M3.2 earthquake 23km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Thu, Aug 20, 1953, 1:52 AM GMT-7

UTC

1953-08-20 08:52:17 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.321° N, 118.561° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.4 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.13

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

163°

Stations used

8

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast19 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast23 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast42 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast144 kmNNW

After

1. 2.925km S of Bodfish, CAFri, Aug 21, 8:24 PM GMT-7 · 26703 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
2. 2.914km SW of Bodfish, CASat, Aug 22, 3:04 AM GMT-7 · 26703 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
3. 2.911km W of Tehachapi, CASun, Aug 23, 1:34 PM GMT-7 · 26702 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
4. 2.918km S of Bodfish, CASun, Aug 23, 6:37 PM GMT-7 · 26701 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
5. 3.017km W of Johannesburg, CAThu, Aug 27, 11:52 PM GMT-7 · 26697 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
6. 3.01km ESE of Grapevine, CAFri, Aug 28, 8:48 AM GMT-7 · 26697 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
7. 2.910km E of Oildale, CASat, Aug 29, 1:46 AM GMT-7 · 26696 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
8. 2.921km NE of Oildale, CASat, Aug 29, 1:51 PM GMT-7 · 26696 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
9. 3.323km S of Bodfish, CASun, Aug 30, 4:19 AM GMT-7 · 26695 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
10. 3.524km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, Aug 30, 5:18 AM GMT-7 · 26695 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
11. 2.816km E of Arvin, CASun, Aug 30, 8:55 PM GMT-7 · 26694 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
12. 3.916km WNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Sep 2, 8:27 AM GMT-7 · 26692 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
13. 3.016km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Sep 3, 12:43 AM GMT-7 · 26691 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
14. 3.616km WNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Sep 4, 8:36 AM GMT-7 · 26690 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
15. 2.911km ESE of Arvin, CAFri, Sep 4, 2:13 PM GMT-7 · 26690 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
16. 3.916km ESE of Arvin, CASat, Sep 5, 12:24 PM GMT-7 · 26689 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
17. 3.022km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Sep 7, 1:37 AM GMT-7 · 26687 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
18. 2.523km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Sep 7, 6:59 AM GMT-7 · 26687 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
19. 2.918km ENE of Arvin, CAMon, Sep 7, 6:28 PM GMT-7 · 26686 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
20. 2.914km SE of Arvin, CAWed, Sep 9, 8:04 PM GMT-7 · 26684 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
21. 2.76km ENE of Bakersfield, CAWed, Sep 9, 8:20 PM GMT-7 · 26684 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
22. 2.32km NNW of Acton, CAWed, Sep 9, 8:59 PM GMT-7 · 26684 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
23. 2.815km E of Arvin, CAThu, Sep 10, 12:20 AM GMT-7 · 26684 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
24. 3.212km S of Maricopa, CAThu, Sep 10, 12:44 PM GMT-7 · 26684 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
25. 2.918km E of Arvin, CAThu, Sep 10, 7:25 PM GMT-7 · 26683 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
26. 4.015km NNE of Lamont, CAFri, Sep 11, 11:41 PM GMT-7 · 26682 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
27. 2.92km WSW of Lebec, CASun, Sep 13, 12:33 PM GMT-7 · 26681 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
28. 2.910km ENE of Grapevine, CATue, Sep 15, 4:14 PM GMT-7 · 26679 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
29. 3.313km W of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 15, 10:03 PM GMT-7 · 26678 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
30. 3.018km NE of Lebec, CAThu, Sep 17, 4:20 AM GMT-7 · 26677 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
31. 3.125km NE of Arvin, CAFri, Sep 18, 9:27 PM GMT-7 · 26675 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
32. 2.723km ENE of Arvin, CASat, Sep 19, 8:01 AM GMT-7 · 26675 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
33. 2.926km NE of Arvin, CASun, Sep 20, 11:59 AM GMT-7 · 26674 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
34. 3.616km SSE of Arvin, CAThu, Sep 24, 5:02 AM GMT-7 · 26670 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
35. 3.018km W of Tehachapi, CAFri, Sep 25, 12:12 AM GMT-7 · 26669 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
36. 2.912km NE of Grapevine, CAWed, Sep 30, 3:46 AM GMT-8 · 26664 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
37. 3.519km NE of Lamont, CASun, Oct 4, 7:27 PM GMT-8 · 26659 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
38. 3.020km ENE of Arvin, CATue, Oct 6, 10:47 PM GMT-8 · 26657 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
39. 4.711km ENE of Grapevine, CAWed, Oct 7, 6:59 AM GMT-8 · 26657 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
40. 3.116km W of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 11, 3:05 AM GMT-8 · 26653 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
41. 3.34km NW of Bodfish, CATue, Oct 13, 10:41 AM GMT-8 · 26651 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
42. 2.921km ENE of Grapevine, CAWed, Oct 14, 12:58 AM GMT-8 · 26650 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
43. 2.924km W of Bodfish, CAWed, Oct 14, 10:43 PM GMT-8 · 26649 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
44. 2.917km SW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Oct 16, 11:53 AM GMT-8 · 26648 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
45. 3.326km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 17, 4:41 AM GMT-8 · 26647 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
46. 3.725km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 17, 4:44 AM GMT-8 · 26647 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
47. 2.925km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 17, 3:39 PM GMT-8 · 26647 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away

Before

1. 3.522km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Aug 18, 8:16 PM GMT-7 · 26706 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.917km ESE of Arvin, CASun, Aug 16, 2:02 PM GMT-7 · 26709 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
3. 3.120km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Aug 11, 2:48 PM GMT-7 · 26714 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
4. 3.811km NNE of Kernville, CATue, Aug 11, 11:33 AM GMT-7 · 26714 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
5. 4.319km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Aug 6, 4:20 AM GMT-7 · 26719 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
6. 2.923km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Aug 5, 4:51 PM GMT-7 · 26719 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
7. 2.910km SSE of Arvin, CAWed, Aug 5, 3:18 PM GMT-7 · 26720 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
8. 4.216km WNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Aug 5, 5:20 AM GMT-7 · 26720 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
9. 2.17km ENE of Agua Dulce, CATue, Aug 4, 4:41 AM GMT-7 · 26721 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
10. 2.615km ESE of Bodfish, CASun, Aug 2, 6:53 AM GMT-7 · 26723 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
11. 3.18km SW of Agua Dulce, CASat, Aug 1, 9:34 PM GMT-7 · 26723 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
12. 3.07km S of Arvin, CASat, Aug 1, 9:18 PM GMT-7 · 26723 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
13. 2.310km NE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Aug 1, 7:58 PM GMT-7 · 26723 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
14. 3.024km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jul 30, 2:48 PM GMT-7 · 26726 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
15. 3.518km NNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Jul 30, 4:58 AM GMT-7 · 26726 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
16. 3.224km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Jul 29, 7:02 AM GMT-7 · 26727 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
17. 3.418km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Jul 28, 10:09 AM GMT-7 · 26728 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
18. 2.621km E of Maricopa, CASun, Jul 26, 6:24 PM GMT-7 · 26729 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
19. 3.021km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Jul 26, 8:59 AM GMT-7 · 26730 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
20. 2.916km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CASun, Jul 26, 6:26 AM GMT-7 · 26730 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3300109. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC.