M3.1 earthquake 17km W of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

3.1 (ml), minor

Local time

Sun, Jun 13, 1971, 10:53 AM PDT

UTC

1971-06-13 17:53:38 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.121° N, 118.633° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.1 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

183°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

10

• Stallion Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 2,488. Forecast4 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast17 kmW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast45 kmSE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast124 kmNNW

After

1. 3.515km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Jun 15, 9:26 AM PDT · 20194 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
2. 2.85km N of Pacoima, CAFri, Jun 18, 4:00 AM PDT · 20192 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
3. 2.52km E of Northridge, CASun, Jun 20, 2:17 PM PDT · 20189 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
4. 3.94km NNW of Pacoima, CAMon, Jun 21, 9:01 AM PDT · 20188 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
5. 2.71km ESE of Northridge, CAMon, Jun 21, 11:27 AM PDT · 20188 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
6. 2.73km NNW of Lake View Terrace, CAMon, Jun 21, 6:15 PM PDT · 20188 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
7. 2.89km SSW of Agua Dulce, CATue, Jun 22, 2:53 AM PDT · 20188 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
8. 2.410km N of Chatsworth, CATue, Jun 22, 7:09 AM PDT · 20188 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
9. 2.72km NE of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jun 22, 4:58 PM PDT · 20187 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
10. 2.72km NNE of Granada Hills, CAThu, Jun 24, 3:22 AM PDT · 20186 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
11. 2.72km WNW of Pacoima, CAThu, Jun 24, 6:58 AM PDT · 20186 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
12. 2.48km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CAThu, Jun 24, 2:04 PM PDT · 20185 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
13. 2.39km SE of Santa Clarita, CAThu, Jun 24, 2:37 PM PDT · 20185 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
14. 2.54km E of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Jun 25, 6:10 PM PDT · 20184 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
15. 2.42km WNW of Pacoima, CAFri, Jun 25, 6:44 PM PDT · 20184 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
16. 3.09km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CASat, Jun 26, 2:20 PM PDT · 20183 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
17. 2.512km ESE of Santa Clarita, CASun, Jun 27, 6:47 PM PDT · 20182 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
18. 3.12km ENE of Lake View Terrace, CAWed, Jun 30, 1:19 PM PDT · 20179 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
19. 2.925km N of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jul 2, 7:53 AM PDT · 20178 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
20. 2.72km ENE of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jul 6, 4:47 AM PDT · 20174 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
21. 2.211km SSW of Agua Dulce, CATue, Jul 6, 6:07 AM PDT · 20174 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
22. 2.96km SE of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jul 6, 4:34 PM PDT · 20173 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
23. 2.84km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Jul 7, 3:45 PM PDT · 20172 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
24. 2.98km N of Pacoima, CAFri, Jul 9, 7:06 PM PDT · 20170 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
25. 3.09km S of Agua Dulce, CAWed, Jul 14, 9:26 AM PDT · 20165 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
26. 2.111km N of Lake View Terrace, CASun, Jul 18, 5:13 AM PDT · 20162 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
27. 2.922km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Jul 19, 5:13 AM PDT · 20161 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
28. 2.121km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Jul 19, 5:43 AM PDT · 20161 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
29. 2.811km NNE of Pacoima, CAMon, Jul 19, 6:43 AM PDT · 20161 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
30. 2.98km NNE of Pacoima, CAWed, Jul 21, 6:02 PM PDT · 20158 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
31. 3.37km ENE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Jul 21, 8:18 PM PDT · 20158 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
32. 2.79km WNW of Boron, CAWed, Jul 21, 11:04 PM PDT · 20158 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
33. 2.95km NE of Lake View Terrace, CAFri, Jul 23, 3:38 AM PDT · 20157 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
34. 2.58km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Jul 23, 12:35 PM PDT · 20156 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
35. 2.811km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Jul 23, 5:59 PM PDT · 20156 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
36. 3.125km SW of Little Lake, CASat, Jul 24, 1:09 AM PDT · 20156 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
37. 3.019km SSW of Little Lake, CASat, Jul 24, 7:55 AM PDT · 20155 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
38. 2.526km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Jul 24, 8:05 AM PDT · 20155 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
39. 2.12km SE of Lake View Terrace, CAMon, Jul 26, 2:46 AM PDT · 20154 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
40. 2.36km S of Santa Clarita, CASun, Aug 1, 1:40 AM PDT · 20148 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
41. 2.99km NNW of Lake View Terrace, CAWed, Aug 4, 3:46 AM PDT · 20145 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
42. 3.07km E of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Aug 6, 12:58 AM PDT · 20143 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
43. 3.27km E of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Aug 6, 9:28 PM PDT · 20142 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away

Before

1. 2.33km NE of Lake View Terrace, CAFri, Jun 11, 7:29 AM PDT · 20199 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
2. 3.09km NE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Jun 7, 11:15 PM PDT · 20202 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
3. 2.96km NE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Jun 7, 11:11 PM PDT · 20202 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
4. 2.511km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAThu, Jun 3, 8:40 PM PDT · 20206 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
5. 2.37km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAThu, Jun 3, 7:34 PM PDT · 20206 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
6. 2.98km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAThu, Jun 3, 6:26 AM PDT · 20207 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
7. 2.85km WSW of Agua Dulce, CAWed, Jun 2, 11:59 PM PDT · 20207 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
8. 3.38km NE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Jun 2, 11:58 PM PDT · 20207 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
9. 3.57km NW of Pacoima, CAWed, Jun 2, 4:52 AM PDT · 20208 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
10. 3.69km SW of Agua Dulce, CATue, Jun 1, 2:25 AM PDT · 20209 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
11. 2.56km S of Santa Clarita, CAMon, May 31, 8:59 AM PDT · 20209 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
12. 3.312km NNE of Sunland, CAFri, May 28, 8:18 PM PDT · 20212 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
13. 2.412km NNW of Boron, CAFri, May 28, 8:09 PM PDT · 20212 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
14. 3.68km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, May 24, 5:37 AM PDT · 20217 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
15. 2.56km ESE of Santa Clarita, CATue, May 18, 9:50 PM PDT · 20222 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
16. 2.64km NNW of Lake View Terrace, CATue, May 18, 9:16 PM PDT · 20222 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
17. 2.19km NNW of Lake View Terrace, CATue, May 18, 2:06 PM PDT · 20222 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
18. 3.310km E of Santa Clarita, CATue, May 18, 6:16 AM PDT · 20223 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
19. 2.72km ESE of Santa Clarita, CATue, May 18, 1:25 AM PDT · 20223 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
20. 2.94km NNW of Pacoima, CAMon, May 17, 1:13 AM PDT · 20224 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3322459. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.