M2.9 earthquake 17km SW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

2.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Fri, Oct 16, 1953, 11:53 AM GMT-8

UTC

1953-10-16 19:53:58 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.010° N, 118.557° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.4 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.22

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

233°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

6

• Stallion Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 2,488. Forecast12 kmSE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast17 kmSW
• Lancaster, CaliforniaPopulation 161,103. Forecast52 kmNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast110 kmNNW

After

1. 3.326km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 17, 4:41 AM GMT-8 · 26638 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
2. 3.725km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 17, 4:44 AM GMT-8 · 26638 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
3. 2.925km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 17, 3:39 PM GMT-8 · 26638 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
4. 2.84km NW of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 19, 3:00 AM GMT-8 · 26636 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
5. 3.024km NNE of Arvin, CAFri, Oct 23, 5:02 PM GMT-8 · 26632 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
6. 2.725km N of Tehachapi, CAMon, Oct 26, 4:27 AM GMT-8 · 26629 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
7. 3.116km NE of Arvin, CAWed, Oct 28, 5:16 AM GMT-8 · 26627 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
8. 3.021km ENE of Oildale, CAThu, Oct 29, 4:53 AM GMT-8 · 26626 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
9. 3.218km NNE of Arvin, CASun, Nov 1, 9:41 AM GMT-8 · 26623 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
10. 3.026km E of Oildale, CATue, Nov 3, 8:37 PM GMT-8 · 26621 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
11. 2.823km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Nov 3, 9:31 PM GMT-8 · 26621 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
12. 2.815km ESE of Arvin, CAWed, Nov 4, 5:19 AM GMT-8 · 26620 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
13. 2.824km ENE of Grapevine, CAWed, Nov 4, 1:14 PM GMT-8 · 26620 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
14. 3.14km NNW of Lamont, CAThu, Nov 5, 3:57 AM GMT-8 · 26619 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
15. 2.910km WSW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Nov 5, 4:40 AM GMT-8 · 26619 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
16. 2.924km NE of Arvin, CAFri, Nov 6, 5:00 AM GMT-8 · 26618 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
17. 3.25km NNW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 6, 9:44 PM GMT-8 · 26618 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
18. 2.911km N of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 6, 9:48 PM GMT-8 · 26618 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
19. 2.825km NE of Arvin, CAMon, Nov 9, 9:25 AM GMT-8 · 26615 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
20. 2.922km NE of Arvin, CAMon, Nov 9, 10:02 AM GMT-8 · 26615 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
21. 3.025km N of Tehachapi, CAMon, Nov 9, 11:28 PM GMT-8 · 26615 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
22. 3.017km E of Arvin, CATue, Nov 10, 4:49 PM GMT-8 · 26614 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
23. 3.111km W of Tehachapi, CAWed, Nov 11, 1:52 PM GMT-8 · 26613 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
24. 3.12km WNW of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 12, 10:32 AM GMT-8 · 26612 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
25. 2.59km W of Tehachapi, CAThu, Nov 12, 6:49 PM GMT-8 · 26612 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
26. 2.815km ESE of Arvin, CAFri, Nov 13, 1:50 AM GMT-8 · 26611 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
27. 3.120km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Nov 13, 5:04 AM GMT-8 · 26611 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
28. 2.615km NW of Tehachapi, CASun, Nov 15, 6:51 PM GMT-8 · 26609 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
29. 2.826km SSW of Bodfish, CAFri, Nov 20, 3:00 AM GMT-8 · 26604 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
30. 2.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Nov 21, 8:50 PM GMT-8 · 26603 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
31. 2.615km W of Tehachapi, CASat, Nov 21, 11:16 PM GMT-8 · 26603 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
32. 3.324km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Nov 23, 9:57 AM GMT-8 · 26601 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
33. 4.314km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Nov 23, 12:39 PM GMT-8 · 26601 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
34. 3.627km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Nov 24, 2:49 AM GMT-8 · 26600 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
35. 3.411km SE of Arvin, CAWed, Nov 25, 6:14 PM GMT-8 · 26599 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
36. 4.123km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Nov 26, 8:19 AM GMT-8 · 26598 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
37. 3.125km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Nov 28, 2:17 AM GMT-8 · 26596 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
38. 2.95km SE of Bodfish, CASat, Nov 28, 2:59 AM GMT-8 · 26596 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
39. 2.03km SSW of Studio City, CASat, Nov 28, 8:15 AM GMT-8 · 26596 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
40. 3.618km N of Tehachapi, CASun, Nov 29, 11:22 PM GMT-8 · 26595 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
41. 3.017km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Nov 30, 7:26 PM GMT-8 · 26594 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
42. 3.216km ENE of Kernville, CAThu, Dec 3, 4:22 PM GMT-8 · 26591 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
43. 2.925km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 5, 4:50 PM GMT-8 · 26589 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
44. 3.08km WSW of Grapevine, CASat, Dec 5, 8:28 PM GMT-8 · 26589 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
45. 2.54km S of Simi Valley, CASun, Dec 6, 10:08 PM GMT-8 · 26588 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
46. 2.716km S of Arvin, CAMon, Dec 7, 6:14 AM GMT-8 · 26587 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
47. 3.416km WNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Dec 11, 4:59 PM GMT-8 · 26583 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
48. 3.017km E of Arvin, CAFri, Dec 11, 7:38 PM GMT-8 · 26583 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
49. 2.84km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 12, 3:17 PM GMT-8 · 26582 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
50. 2.74km WNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 14, 12:05 AM GMT-8 · 26581 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
51. 2.821km NW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Dec 14, 8:13 AM GMT-8 · 26580 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
52. 2.77km SSE of Arvin, CAMon, Dec 14, 10:40 PM GMT-8 · 26580 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
53. 4.62km SW of Arvin, CATue, Dec 15, 4:44 AM GMT-8 · 26579 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away

Before

1. 2.924km W of Bodfish, CAWed, Oct 14, 10:43 PM GMT-8 · 26641 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
2. 2.921km ENE of Grapevine, CAWed, Oct 14, 12:58 AM GMT-8 · 26641 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
3. 3.34km NW of Bodfish, CATue, Oct 13, 10:41 AM GMT-8 · 26642 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
4. 3.116km W of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 11, 3:05 AM GMT-8 · 26644 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
5. 4.711km ENE of Grapevine, CAWed, Oct 7, 6:59 AM GMT-8 · 26648 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
6. 3.020km ENE of Arvin, CATue, Oct 6, 10:47 PM GMT-8 · 26649 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
7. 3.519km NE of Lamont, CASun, Oct 4, 7:27 PM GMT-8 · 26651 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
8. 2.912km NE of Grapevine, CAWed, Sep 30, 3:46 AM GMT-8 · 26655 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
9. 3.018km W of Tehachapi, CAFri, Sep 25, 12:12 AM GMT-7 · 26661 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
10. 3.616km SSE of Arvin, CAThu, Sep 24, 5:02 AM GMT-7 · 26661 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
11. 2.926km NE of Arvin, CASun, Sep 20, 11:59 AM GMT-7 · 26665 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
12. 2.723km ENE of Arvin, CASat, Sep 19, 8:01 AM GMT-7 · 26666 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
13. 3.125km NE of Arvin, CAFri, Sep 18, 9:27 PM GMT-7 · 26667 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
14. 3.018km NE of Lebec, CAThu, Sep 17, 4:20 AM GMT-7 · 26668 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3300200. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.