M2.3 earthquake 24km WSW of Tehachapi, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 24km WSW of Tehachapi, CA on Mon, Jun 28, 1965, 11:57 PM GMT-7 (06:57 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 11km NE of Valencia, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1965-06-29 06:57:49 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.036° N, 118.679° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.01
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.812km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 22371 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.111km NE of Valencia, CA · 22354 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.013km ENE of Grapevine, CA · 22343 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.720km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 22343 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.220km SW of Bodfish, CA · 22316 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 3.014km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 22371 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.816km SE of Bodfish, CA · 22374 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.616km N of Grapevine, CA · 22376 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.914km N of Grapevine, CA · 22376 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.613km S of Tehachapi, CA · 22393 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3330558. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.