California earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 18 km NW of Grapevine, CA

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 18 km NW of Grapevine, CA on Sun, Aug 23, 2026, 2:42 PM PDT (21:42 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 24 km NNW of Tehachapi, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-08-23 21:42:21 UTC
Depth
12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.077° N, 119.041° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
72°
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: 19 since this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.59 km SSW of Valencia, CA · 28 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.84 km E of Ojai, CA · 27 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.59 km ENE of Lebec, CA · 21 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.819 km SE of Bodfish, CA · 19 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.719 km SE of Bodfish, CA · 18 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.024 km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 18 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.64 km W of Sylmar, CA · 15 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.66 km W of Edwards Air Force Base, CA · 11 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
  9. 1.86 km SSW of Santa Paula, CA · 11 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.18 km S of Ojai, CA · 11 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.78 km S of Ojai, CA · 10 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.57 km SSW of Ojai, CA · 10 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 11
  13. 1.78 km S of Ojai, CA · 10 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.97 km NNW of Lamont, CA · 8 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.020 km NW of Ojai, CA · 6 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.511 km N of Fillmore, CA · 4 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.720 km E of McFarland, CA · 2 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.517 km WNW of Tehachapi, CA · 34 hr ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.53 km N of Frazier Park, CA · 4 hr ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 1.83 km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 37 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.620 km SW of Bodfish, CA · 41 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.69 km SW of Valencia, CA · 41 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 48
  4. 1.59 km WSW of Shafter, CA · 42 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.728 km SW of Maricopa, CA · 44 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.720 km NW of Ojai, CA · 46 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.520 km NW of Ojai, CA · 46 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 1.913 km WNW of Ojai, CA · 46 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.023 km SSE of Porterville, CA · 47 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.622 km S of Gorman, CA · 48 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.65 km NNW of Chatsworth, CA · 50 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.523 km SSE of Porterville, CA · 50 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.94 km SSW of Castaic, CA · 51 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.224 km SSE of Porterville, CA · 51 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.514 km NW of Bodfish, CA · 51 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.617 km SW of Lamont, CA · 52 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.42 km NNW of Frazier Park, CA · 52 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
  18. 1.716 km SW of Lamont, CA · 54 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.810 km SW of Lamont, CA · 55 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.35 km W of Frazier Park, CA · 59 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci41534568. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC.