M2.6 earthquake 19km NW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

2.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Mon, Sep 26, 1955, 8:15 PM GMT-8

UTC

1955-09-27 04:15:03 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.260° N, 118.586° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.2 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

158°

Stations used

8

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast12 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast19 kmNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast41 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast138 kmNNW

After

1. 2.526km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Sep 28, 8:42 PM GMT-8 · 25932 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
2. 2.925km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Sep 28, 8:44 PM GMT-8 · 25932 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
3. 2.714km E of Arvin, CAFri, Sep 30, 3:19 AM GMT-8 · 25931 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
4. 2.815km ENE of Arvin, CASun, Oct 2, 8:54 AM GMT-8 · 25929 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
5. 3.619km SW of Lamont, CAThu, Oct 6, 2:19 AM GMT-8 · 25925 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
6. 2.817km SW of Lamont, CAThu, Oct 6, 2:31 PM GMT-8 · 25925 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
7. 2.513km NNE of Grapevine, CAFri, Oct 14, 4:59 PM GMT-8 · 25917 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
8. 2.94km NW of Wofford Heights, CAFri, Oct 21, 1:35 PM GMT-8 · 25910 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
9. 2.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Oct 21, 6:07 PM GMT-8 · 25909 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
10. 3.223km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Oct 25, 5:03 PM GMT-8 · 25906 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
11. 2.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Oct 28, 4:27 AM GMT-8 · 25903 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
12. 2.726km S of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 3, 12:39 AM GMT-8 · 25897 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
13. 2.718km NNE of Ojai, CASun, Nov 6, 1:33 PM GMT-8 · 25894 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
14. 3.021km SW of Lamont, CAWed, Nov 16, 5:28 AM GMT-8 · 25884 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
15. 3.06km W of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 18, 10:17 PM GMT-8 · 25881 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
16. 3.622km NE of Lamont, CAMon, Nov 21, 10:14 AM GMT-8 · 25879 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
17. 4.424km NE of Arvin, CAMon, Nov 21, 12:55 PM GMT-8 · 25879 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
18. 2.726km NNE of Arvin, CAMon, Nov 21, 1:18 PM GMT-8 · 25879 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
19. 3.84km WNW of Gorman, CATue, Nov 22, 6:22 AM GMT-8 · 25878 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
20. 3.824km SW of Bodfish, CATue, Nov 22, 1:38 PM GMT-8 · 25878 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
21. 3.022km SW of Bodfish, CATue, Nov 22, 6:37 PM GMT-8 · 25877 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
22. 2.724km SW of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 24, 11:14 PM GMT-8 · 25875 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away

Before

1. 2.514km NE of Arvin, CASat, Sep 24, 1:30 PM GMT-7 · 25937 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
2. 2.812km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Sep 24, 1:35 AM GMT-7 · 25937 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
3. 2.821km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Sep 22, 12:23 AM GMT-7 · 25939 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
4. 2.627km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Sep 18, 10:30 PM GMT-7 · 25942 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
5. 2.825km NE of Lamont, CASun, Sep 18, 3:43 AM GMT-7 · 25943 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
6. 1.921km NNE of Arvin, CASun, Sep 18, 3:43 AM GMT-7 · 25943 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
7. 2.822km NNE of Arvin, CAThu, Sep 15, 3:19 PM GMT-7 · 25946 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
8. 3.123km NNE of Arvin, CAThu, Sep 15, 4:21 AM GMT-7 · 25946 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
9. 2.825km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Sep 10, 7:19 PM GMT-7 · 25950 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
10. 2.926km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Sep 8, 11:36 PM GMT-7 · 25952 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
11. 3.922km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 6, 1:10 PM GMT-7 · 25955 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3297293. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:21 PM UTC.