M3.3 earthquake 15km ESE of Arvin, CA

Magnitude

3.3 (ml), minor

Local time

Sat, Feb 12, 1955, 5:52 AM GMT-8

UTC

1955-02-12 13:52:47 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.168° N, 118.671° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.11

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

106°

Stations used

9

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast4 kmWNW
• Arvin, CaliforniaPopulation 20,876. Forecast15 kmESE
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast39 kmSE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast130 kmNNW

After

1. 3.419km N of Tehachapi, CASat, Feb 12, 7:49 PM GMT-8 · 26155 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
2. 2.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Feb 12, 9:05 PM GMT-8 · 26155 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
3. 3.122km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Feb 20, 9:54 AM GMT-8 · 26147 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
4. 3.08km WNW of Grapevine, CASat, Feb 26, 11:40 AM GMT-8 · 26141 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
5. 3.621km ENE of Arvin, CATue, Mar 1, 2:38 PM GMT-8 · 26138 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
6. 2.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Mar 2, 1:56 PM GMT-8 · 26137 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
7. 2.814km SSW of Lamont, CAMon, Mar 7, 1:29 AM GMT-8 · 26133 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
8. 2.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Mar 7, 4:27 AM GMT-8 · 26132 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
9. 2.724km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Mar 9, 2:48 AM GMT-8 · 26131 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
10. 2.825km S of Bodfish, CAThu, Mar 10, 3:45 AM GMT-8 · 26129 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
11. 3.323km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Mar 18, 7:20 PM GMT-8 · 26121 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
12. 2.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Mar 18, 10:30 PM GMT-8 · 26121 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
13. 2.112km NE of Arvin, CASat, Apr 2, 12:27 PM GMT-8 · 26106 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
14. 2.818km SW of Arvin, CASat, Apr 2, 12:28 PM GMT-8 · 26106 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
15. 3.225km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Apr 6, 2:13 AM GMT-8 · 26103 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
16. 2.918km SW of Lamont, CAWed, Apr 6, 12:28 PM GMT-8 · 26102 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
17. 3.16km WSW of Tehachapi, CASun, Apr 10, 11:39 AM GMT-8 · 26098 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away

Before

1. 2.814km N of Grapevine, CASat, Feb 12, 3:34 AM GMT-8 · 26155 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
2. 2.524km S of Bodfish, CAFri, Feb 11, 8:14 PM GMT-8 · 26156 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
3. 3.023km NE of Arvin, CAFri, Feb 11, 2:25 PM GMT-8 · 26156 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
4. 2.422km N of Tehachapi, CAFri, Feb 11, 2:13 PM GMT-8 · 26156 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
5. 4.426km NE of Arvin, CAFri, Feb 11, 11:44 AM GMT-8 · 26156 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
6. 2.923km NE of Arvin, CAThu, Feb 10, 1:15 PM GMT-8 · 26157 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
7. 2.723km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Feb 10, 11:22 AM GMT-8 · 26157 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
8. 2.822km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 9, 7:51 AM GMT-8 · 26158 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
9. 2.820km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Feb 8, 8:01 AM GMT-8 · 26159 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
10. 3.08km W of Bodfish, CAThu, Feb 3, 1:29 PM GMT-8 · 26164 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
11. 3.027km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 2, 1:27 PM GMT-8 · 26165 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
12. 2.817km W of Tehachapi, CAMon, Jan 31, 1:41 AM GMT-8 · 26168 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
13. 3.125km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Jan 26, 9:16 AM GMT-8 · 26172 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
14. 2.87km SW of Arvin, CASat, Jan 22, 4:09 PM GMT-8 · 26176 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
15. 2.925km NE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 22, 12:24 PM GMT-8 · 26176 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
16. 3.024km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jan 21, 4:02 AM GMT-8 · 26177 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
17. 2.518km NNW of Grapevine, CASat, Jan 15, 8:58 PM GMT-8 · 26183 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
18. 3.515km N of Grapevine, CASat, Jan 15, 8:51 PM GMT-8 · 26183 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
19. 3.54km W of Grapevine, CAFri, Jan 14, 7:03 PM GMT-8 · 26184 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
20. 4.36km WNW of Grapevine, CAFri, Jan 14, 5:03 PM GMT-8 · 26184 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3297724. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC.