. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.