M2.6 earthquake 10km SE of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

2.6 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sun, Jan 20, 1974, 9:52 PM PDT

UTC

1974-01-21 04:52:49 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.077° N, 118.367° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.3 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

140°

Stations used

10

• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast10 kmSE
• Lancaster, CaliforniaPopulation 161,103. Forecast47 kmNNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast114 kmN

After

1. 1.77km NE of Fillmore, CAMon, Jan 21, 11:35 AM PDT · 19246 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
2. 1.76km NNW of Pacoima, CAMon, Jan 21, 9:57 PM PDT · 19246 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
3. 1.710km ESE of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jan 22, 12:07 PM PDT · 19245 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
4. 4.017km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 23, 10:02 PM PDT · 19244 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
5. 2.517km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jan 23, 10:15 PM PDT · 19244 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
6. 1.76km N of Sunland, CAThu, Jan 24, 6:04 PM PDT · 19243 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
7. 1.78km N of Lake View Terrace, CASun, Jan 27, 12:43 AM PDT · 19240 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
8. 1.56km E of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jan 29, 2:06 AM PDT · 19238 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
9. 2.33km SSE of Pearblossum, CAWed, Jan 30, 6:43 PM PDT · 19237 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
10. 1.74km NE of Lake View Terrace, CAWed, Jan 30, 11:27 PM PDT · 19236 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
11. 1.810km E of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Feb 1, 1:09 AM PDT · 19235 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
12. 2.422km E of Maricopa, CAFri, Feb 1, 12:21 PM PDT · 19235 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
13. 2.525km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Feb 1, 4:25 PM PDT · 19235 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
14. 3.023km S of Bodfish, CASat, Feb 2, 2:39 AM PDT · 19234 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
15. 1.75km E of Santa Clarita, CASun, Feb 3, 2:51 AM PDT · 19233 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
16. 1.710km E of Santa Clarita, CASun, Feb 3, 7:24 AM PDT · 19233 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
17. 1.69km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CAWed, Feb 6, 11:26 PM PDT · 19229 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
18. 2.421km E of Lake Isabella, CAThu, Feb 7, 12:36 AM PDT · 19229 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
19. 1.710km E of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Feb 8, 3:45 AM PDT · 19228 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
20. 1.76km NNW of Pacoima, CAFri, Feb 8, 6:27 PM PDT · 19228 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
21. 1.72km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CAMon, Feb 11, 6:02 AM PDT · 19225 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
22. 2.18km N of Lake View Terrace, CAMon, Feb 11, 11:39 AM PDT · 19225 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
23. 2.511km NW of Fillmore, CAThu, Feb 14, 5:33 AM PDT · 19222 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
24. 3.49km SSW of Agua Dulce, CAFri, Feb 15, 7:44 AM PDT · 19221 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
25. 2.69km SSW of Agua Dulce, CAFri, Feb 15, 7:45 AM PDT · 19221 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
26. 1.711km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Feb 15, 6:22 PM PDT · 19221 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
27. 1.711km ESE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Feb 16, 10:24 PM PDT · 19219 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
28. 1.78km N of Lake View Terrace, CAMon, Feb 18, 1:14 AM PDT · 19218 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
29. 1.910km E of Santa Clarita, CASun, Feb 24, 10:20 PM PDT · 19211 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
30. 2.78km SE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Feb 25, 8:47 AM PDT · 19211 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
31. 2.08km N of Pacoima, CAMon, Feb 25, 8:49 AM PDT · 19211 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
32. 2.18km SE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Feb 25, 9:05 AM PDT · 19211 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
33. 1.65km SE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Feb 25, 10:35 AM PDT · 19211 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
34. 2.09km SE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Feb 25, 1:33 PM PDT · 19211 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
35. 1.88km N of Pacoima, CAMon, Feb 25, 1:45 PM PDT · 19211 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
36. 1.79km SE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Feb 25, 10:33 PM PDT · 19210 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
37. 1.510km ESE of Santa Clarita, CATue, Feb 26, 9:36 AM PDT · 19210 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
38. 2.87km SSW of Santa Clarita, CASun, Mar 3, 9:29 AM PDT · 19205 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
39. 2.06km N of Granada Hills, CASun, Mar 3, 5:34 PM PDT · 19205 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
40. 2.08km S of Santa Clarita, CASun, Mar 3, 5:41 PM PDT · 19205 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
41. 1.68km N of Granada Hills, CAMon, Mar 4, 2:05 AM PDT · 19204 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
42. 1.79km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CAMon, Mar 4, 10:30 PM PDT · 19203 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
43. 1.87km SE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Mar 6, 7:23 AM PDT · 19202 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
44. 2.07km NNW of Pacoima, CAWed, Mar 6, 7:23 AM PDT · 19202 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
45. 2.48km N of Pacoima, CAWed, Mar 6, 7:37 AM PDT · 19202 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
46. 2.16km SE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Mar 6, 7:52 AM PDT · 19202 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
47. 2.26km N of Pacoima, CAWed, Mar 6, 10:02 AM PDT · 19202 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
48. 2.68km SE of Santa Clarita, CAThu, Mar 7, 1:00 PM PDT · 19201 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
49. 1.79km N of Pacoima, CAFri, Mar 8, 11:01 AM PDT · 19200 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
50. 2.88km SE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Mar 8, 11:02 AM PDT · 19200 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
51. 2.07km NNE of Pacoima, CAFri, Mar 8, 2:04 PM PDT · 19200 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
52. 3.69km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Mar 8, 5:54 PM PDT · 19200 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
53. 4.412km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Mar 8, 5:54 PM PDT · 19200 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
54. 1.79km SE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Mar 8, 6:02 PM PDT · 19200 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
55. 1.78km SE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Mar 8, 6:03 PM PDT · 19200 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
56. 2.69km N of Pacoima, CAFri, Mar 8, 6:04 PM PDT · 19200 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
57. 1.710km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Mar 8, 6:07 PM PDT · 19200 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
58. 1.58km N of Pacoima, CAFri, Mar 8, 6:10 PM PDT · 19200 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
59. 1.79km SE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Mar 8, 6:10 PM PDT · 19200 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
60. 2.05km N of Pacoima, CAFri, Mar 8, 6:11 PM PDT · 19200 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 86.

