M1.9 earthquake 15km SE of Buttonwillow, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 15km SE of Buttonwillow, CA on Fri, Aug 5, 2022, 9:24 AM PDT (16:24 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-08-05 16:24:34 UTC
- Depth
- 21.4 km (13.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.303° N, 119.352° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.512km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1521 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.815km SSW of Lamont, CA · 1518 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1516 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.822km N of Ojai, CA · 1516 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.213km SSW of Maricopa, CA · 1516 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1510 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.84km NE of Lake Isabella, CA · 1509 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.612km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1508 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.112km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1508 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.521km N of Neenach, CA · 1506 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.918km NNW of Fillmore, CA · 1505 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.515km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA · 1503 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.98km WSW of Shafter, CA · 1502 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.921km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1500 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.712km NNE of Goleta, CA · 1500 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.611km NNE of Ojai, CA · 1494 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.613km N of Goleta, CA · 1494 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.512km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1492 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.924km ENE of Arvin, CA · 1491 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.625km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1489 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 1.624km NE of Arvin, CA · 1488 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.715km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA · 1482 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.820km SSE of Kettleman City, CA · 1479 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.610km E of Ojai, CA · 1478 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.811km W of Mojave, CA · 1478 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.614km N of Grapevine, CA · 1475 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.810km SW of Frazier Park, CA · 1474 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.611km SW of Frazier Park, CA · 1473 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.121km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1473 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.22km NNW of Ojai, CA · 1472 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 2.03km W of Lebec, CA · 1472 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.113km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1471 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.712km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1470 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.712km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1470 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.912km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1469 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.125km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1469 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.724km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1469 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.824km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1469 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89km ESE of Kettleman City, CA · 1469 days ago · 30 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 3.713km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1469 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 35
- 2.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1469 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.712km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1469 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.013km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1469 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.512km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1469 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.324km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1469 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 1.913km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1469 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.013km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1467 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.518km NNE of Montecito, CA · 1467 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.813km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 1465 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1462 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 1.612km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1522 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.912km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1522 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.028km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1526 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.721km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1526 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.912km NNE of Goleta, CA · 1529 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1530 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611km NE of Maricopa, CA · 1533 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Ojai, CA · 1534 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.65km SW of Bodfish, CA · 1534 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.912km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.213km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1535 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.512km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1536 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.719km N of Neenach, CA · 1537 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1538 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1539 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.412km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1540 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 14
- 1.823km NE of Santa Ynez, CA · 1540 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1541 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.013km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1541 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1541 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 81
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci40075807. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:54 AM UTC.