M3.7 earthquake 18km W of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

3.7 (ml), minor

Local time

Mon, Jun 15, 1953, 12:22 AM GMT-7

UTC

1953-06-15 07:22:14 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.158° N, 118.639° 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

±0.18

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

74°

Stations used

10

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast1 kmW
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast18 kmW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast42 kmSE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast128 kmNNW

After

1. 3.116km W of Tehachapi, CAMon, Jun 15, 8:33 PM GMT-7 · 26762 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
2. 3.018km E of Arvin, CATue, Jun 16, 4:49 AM GMT-7 · 26761 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
3. 2.913km SE of Arvin, CAWed, Jun 17, 3:21 AM GMT-7 · 26760 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
4. 3.37km W of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jun 18, 6:44 AM GMT-7 · 26759 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
5. 3.310km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CAThu, Jun 18, 10:34 AM GMT-7 · 26759 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
6. 4.321km S of Bodfish, CASat, Jun 20, 4:18 PM GMT-7 · 26757 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
7. 2.618km WNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Jun 21, 12:39 PM GMT-7 · 26756 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
8. 2.623km W of Johannesburg, CASun, Jun 21, 4:54 PM GMT-7 · 26756 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
9. 2.418km ENE of Arvin, CASun, Jun 21, 5:29 PM GMT-7 · 26756 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
10. 3.922km E of Maricopa, CASun, Jun 21, 7:50 PM GMT-7 · 26756 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
11. 3.420km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Jun 21, 8:10 PM GMT-7 · 26756 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
12. 2.813km NNE of Lamont, CAMon, Jun 22, 8:57 PM GMT-7 · 26755 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
13. 3.415km NNE of Grapevine, CAMon, Jun 22, 11:27 PM GMT-7 · 26754 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
14. 3.122km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Jun 23, 5:29 AM GMT-7 · 26754 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
15. 2.97km N of Grapevine, CAThu, Jun 25, 10:05 PM GMT-7 · 26751 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
16. 3.010km NE of Grapevine, CAThu, Jun 25, 10:34 PM GMT-7 · 26751 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
17. 2.821km NW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jun 26, 12:46 PM GMT-7 · 26751 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
18. 2.935km ESE of Bodfish, CASun, Jun 28, 3:57 PM GMT-7 · 26749 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
19. 3.125km NE of Arvin, CAMon, Jun 29, 4:07 AM GMT-7 · 26748 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
20. 3.415km W of Johannesburg, CAWed, Jul 1, 3:38 PM GMT-7 · 26746 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
21. 2.724km S of Bodfish, CASat, Jul 4, 3:28 AM GMT-7 · 26743 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
22. 3.218km N of Tehachapi, CASat, Jul 4, 4:52 AM GMT-7 · 26743 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
23. 2.714km SW of Tehachapi, CASat, Jul 4, 4:05 PM GMT-7 · 26743 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
24. 2.714km ENE of Tehachapi, CAMon, Jul 6, 12:01 AM GMT-7 · 26741 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
25. 2.610km SSW of Arvin, CATue, Jul 7, 2:36 AM GMT-7 · 26740 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
26. 2.917km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jul 8, 6:57 AM GMT-7 · 26739 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
27. 2.513km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jul 8, 3:38 PM GMT-7 · 26739 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
28. 3.025km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jul 8, 9:01 PM GMT-7 · 26739 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
29. 2.513km NE of Grapevine, CAWed, Jul 8, 11:34 PM GMT-7 · 26738 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
30. 2.817km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jul 9, 2:10 AM GMT-7 · 26738 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
31. 2.925km SW of Bodfish, CAThu, Jul 9, 6:09 PM GMT-7 · 26738 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
32. 3.323km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jul 10, 2:32 PM GMT-7 · 26737 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
33. 2.817km WNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Jul 13, 12:50 AM GMT-7 · 26734 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
34. 2.613km NE of Tehachapi, CATue, Jul 14, 5:10 AM GMT-7 · 26733 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
35. 3.210km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jul 15, 12:13 PM GMT-7 · 26732 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
36. 2.913km W of Johannesburg, CAThu, Jul 16, 4:30 AM GMT-7 · 26731 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
37. 3.11km SW of Lebec, CAThu, Jul 16, 10:11 AM GMT-7 · 26731 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
38. 3.425km SW of Lamont, CAFri, Jul 17, 10:25 PM GMT-7 · 26729 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
39. 3.123km ENE of Maricopa, CAThu, Jul 23, 2:30 AM GMT-7 · 26724 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
40. 2.911km SE of Bodfish, CAFri, Jul 24, 6:54 AM GMT-7 · 26723 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
41. 3.27km SSE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Jul 25, 7:42 PM GMT-7 · 26722 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
42. 2.73km NNE of Grapevine, CASun, Jul 26, 5:41 AM GMT-7 · 26721 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
43. 2.916km ESE of Maricopa, CASun, Jul 26, 5:44 AM GMT-7 · 26721 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
44. 2.916km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CASun, Jul 26, 6:26 AM GMT-7 · 26721 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
45. 3.021km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Jul 26, 8:59 AM GMT-7 · 26721 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
46. 2.621km E of Maricopa, CASun, Jul 26, 6:24 PM GMT-7 · 26721 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
47. 3.418km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Jul 28, 10:09 AM GMT-7 · 26719 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
48. 3.224km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Jul 29, 7:02 AM GMT-7 · 26718 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
49. 3.518km NNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Jul 30, 4:58 AM GMT-7 · 26717 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
50. 3.024km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jul 30, 2:48 PM GMT-7 · 26717 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
51. 2.310km NE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Aug 1, 7:58 PM GMT-7 · 26715 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
52. 3.07km S of Arvin, CASat, Aug 1, 9:18 PM GMT-7 · 26714 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
53. 3.18km SW of Agua Dulce, CASat, Aug 1, 9:34 PM GMT-7 · 26714 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
54. 2.615km ESE of Bodfish, CASun, Aug 2, 6:53 AM GMT-7 · 26714 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
55. 2.17km ENE of Agua Dulce, CATue, Aug 4, 4:41 AM GMT-7 · 26712 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
56. 4.216km WNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Aug 5, 5:20 AM GMT-7 · 26711 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
57. 2.910km SSE of Arvin, CAWed, Aug 5, 3:18 PM GMT-7 · 26711 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
58. 2.923km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Aug 5, 4:51 PM GMT-7 · 26711 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
59. 4.319km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Aug 6, 4:20 AM GMT-7 · 26710 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
60. 3.811km NNE of Kernville, CATue, Aug 11, 11:33 AM GMT-7 · 26705 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 61.

