M2.1 earthquake 18km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

2.1 (mh), micro

Local time

Wed, Feb 21, 1979, 6:32 PM PST

UTC

1979-02-22 02:32:25 UTC

Depth

8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.266° N, 118.557° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

124°

Stations used

15

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast14 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast18 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast44 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast138 kmNNW

After

1. 1.79km WSW of Grapevine, CAThu, Feb 22, 3:07 PM PST · 17384 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
2. 1.92km W of Wofford Heights, CASat, Feb 24, 6:56 AM PST · 17383 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
3. 2.134km NNW of California City, CASun, Feb 25, 12:17 PM PST · 17382 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
4. 1.64km SSE of Wofford Heights, CATue, Feb 27, 2:25 AM PST · 17380 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
5. 2.614km ENE of Boron, CATue, Feb 27, 10:19 PM PST · 17379 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
6. 2.314km ENE of Ojai, CAWed, Feb 28, 5:53 AM PST · 17379 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
7. 1.721km N of Neenach, CAThu, Mar 1, 5:43 PM PST · 17377 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
8. 2.428km ESE of Kernville, CAFri, Mar 2, 2:27 PM PST · 17376 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
9. 1.84km NW of Wofford Heights, CASun, Mar 4, 9:21 PM PST · 17374 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
10. 1.73km NW of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Mar 5, 4:09 AM PST · 17374 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
11. 1.715km ENE of Boron, CAMon, Mar 5, 6:31 PM PST · 17373 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
12. 2.410km NW of Lake Los Angeles, CAFri, Mar 9, 2:31 PM PST · 17369 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
13. 2.04km W of Ridgecrest, CASun, Mar 11, 4:24 AM PST · 17368 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
14. 1.710km SSW of Valencia, CAMon, Mar 12, 12:31 AM PST · 17367 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
15. 2.210km SW of Valencia, CATue, Mar 13, 12:14 PM PST · 17366 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
16. 2.318km ESE of Bodfish, CATue, Mar 13, 10:59 PM PST · 17365 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
17. 1.918km ESE of Bodfish, CATue, Mar 13, 11:05 PM PST · 17365 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
18. 1.812km W of Tehachapi, CAWed, Mar 14, 12:22 AM PST · 17365 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
19. 2.119km ESE of Bodfish, CAWed, Mar 14, 8:07 PM PST · 17364 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
20. 1.910km SW of Valencia, CAThu, Mar 15, 11:15 AM PST · 17364 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
21. 2.010km SSW of Valencia, CAThu, Mar 15, 3:47 PM PST · 17363 days ago · 21 km deep · 99 km away
22. 2.310km SW of Valencia, CAThu, Mar 15, 6:38 PM PST · 17363 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
23. 2.311km SW of Valencia, CAThu, Mar 15, 7:22 PM PST · 17363 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away
24. 2.020km WSW of Bodfish, CAFri, Mar 16, 2:16 AM PST · 17363 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
25. 2.320km SW of Little Lake, CAFri, Mar 16, 6:42 PM PST · 17362 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
26. 1.510km SW of Valencia, CASat, Mar 17, 8:36 AM PST · 17362 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
27. 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Mar 17, 11:17 AM PST · 17362 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
28. 1.59km SW of Valencia, CASat, Mar 17, 12:19 PM PST · 17362 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
29. 2.710km SW of Valencia, CATue, Mar 20, 12:11 PM PST · 17359 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
30. 2.124km NE of Tehachapi, CAThu, Mar 22, 7:46 AM PST · 17357 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
31. 1.718km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Mar 22, 11:40 PM PST · 17356 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
32. 2.89km SW of Valencia, CAFri, Mar 23, 11:17 AM PST · 17356 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
33. 2.910km SW of Valencia, CAFri, Mar 23, 8:45 PM PST · 17355 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
34. 1.53km SE of Frazier Park, CAFri, Mar 23, 11:33 PM PST · 17355 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
35. 2.610km SW of Valencia, CASat, Mar 24, 5:59 AM PST · 17355 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
36. 1.98km W of Grapevine, CASat, Mar 24, 5:57 PM PST · 17354 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
37. 1.713km WNW of Grapevine, CASun, Mar 25, 12:23 PM PST · 17354 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
38. 1.915km WNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Mar 29, 4:24 AM PST · 17350 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
39. 2.28km ESE of Wofford Heights, CASat, Mar 31, 2:55 AM PST · 17348 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
40. 2.46km SSW of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 31, 3:44 AM PST · 17348 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
41. 2.525km N of Tehachapi, CATue, Apr 3, 5:46 AM PST · 17345 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
42. 2.118km NW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Apr 9, 3:56 AM PST · 17339 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
43. 2.416km NNE of Inyokern, CAMon, Apr 9, 9:47 AM PST · 17339 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
44. 2.723km SSE of Porterville, CATue, Apr 10, 1:15 AM PST · 17338 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
45. 1.86km NNW of Wofford Heights, CATue, Apr 10, 9:36 AM PST · 17338 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
46. 1.73km WSW of Kernville, CATue, Apr 10, 10:52 AM PST · 17338 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
47. 2.029km SW of Inyokern, CATue, Apr 10, 5:22 PM PST · 17337 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
48. 2.018km ENE of California City, CAWed, Apr 11, 5:44 PM PST · 17336 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
49. 2.615km ENE of Boron, CAThu, Apr 12, 5:12 AM PST · 17336 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
50. 1.98km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAFri, Apr 13, 10:30 PM PST · 17334 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
51. 2.110km ESE of Lake Isabella, CASat, Apr 14, 4:08 PM PST · 17333 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
52. 2.59km SE of Gorman, CATue, Apr 17, 7:11 PM PST · 17330 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
53. 2.214km SSE of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Apr 18, 3:55 PM PST · 17329 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
54. 2.414km N of Johannesburg, CAWed, Apr 18, 3:58 PM PST · 17329 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
55. 1.914km N of Johannesburg, CAThu, Apr 19, 2:55 AM PST · 17329 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
56. 1.78km E of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Apr 20, 11:27 AM PST · 17328 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
57. 2.314km SSE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Apr 20, 4:43 PM PST · 17327 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
58. 1.626km S of Bodfish, CASun, Apr 22, 2:01 AM PST · 17326 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
59. 2.019km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASun, Apr 22, 6:41 AM PST · 17326 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away

Before

1. 2.225km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 21, 1:08 PM PST · 17386 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
2. 2.07km W of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 21, 9:35 AM PST · 17386 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
3. 2.010km SW of Valencia, CAWed, Feb 21, 1:42 AM PST · 17386 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
4. 1.718km ESE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Feb 20, 4:30 AM PST · 17387 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
5. 2.15km ESE of Vincent, CASat, Feb 17, 4:36 AM PST · 17390 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
6. 1.92km E of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Feb 15, 2:04 PM PST · 17392 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
7. 1.57km NW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Feb 12, 10:58 AM PST · 17395 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
8. 1.518km ESE of Arvin, CASun, Feb 11, 9:40 AM PST · 17396 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
9. 1.87km W of Grapevine, CAWed, Feb 7, 1:14 AM PST · 17400 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
10. 1.56km SE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Feb 3, 12:17 AM PST · 17404 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
11. 1.96km W of Grapevine, CASun, Jan 28, 4:30 AM PST · 17410 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
12. 2.59km SSE of McFarland, CASat, Jan 27, 10:48 PM PST · 17410 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
13. 1.913km ESE of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jan 24, 5:21 PM PST · 17413 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3346274. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.