M3.4 earthquake 16km WNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

3.4 (ml), minor

Local time

Fri, Dec 11, 1953, 4:59 PM GMT-8

UTC

1953-12-12 00:59:31 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.202° N, 118.601° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

111°

Stations used

11

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast5 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast16 kmWNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast42 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast132 kmNNW

After

1. 3.017km E of Arvin, CAFri, Dec 11, 7:38 PM GMT-8 · 26590 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
2. 2.84km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 12, 3:17 PM GMT-8 · 26589 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
3. 2.74km WNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 14, 12:05 AM GMT-8 · 26588 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
4. 2.821km NW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Dec 14, 8:13 AM GMT-8 · 26587 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
5. 2.77km SSE of Arvin, CAMon, Dec 14, 10:40 PM GMT-8 · 26587 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
6. 4.62km SW of Arvin, CATue, Dec 15, 4:44 AM GMT-8 · 26586 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
7. 2.915km SSW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Dec 17, 8:51 AM GMT-8 · 26584 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
8. 2.521km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Dec 18, 5:09 PM GMT-8 · 26583 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
9. 3.119km SW of Lamont, CAFri, Dec 18, 10:55 PM GMT-8 · 26583 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
10. 3.018km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Dec 20, 9:27 PM GMT-8 · 26581 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
11. 2.716km E of Arvin, CATue, Dec 22, 1:36 AM GMT-8 · 26580 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
12. 2.717km E of Arvin, CATue, Dec 22, 4:20 AM GMT-8 · 26579 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
13. 3.623km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Dec 23, 12:35 PM GMT-8 · 26578 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
14. 3.024km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Dec 23, 3:33 PM GMT-8 · 26578 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
15. 3.125km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Dec 23, 7:21 PM GMT-8 · 26578 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
16. 2.418km ENE of Arvin, CAThu, Dec 24, 6:40 AM GMT-8 · 26577 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
17. 3.05km W of Little Lake, CAThu, Dec 24, 7:54 AM GMT-8 · 26577 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
18. 3.124km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Dec 24, 11:29 AM GMT-8 · 26577 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
19. 3.322km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Dec 24, 11:31 AM GMT-8 · 26577 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
20. 2.918km E of Arvin, CASun, Dec 27, 5:06 PM GMT-8 · 26574 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
21. 3.08km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Dec 30, 10:56 PM GMT-8 · 26571 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
22. 2.717km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Dec 31, 11:13 PM GMT-8 · 26570 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
23. 2.722km S of Bodfish, CAFri, Jan 1, 12:55 AM GMT-8 · 26570 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
24. 2.917km NE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 9, 3:22 AM GMT-8 · 26562 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
25. 2.79km WNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Jan 12, 3:02 AM GMT-8 · 26559 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
26. 5.413km WNW of Grapevine, CATue, Jan 12, 3:33 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
27. 4.121km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Jan 12, 3:40 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
28. 2.620km N of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Jan 12, 3:49 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
29. 3.116km N of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Jan 12, 3:50 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
30. 3.121km N of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Jan 12, 4:14 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
31. 3.520km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Jan 12, 4:54 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
32. 4.618km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Jan 12, 5:45 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
33. 3.115km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Jan 12, 6:32 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
34. 2.919km WNW of Grapevine, CATue, Jan 12, 6:52 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
35. 3.616km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Jan 12, 7:18 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
36. 3.517km WNW of Grapevine, CATue, Jan 12, 8:14 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
37. 3.016km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Jan 12, 8:51 PM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
38. 3.114km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 12:11 AM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
39. 3.119km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 12:13 AM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
40. 3.015km NNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 1:12 AM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
41. 2.916km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jan 13, 2:28 AM GMT-8 · 26558 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
42. 3.310km WNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 6:40 AM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
43. 2.311km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jan 13, 12:43 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
44. 2.54km NNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 1:13 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
45. 3.217km WNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 1:47 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
46. 3.717km WNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 2:00 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
47. 2.817km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 2:11 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
48. 3.317km WNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 2:55 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
49. 3.417km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 3:00 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
50. 2.221km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 3:04 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
51. 3.321km E of Maricopa, CAWed, Jan 13, 3:04 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
52. 3.317km W of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jan 13, 4:26 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
53. 2.921km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 13, 6:08 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
54. 2.623km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jan 13, 8:52 PM GMT-8 · 26557 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
55. 2.517km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Jan 14, 7:42 PM GMT-8 · 26556 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
56. 2.716km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Jan 15, 1:54 AM GMT-8 · 26556 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
57. 2.818km NNW of Grapevine, CASat, Jan 16, 1:32 AM GMT-8 · 26555 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
58. 2.727km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Jan 16, 2:22 AM GMT-8 · 26555 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
59. 2.615km NNW of Grapevine, CASat, Jan 16, 2:37 AM GMT-8 · 26555 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
60. 2.816km NNW of Grapevine, CASun, Jan 17, 12:57 AM GMT-8 · 26554 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of 73.

Before

1. 2.716km S of Arvin, CAMon, Dec 7, 6:14 AM GMT-8 · 26594 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
2. 3.08km WSW of Grapevine, CASat, Dec 5, 8:28 PM GMT-8 · 26596 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
3. 2.925km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 5, 4:50 PM GMT-8 · 26596 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
4. 3.216km ENE of Kernville, CAThu, Dec 3, 4:22 PM GMT-8 · 26598 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
5. 3.017km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Nov 30, 7:26 PM GMT-8 · 26601 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
6. 3.618km N of Tehachapi, CASun, Nov 29, 11:22 PM GMT-8 · 26602 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
7. 2.95km SE of Bodfish, CASat, Nov 28, 2:59 AM GMT-8 · 26604 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
8. 3.125km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Nov 28, 2:17 AM GMT-8 · 26604 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
9. 4.123km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Nov 26, 8:19 AM GMT-8 · 26605 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
10. 3.411km SE of Arvin, CAWed, Nov 25, 6:14 PM GMT-8 · 26606 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
11. 3.627km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Nov 24, 2:49 AM GMT-8 · 26608 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
12. 4.314km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Nov 23, 12:39 PM GMT-8 · 26608 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
13. 3.324km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Nov 23, 9:57 AM GMT-8 · 26608 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
14. 2.615km W of Tehachapi, CASat, Nov 21, 11:16 PM GMT-8 · 26610 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
15. 2.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Nov 21, 8:50 PM GMT-8 · 26610 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
16. 2.826km SSW of Bodfish, CAFri, Nov 20, 3:00 AM GMT-8 · 26612 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
17. 2.615km NW of Tehachapi, CASun, Nov 15, 6:51 PM GMT-8 · 26616 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
18. 3.120km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Nov 13, 5:04 AM GMT-8 · 26618 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
19. 2.815km ESE of Arvin, CAFri, Nov 13, 1:50 AM GMT-8 · 26619 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
20. 2.59km W of Tehachapi, CAThu, Nov 12, 6:49 PM GMT-8 · 26619 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3300282. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC.