M2.6 earthquake 6km SSW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

2.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Wed, May 5, 1954, 10:49 PM GMT-7

UTC

1954-05-06 05:49:07 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.085° N, 118.471° 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

±0.30

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

78°

Stations used

10

• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast6 kmSSW
• Lancaster, CaliforniaPopulation 161,103. Forecast53 kmNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast117 kmN

After

1. 2.923km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, May 5, 10:53 PM GMT-7 · 26444 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
2. 3.118km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, May 6, 8:51 AM GMT-7 · 26443 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
3. 2.821km SW of Lamont, CASat, May 8, 12:14 PM GMT-7 · 26441 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
4. 3.414km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASun, May 9, 2:36 PM GMT-7 · 26440 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
5. 2.919km WNW of Grapevine, CASun, May 9, 3:37 PM GMT-7 · 26440 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
6. 3.08km SE of Bodfish, CASun, May 9, 8:48 PM GMT-7 · 26440 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
7. 2.924km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, May 10, 7:30 PM GMT-7 · 26439 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
8. 2.813km SE of Arvin, CAMon, May 10, 7:46 PM GMT-7 · 26439 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
9. 3.824km ENE of Arvin, CAMon, May 10, 9:12 PM GMT-7 · 26439 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
10. 3.314km NW of Tehachapi, CAMon, May 10, 11:51 PM GMT-7 · 26439 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
11. 3.225km SW of Bodfish, CATue, May 11, 1:00 PM GMT-7 · 26438 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
12. 2.622km ENE of Arvin, CAWed, May 12, 6:08 AM GMT-7 · 26437 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
13. 2.821km SW of Bodfish, CAWed, May 12, 11:24 AM GMT-7 · 26437 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
14. 2.725km WSW of Bodfish, CAWed, May 12, 11:47 AM GMT-7 · 26437 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
15. 3.526km SW of Bodfish, CAWed, May 12, 1:37 PM GMT-7 · 26437 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
16. 2.823km SW of Bodfish, CAThu, May 13, 1:58 AM GMT-7 · 26437 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
17. 3.526km NE of Lamont, CAThu, May 13, 3:05 AM GMT-7 · 26436 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
18. 3.225km SW of Bodfish, CAThu, May 13, 4:18 AM GMT-7 · 26436 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
19. 3.024km S of Bodfish, CASun, May 16, 1:18 AM GMT-7 · 26434 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
20. 3.020km NNW of Grapevine, CASun, May 16, 6:46 PM GMT-7 · 26433 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
21. 3.023km ENE of Arvin, CASun, May 16, 10:58 PM GMT-7 · 26433 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
22. 2.514km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, May 17, 6:16 AM GMT-7 · 26432 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
23. 2.818km W of Tehachapi, CATue, May 18, 1:05 AM GMT-7 · 26432 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
24. 2.825km SSW of Bodfish, CAFri, May 21, 11:24 PM GMT-7 · 26428 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
25. 2.923km S of Bodfish, CASat, May 22, 1:18 PM GMT-7 · 26427 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
26. 5.07km WNW of Grapevine, CASun, May 23, 4:52 PM GMT-7 · 26426 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
27. 2.816km NNW of Grapevine, CAMon, May 24, 1:57 AM GMT-7 · 26426 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
28. 3.72km W of Bodfish, CATue, May 25, 3:48 AM GMT-7 · 26424 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
29. 2.616km SW of Arvin, CAThu, May 27, 2:33 PM GMT-7 · 26422 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
30. 3.020km SW of Lamont, CATue, Jun 1, 2:53 AM GMT-7 · 26417 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
31. 2.827km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jun 4, 2:25 PM GMT-7 · 26414 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
32. 2.722km SW of Bodfish, CAMon, Jun 7, 1:58 PM GMT-7 · 26411 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
33. 3.524km NE of Arvin, CATue, Jun 8, 3:57 AM GMT-7 · 26410 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
34. 3.924km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Jun 9, 9:23 PM GMT-7 · 26409 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
35. 3.024km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Jun 9, 9:33 PM GMT-7 · 26409 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
36. 2.822km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Jun 9, 9:34 PM GMT-7 · 26409 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
37. 2.823km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Jun 12, 4:46 AM GMT-7 · 26406 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
38. 2.69km SSW of Arvin, CASat, Jun 12, 8:04 AM GMT-7 · 26406 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
39. 2.721km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Jun 14, 6:27 AM GMT-7 · 26404 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
40. 3.522km ENE of Grapevine, CAThu, Jun 17, 7:23 AM GMT-7 · 26401 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
41. 2.722km S of Bodfish, CAThu, Jun 17, 9:02 AM GMT-7 · 26401 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
42. 2.426km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Jun 19, 2:37 PM GMT-7 · 26399 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
43. 2.815km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jun 24, 2:36 AM GMT-7 · 26394 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
44. 2.512km WNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jun 25, 5:25 PM GMT-7 · 26393 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
45. 2.821km SSE of Arvin, CAFri, Jun 25, 9:47 PM GMT-7 · 26393 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
46. 2.13km NNE of North Hollywood, CASun, Jun 27, 6:08 PM GMT-7 · 26391 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
47. 3.77km N of Arvin, CASun, Jul 4, 12:13 PM GMT-7 · 26384 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away

Before

1. 3.621km SW of Lamont, CAWed, May 5, 8:01 PM GMT-7 · 26444 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
2. 2.817km SW of Lamont, CAWed, May 5, 3:20 PM GMT-7 · 26444 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
3. 3.024km SW of Bodfish, CATue, May 4, 6:54 PM GMT-7 · 26445 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
4. 2.926km SW of Bodfish, CATue, May 4, 6:54 PM GMT-7 · 26445 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
5. 2.610km NNE of Grapevine, CAMon, May 3, 5:06 AM GMT-7 · 26446 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
6. 3.026km NE of Arvin, CASun, May 2, 10:07 PM GMT-7 · 26447 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
7. 3.517km SSW of Lamont, CASun, May 2, 9:08 PM GMT-7 · 26447 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
8. 4.123km SW of Bodfish, CASat, May 1, 3:04 PM GMT-7 · 26448 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
9. 2.823km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Apr 27, 1:14 AM GMT-7 · 26453 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
10. 3.412km WNW of Grapevine, CASun, Apr 25, 11:52 AM GMT-7 · 26454 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
11. 2.521km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Apr 25, 5:38 AM GMT-7 · 26454 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
12. 2.819km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Apr 23, 8:00 AM GMT-8 · 26456 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
13. 2.912km W of Grapevine, CASun, Apr 18, 7:54 PM GMT-8 · 26461 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
14. 3.014km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Apr 14, 12:28 AM GMT-8 · 26466 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
15. 2.822km SW of Bodfish, CATue, Apr 13, 5:25 AM GMT-8 · 26466 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
16. 3.512km W of Grapevine, CAMon, Apr 12, 7:03 PM GMT-8 · 26467 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
17. 3.817km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Apr 9, 9:18 PM GMT-8 · 26470 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
18. 2.021km WSW of Bodfish, CAFri, Apr 9, 4:01 AM GMT-8 · 26470 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
19. 3.220km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAThu, Apr 8, 2:19 PM GMT-8 · 26471 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
20. 2.925km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Apr 8, 10:31 AM GMT-8 · 26471 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3299873. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC.