M1.6 earthquake 17km WNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.6 (mh), micro

Local time

Thu, Nov 17, 1977, 8:18 PM PST

UTC

1977-11-18 04:18:29 UTC

Depth

9.4 km (5.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.184° N, 118.620° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

157°

Stations used

7

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast3 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast17 kmWNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast42 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast131 kmNNW

After

1. 1.616km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 18, 2:48 AM PST · 17840 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
2. 1.624km S of Bodfish, CAFri, Nov 18, 1:42 PM PST · 17840 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
3. 1.78km E of Santa Clarita, CASat, Nov 19, 2:54 AM PST · 17839 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
4. 1.924km S of Bodfish, CASat, Nov 19, 5:23 AM PST · 17839 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
5. 1.716km SW of Arvin, CASun, Nov 20, 6:41 AM PST · 17838 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
6. 1.611km ESE of Piru, CASun, Nov 20, 2:26 PM PST · 17838 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
7. 1.719km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Nov 21, 10:13 AM PST · 17837 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
8. 2.923km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 23, 6:58 AM PST · 17835 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
9. 1.823km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 23, 8:54 AM PST · 17835 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
10. 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Nov 24, 12:35 AM PST · 17834 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
11. 1.58km ENE of Lebec, CAThu, Nov 24, 2:02 PM PST · 17834 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
12. 1.713km SW of Gorman, CAMon, Nov 28, 12:48 AM PST · 17830 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
13. 1.913km WNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Nov 28, 5:34 PM PST · 17829 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
14. 1.68km NE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Nov 28, 8:34 PM PST · 17829 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
15. 1.720km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Dec 1, 2:27 AM PST · 17827 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
16. 1.83km S of Valencia, CASun, Dec 4, 7:15 AM PST · 17824 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
17. 1.88km NE of Grapevine, CATue, Dec 6, 12:42 AM PST · 17822 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
18. 2.310km N of Santa Paula, CAWed, Dec 7, 7:49 PM PST · 17820 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
19. 1.611km WNW of Mojave, CAFri, Dec 9, 8:51 AM PST · 17819 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
20. 1.99km SW of Agua Dulce, CASat, Dec 10, 11:57 AM PST · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
21. 1.826km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 10, 5:11 PM PST · 17817 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
22. 2.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Dec 11, 9:10 AM PST · 17817 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
23. 1.76km WNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 12, 9:19 PM PST · 17815 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
24. 1.55km E of Piru, CATue, Dec 13, 3:29 AM PST · 17815 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
25. 2.020km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Dec 14, 2:51 PM PST · 17814 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
26. 2.116km ESE of Maricopa, CAThu, Dec 15, 1:32 AM PST · 17813 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
27. 1.510km NNE of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Dec 16, 6:41 PM PST · 17811 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
28. 2.524km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Dec 20, 2:11 AM PST · 17808 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
29. 1.720km SW of Lamont, CAThu, Dec 22, 8:07 PM PST · 17805 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
30. 1.612km ESE of Piru, CAFri, Dec 23, 4:13 PM PST · 17804 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
31. 1.511km SW of Valencia, CAFri, Dec 23, 5:34 PM PST · 17804 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
32. 2.012km ESE of Piru, CASat, Dec 24, 2:10 AM PST · 17804 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
33. 2.214km ENE of Ojai, CASat, Dec 24, 8:23 PM PST · 17803 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
34. 1.925km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 26, 4:08 AM PST · 17802 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
35. 1.515km WNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Dec 31, 10:43 AM PST · 17797 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
36. 1.719km SSW of Lamont, CASun, Jan 1, 1:49 AM PST · 17796 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
37. 1.912km SSW of Agua Dulce, CATue, Jan 3, 4:13 AM PST · 17794 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
38. 1.67km NNW of Pacoima, CAWed, Jan 4, 9:12 AM PST · 17793 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
39. 2.78km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Jan 4, 12:50 PM PST · 17793 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
40. 1.59km SSW of Agua Dulce, CAWed, Jan 4, 8:02 PM PST · 17792 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
41. 1.87km ESE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Jan 7, 8:43 PM PST · 17789 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
42. 2.07km ESE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Jan 7, 9:07 PM PST · 17789 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
43. 2.07km ESE of Santa Clarita, CASun, Jan 8, 12:10 PM PST · 17789 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
44. 2.122km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Jan 8, 7:46 PM PST · 17788 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
45. 2.27km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Jan 9, 11:53 AM PST · 17788 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
46. 2.510km E of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jan 10, 11:39 AM PST · 17787 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
47. 1.917km ESE of Maricopa, CASat, Jan 14, 5:12 AM PST · 17783 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
48. 3.417km SW of Little Lake, CASun, Jan 15, 1:47 AM PST · 17782 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away

Before

1. 1.923km S of Bodfish, CAThu, Nov 17, 6:36 AM PST · 17841 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
2. 1.51km NE of Castaic, CAThu, Nov 17, 12:47 AM PST · 17841 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
3. 1.724km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 16, 7:56 PM PST · 17841 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
4. 1.723km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 16, 6:06 PM PST · 17841 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
5. 1.77km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Nov 16, 4:25 PM PST · 17841 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
6. 1.815km ESE of Kernville, CAWed, Nov 16, 4:10 PM PST · 17841 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
7. 1.611km NNW of Fillmore, CAWed, Nov 16, 2:03 AM PST · 17842 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
8. 2.924km S of Bodfish, CATue, Nov 15, 10:56 AM PST · 17843 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
9. 1.910km NNE of Piru, CASun, Nov 13, 5:09 PM PST · 17844 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
10. 2.124km NNE of California City, CASat, Nov 12, 10:07 AM PST · 17846 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
11. 2.025km N of California City, CASat, Nov 12, 9:18 AM PST · 17846 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
12. 2.57km ESE of Wofford Heights, CAFri, Nov 11, 10:09 PM PST · 17846 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
13. 2.019km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAThu, Nov 10, 7:38 PM PST · 17847 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
14. 1.819km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAThu, Nov 10, 7:26 PM PST · 17847 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
15. 2.320km WNW of Johannesburg, CAThu, Nov 10, 2:37 AM PST · 17848 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
16. 1.818km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Nov 8, 10:21 PM PST · 17849 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
17. 2.26km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Nov 8, 9:00 PM PST · 17849 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
18. 1.55km SW of Grapevine, CAMon, Nov 7, 5:27 PM PST · 17850 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
19. 1.59km SSW of Agua Dulce, CAMon, Nov 7, 4:50 PM PST · 17850 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
20. 1.514km W of Mojave, CASat, Nov 5, 7:11 PM PST · 17852 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3336374. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.