M2.9 earthquake 10km W of Tehachapi, CA
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 10km W of Tehachapi, CA on Mon, Apr 29, 1968, 10:25 AM GMT-7 (17:25 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 23km NNW of Tehachapi, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1968-04-29 17:25:13 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.139° N, 118.557° 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, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.219km NW of Grapevine, CA · 21326 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.120km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 21313 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.718km ENE of Arvin, CA · 21313 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.63km SSE of Valencia, CA · 21310 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.923km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 21306 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 21305 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.216km SSW of Neenach, CA · 21297 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.218km W of Johannesburg, CA · 21291 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.318km W of Johannesburg, CA · 21291 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.725km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 21286 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3328969. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.