Before

1. 2.724km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, Jan 14, 6:46 AM PDT · 19253 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
2. 1.510km S of Agua Dulce, CAFri, Jan 11, 3:35 PM PDT · 19256 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
3. 1.76km SW of Valencia, CATue, Jan 8, 11:57 PM PDT · 19258 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
4. 2.17km ESE of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jan 8, 10:52 PM PDT · 19258 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
5. 1.74km N of North Hollywood, CASun, Jan 6, 1:28 AM PST · 19261 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
6. 2.16km N of Pacoima, CAThu, Jan 3, 6:39 PM PST · 19264 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
7. 1.81km ESE of San Fernando, CAWed, Jan 2, 3:32 AM PST · 19265 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
8. 1.79km E of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Jan 2, 2:27 AM PST · 19265 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
9. 2.419km W of Little Lake, CAMon, Dec 31, 7:22 PM PST · 19267 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
10. 1.78km S of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Dec 31, 9:22 AM PST · 19267 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
11. 3.413km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 31, 6:00 AM PST · 19267 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
12. 2.14km S of Valencia, CAWed, Dec 26, 2:23 AM PST · 19272 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
13. 2.23km NW of Northridge, CATue, Dec 25, 9:00 AM PST · 19273 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
14. 2.58km SSW of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Dec 24, 10:09 PM PST · 19273 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
15. 1.912km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CAMon, Dec 24, 11:00 AM PST · 19274 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
16. 2.113km S of Llano, CAMon, Dec 24, 8:43 AM PST · 19274 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
17. 2.34km W of Northridge, CASun, Dec 23, 10:23 PM PST · 19274 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
18. 2.510km S of Agua Dulce, CASun, Dec 23, 9:53 PM PST · 19274 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3318562. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:47 PM UTC.