Before

1. 1.88km N of Lake View Terrace, CAFri, Jun 12, 9:43 AM GMT-7 · 26765 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
2. 2.922km NE of Arvin, CAThu, Jun 11, 3:02 PM GMT-7 · 26766 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
3. 3.026km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Jun 10, 10:55 PM GMT-7 · 26766 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
4. 3.310km SW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jun 10, 5:10 AM GMT-7 · 26767 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
5. 2.912km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jun 10, 1:49 AM GMT-7 · 26767 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
6. 2.825km N of Tehachapi, CATue, Jun 9, 4:40 AM GMT-7 · 26768 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
7. 2.925km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Jun 8, 10:41 AM GMT-7 · 26769 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
8. 2.920km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, Jun 7, 1:08 PM GMT-7 · 26770 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
9. 2.921km ENE of Arvin, CASat, Jun 6, 1:47 AM GMT-7 · 26771 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
10. 3.46km NE of Grapevine, CAFri, Jun 5, 6:57 AM GMT-7 · 26772 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
11. 2.820km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jun 3, 5:23 PM GMT-7 · 26774 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
12. 3.412km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, Jun 1, 9:23 PM GMT-7 · 26775 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
13. 2.720km ENE of Arvin, CAMon, Jun 1, 1:02 PM GMT-7 · 26776 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
14. 3.38km W of Tehachapi, CASun, May 31, 1:38 PM GMT-7 · 26777 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
15. 2.816km WNW of Tehachapi, CASun, May 31, 2:21 AM GMT-7 · 26777 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
16. 3.112km N of Grapevine, CASun, May 31, 12:00 AM GMT-7 · 26777 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
17. 3.015km ENE of Maricopa, CASat, May 30, 2:37 PM GMT-7 · 26778 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
18. 2.924km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, May 30, 3:40 AM GMT-7 · 26778 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
19. 2.915km N of Grapevine, CASat, May 30, 2:57 AM GMT-7 · 26778 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
20. 3.713km N of Grapevine, CASat, May 30, 2:52 AM GMT-7 · 26778 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3304067. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC.