M3.0 earthquake 26km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 26km NNW of Tehachapi, CA on Tue, Jan 27, 1976, 7:05 AM PST (15:05 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 10km S of Little Lake, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-01-27 15:05:07 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.355° N, 118.545° 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.
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.713km S of Little Lake, CA · 18501 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.310km S of Little Lake, CA · 18501 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.015km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 18499 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.916km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 18483 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.48km NE of Oildale, CA · 18482 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.110km NNW of Piru, CA · 18482 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.319km NW of Grapevine, CA · 18477 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.226km SW of Bodfish, CA · 18474 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.214km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 18471 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.425km S of Bodfish, CA · 18471 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.013km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 18470 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.513km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 18468 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.05km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 18467 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.218km NNW of Kernville, CA · 18467 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.314km N of Kernville, CA · 18467 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.917km E of Arvin, CA · 18466 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.024km N of California City, CA · 18464 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.48km S of Lamont, CA · 18464 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.312km SE of Little Lake, CA · 18464 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.04km WSW of Lamont, CA · 18464 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.35km SSE of Lamont, CA · 18464 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.217km NNE of Kernville, CA · 18463 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.013km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 18462 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.215km E of Lake Isabella, CA · 18462 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.915km E of Lake Isabella, CA · 18461 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.024km NE of Arvin, CA · 18459 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.324km S of Bodfish, CA · 18459 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.17km ESE of Coso Junction, CA · 18455 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.420km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 18451 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.322km N of Tehachapi, CA · 18451 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.87km NW of Wofford Heights, CA · 18448 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.622km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 18447 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.213km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 18445 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.818km E of Arvin, CA · 18445 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.76km NW of Lake Isabella, CA · 18444 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.325km E of Oildale, CA · 18444 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3001902. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC.