M1.9 earthquake 22km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (mh), micro

Local time

Wed, Oct 18, 1978, 12:16 PM PDT

UTC

1978-10-18 19:16:45 UTC

Depth

5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.309° N, 118.563° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.7 km horizontally, 19.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.29

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

158°

Stations used

5

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast18 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast22 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast42 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast143 kmNNW

After

1. 1.610km WNW of Bodfish, CAThu, Oct 19, 5:12 AM PDT · 17511 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
2. 2.414km E of Lake Isabella, CAFri, Oct 20, 7:49 PM PDT · 17509 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
3. 2.012km ESE of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 21, 3:45 PM PDT · 17508 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
4. 1.810km S of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 21, 6:32 PM PDT · 17508 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
5. 1.812km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 21, 8:33 PM PDT · 17508 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
6. 2.012km E of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 21, 9:15 PM PDT · 17508 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
7. 2.111km E of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 21, 9:31 PM PDT · 17508 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
8. 2.43km S of Frazier Park, CASun, Oct 22, 9:03 AM PDT · 17507 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
9. 1.814km NNE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Oct 22, 10:25 AM PDT · 17507 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
10. 2.015km ENE of Boron, CAThu, Oct 26, 3:43 AM PDT · 17504 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
11. 2.514km WNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Oct 26, 11:50 AM PDT · 17503 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
12. 2.118km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Oct 27, 10:03 AM PDT · 17502 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
13. 1.917km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 28, 2:03 AM PDT · 17502 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
14. 2.019km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Oct 28, 2:28 AM PDT · 17502 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
15. 1.79km SW of Grapevine, CASat, Oct 28, 2:42 PM PDT · 17501 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
16. 1.97km WNW of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 28, 6:36 PM PDT · 17501 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
17. 1.67km WNW of Little Lake, CASat, Oct 28, 7:14 PM PDT · 17501 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
18. 2.07km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Oct 29, 5:56 AM PST · 17500 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
19. 2.821km SW of Little Lake, CASun, Oct 29, 6:08 AM PST · 17500 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
20. 2.217km W of Tehachapi, CAMon, Oct 30, 11:08 PM PST · 17499 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
21. 1.916km ENE of Lebec, CATue, Oct 31, 6:42 PM PST · 17498 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
22. 1.722km SW of Little Lake, CAWed, Nov 1, 5:12 PM PST · 17497 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
23. 1.88km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 1, 9:11 PM PST · 17497 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
24. 1.57km E of Santa Clarita, CAThu, Nov 2, 9:16 AM PST · 17496 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
25. 1.928km N of Kernville, CAMon, Nov 6, 2:34 AM PST · 17493 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
26. 2.61km WNW of Elizabeth Lake, CAMon, Nov 6, 4:28 PM PST · 17492 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
27. 1.510km E of Santa Clarita, CATue, Nov 7, 10:12 PM PST · 17491 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
28. 2.17km NNW of Lamont, CAWed, Nov 8, 4:48 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
29. 2.325km NNE of Arvin, CAWed, Nov 8, 11:54 AM PST · 17490 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
30. 2.214km SW of Arvin, CAWed, Nov 8, 1:29 PM PST · 17490 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
31. 1.816km N of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Nov 9, 12:39 PM PST · 17489 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
32. 1.710km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Nov 11, 9:08 PM PST · 17487 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
33. 2.34km W of Castaic, CAWed, Nov 15, 5:05 AM PST · 17483 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
34. 1.76km WNW of Castaic, CAWed, Nov 15, 5:08 AM PST · 17483 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
35. 1.618km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 15, 4:17 PM PST · 17483 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
36. 1.716km SE of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 16, 1:37 AM PST · 17483 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
37. 1.517km NNE of Inyokern, CAFri, Nov 17, 8:33 PM PST · 17481 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
38. 2.910km W of Tehachapi, CASun, Nov 19, 6:04 AM PST · 17479 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
39. 2.125km S of Bodfish, CATue, Nov 21, 5:59 AM PST · 17477 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
40. 1.613km N of Fillmore, CATue, Nov 21, 7:21 PM PST · 17477 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
41. 1.816km NE of Boron, CAWed, Nov 22, 2:01 AM PST · 17477 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
42. 2.925km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Nov 22, 11:09 AM PST · 17476 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
43. 3.17km NW of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 23, 3:07 AM PST · 17476 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
44. 2.15km NW of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 23, 3:10 AM PST · 17476 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
45. 1.810km SW of Coso Junction, CAThu, Nov 23, 3:25 AM PST · 17476 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
46. 1.86km NW of Little Lake, CAThu, Nov 23, 5:42 AM PST · 17475 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
47. 1.825km SW of Little Lake, CAFri, Nov 24, 7:33 PM PST · 17474 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
48. 2.122km SW of Bodfish, CASat, Nov 25, 1:59 AM PST · 17474 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
49. 1.52km NNW of Frazier Park, CASat, Nov 25, 8:52 PM PST · 17473 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
50. 2.35km SSE of Lamont, CASat, Nov 25, 10:57 PM PST · 17473 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
51. 2.125km S of Bodfish, CAMon, Nov 27, 1:49 AM PST · 17472 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
52. 2.314km NE of Boron, CATue, Nov 28, 4:42 AM PST · 17471 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
53. 3.016km NE of Boron, CATue, Nov 28, 8:54 AM PST · 17470 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
54. 1.915km N of Grapevine, CAFri, Dec 1, 2:52 PM PST · 17467 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
55. 2.317km S of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 2, 2:16 PM PST · 17466 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
56. 2.123km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Dec 4, 5:15 AM PST · 17464 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
57. 2.628km ESE of Kernville, CATue, Dec 5, 2:31 AM PST · 17464 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
58. 2.37km ESE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Dec 6, 1:41 AM PST · 17463 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
59. 2.25km ESE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Dec 6, 8:34 AM PST · 17462 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
60. 1.68km ENE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Dec 6, 10:56 AM PST · 17462 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

1. 1.921km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 16, 3:59 AM PDT · 17514 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
2. 1.720km SE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 14, 12:23 PM PDT · 17515 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
3. 2.611km ESE of Wofford Heights, CASat, Oct 14, 11:35 AM PDT · 17515 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
4. 2.410km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 14, 7:01 AM PDT · 17515 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
5. 1.915km NE of Boron, CAThu, Oct 12, 2:29 AM PDT · 17518 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
6. 1.915km ENE of Boron, CATue, Oct 10, 12:12 PM PDT · 17519 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
7. 2.010km ESE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Oct 10, 3:38 AM PDT · 17520 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
8. 3.716km ENE of Boron, CATue, Oct 10, 2:06 AM PDT · 17520 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
9. 2.68km SE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Oct 10, 1:10 AM PDT · 17520 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
10. 2.31km SW of Rosedale, CATue, Oct 10, 12:11 AM PDT · 17520 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
11. 1.923km SW of Olancha, CASat, Oct 7, 9:57 AM PDT · 17522 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
12. 2.315km W of Tehachapi, CAFri, Oct 6, 3:02 PM PDT · 17523 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
13. 2.015km ENE of Boron, CAThu, Oct 5, 11:42 PM PDT · 17524 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
14. 1.921km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Oct 5, 10:36 PM PDT · 17524 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
15. 2.312km ESE of Maricopa, CAWed, Oct 4, 9:08 PM PDT · 17525 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
16. 2.58km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 2, 5:25 PM PDT · 17527 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
17. 2.130km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Sep 27, 12:16 PM PDT · 17532 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
18. 1.89km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Sep 27, 9:09 AM PDT · 17532 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
19. 2.29km E of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Sep 27, 7:49 AM PDT · 17532 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
20. 1.69km E of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Sep 27, 7:46 AM PDT · 17532 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3313789. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:25 AM UTC.