M2.2 earthquake 25km N of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

2.2 (mh), micro

Local time

Tue, Sep 9, 1980, 11:44 PM PDT

UTC

1980-09-10 06:44:13 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.356° N, 118.465° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.8 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.11

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

94°

Stations used

15

• Golden Hills, CaliforniaPopulation 8,656. Forecast24 kmN
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast25 kmN
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast50 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast146 kmN

After

1. 2.118km WNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Sep 10, 12:00 AM PDT · 16820 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
2. 1.925km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Sep 10, 11:00 AM PDT · 16819 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
3. 1.721km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Sep 12, 6:06 AM PDT · 16817 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
4. 2.26km SSE of Frazier Park, CASat, Sep 13, 12:50 AM PDT · 16817 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
5. 1.718km NW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 13, 6:32 AM PDT · 16816 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
6. 2.324km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Sep 13, 1:38 PM PDT · 16816 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
7. 1.724km NE of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 13, 6:52 PM PDT · 16816 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
8. 1.812km N of Grapevine, CASun, Sep 14, 8:39 PM PDT · 16815 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
9. 3.19km NNW of Wasco, CATue, Sep 16, 9:35 PM PDT · 16813 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
10. 2.214km SSE of Bodfish, CATue, Sep 16, 11:01 PM PDT · 16813 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
11. 2.417km NNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Sep 17, 9:47 PM PDT · 16812 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
12. 1.518km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Sep 18, 12:55 AM PDT · 16812 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
13. 2.513km SSE of Bodfish, CAThu, Sep 18, 11:24 AM PDT · 16811 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
14. 2.122km E of Little Lake, CASun, Sep 21, 1:35 PM PDT · 16808 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
15. 1.522km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Sep 22, 4:38 AM PDT · 16807 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
16. 1.717km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Sep 22, 5:09 AM PDT · 16807 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
17. 1.99km SW of Grapevine, CAMon, Sep 22, 9:49 PM PDT · 16807 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
18. 1.820km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Sep 23, 10:32 AM PDT · 16806 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
19. 1.719km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Sep 23, 11:21 AM PDT · 16806 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
20. 2.410km WSW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Sep 24, 6:06 PM PDT · 16805 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
21. 2.727km W of Inyokern, CAThu, Sep 25, 9:33 AM PDT · 16804 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
22. 4.314km NNE of Taft, CAFri, Sep 26, 6:18 AM PDT · 16803 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
23. 2.315km NNE of Taft, CAFri, Sep 26, 1:47 PM PDT · 16803 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
24. 1.911km NNE of Taft, CAFri, Sep 26, 10:21 PM PDT · 16803 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
25. 1.621km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Sep 28, 11:46 AM PDT · 16801 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
26. 2.414km NNE of Taft, CASun, Sep 28, 6:03 PM PDT · 16801 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
27. 2.614km SW of Olancha, CAMon, Sep 29, 12:37 AM PDT · 16801 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
28. 1.914km NE of Taft, CATue, Sep 30, 1:47 PM PDT · 16799 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
29. 2.516km NNE of Taft, CATue, Sep 30, 2:12 PM PDT · 16799 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
30. 1.62km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Sep 30, 2:43 PM PDT · 16799 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
31. 1.918km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Oct 1, 5:26 AM PDT · 16798 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
32. 1.919km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Oct 1, 9:20 AM PDT · 16798 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
33. 2.322km NE of Arvin, CAThu, Oct 2, 9:46 AM PDT · 16797 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
34. 1.914km NNE of Inyokern, CAFri, Oct 3, 8:52 AM PDT · 16796 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
35. 1.510km W of Searles Valley, CAFri, Oct 3, 7:21 PM PDT · 16796 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
36. 2.413km NE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Oct 3, 7:23 PM PDT · 16796 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
37. 1.524km NE of Arvin, CASat, Oct 4, 4:55 AM PDT · 16795 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
38. 1.818km ESE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Oct 4, 10:56 AM PDT · 16795 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
39. 1.820km S of Trona, CASat, Oct 4, 4:04 PM PDT · 16795 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
40. 1.618km NE of Taft, CASun, Oct 5, 9:45 AM PDT · 16794 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
41. 3.125km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 6, 8:27 AM PDT · 16793 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
42. 2.226km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 6, 8:31 AM PDT · 16793 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
43. 1.722km NE of Lamont, CAMon, Oct 6, 8:56 AM PDT · 16793 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
44. 1.625km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 6, 8:56 AM PDT · 16793 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
45. 2.026km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 6, 9:07 AM PDT · 16793 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
46. 1.726km NE of Arvin, CAMon, Oct 6, 9:23 AM PDT · 16793 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
47. 2.225km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Oct 6, 10:38 AM PDT · 16793 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
48. 1.78km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Oct 7, 10:07 PM PDT · 16792 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
49. 1.726km NE of Lamont, CAWed, Oct 8, 10:17 AM PDT · 16791 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
50. 1.726km SSW of Bodfish, CAFri, Oct 10, 1:52 AM PDT · 16790 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
51. 2.426km SSW of Bodfish, CAFri, Oct 10, 4:38 AM PDT · 16789 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
52. 1.815km ENE of Boron, CAFri, Oct 10, 6:22 PM PDT · 16789 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
53. 2.716km SE of Bodfish, CAFri, Oct 10, 11:26 PM PDT · 16789 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
54. 2.323km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 11, 3:31 AM PDT · 16788 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
55. 1.711km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Oct 12, 3:06 PM PDT · 16787 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
56. 1.920km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Oct 17, 11:29 AM PDT · 16782 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
57. 1.910km ESE of Bodfish, CAFri, Oct 17, 11:57 PM PDT · 16782 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
58. 1.517km WNW of Grapevine, CASat, Oct 18, 4:37 AM PDT · 16781 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
59. 1.717km WNW of Searles Valley, CASat, Oct 18, 2:07 PM PDT · 16781 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
60. 1.913km WNW of Searles Valley, CASun, Oct 19, 12:32 AM PDT · 16781 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

1. 1.625km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Sep 3, 3:06 AM PDT · 16827 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.525km S of Bodfish, CAWed, Sep 3, 2:16 AM PDT · 16827 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
3. 2.830km WNW of Coso Junction, CAWed, Sep 3, 12:28 AM PDT · 16827 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
4. 1.99km NE of Kernville, CATue, Sep 2, 9:59 AM PDT · 16827 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
5. 2.14km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Sep 1, 7:05 AM PDT · 16828 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
6. 3.518km NW of Tehachapi, CASun, Aug 31, 3:32 AM PDT · 16829 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
7. 2.317km NW of Tehachapi, CASun, Aug 31, 3:26 AM PDT · 16829 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
8. 2.18km NE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Aug 30, 10:20 PM PDT · 16830 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
9. 2.029km WSW of Olancha, CAWed, Aug 27, 12:13 PM PDT · 16833 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
10. 1.65km SSE of Little Lake, CASun, Aug 24, 5:13 PM PDT · 16836 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
11. 2.330km NE of Oildale, CASat, Aug 23, 6:36 AM PDT · 16837 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
12. 2.119km NNW of Grapevine, CASat, Aug 23, 1:53 AM PDT · 16838 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
13. 1.724km SSW of Bodfish, CAFri, Aug 22, 7:44 PM PDT · 16838 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
14. 3.123km ENE of Arvin, CAWed, Aug 20, 9:47 PM PDT · 16840 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
15. 2.820km NNE of Inyokern, CASun, Aug 17, 3:18 AM PDT · 16843 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
16. 2.811km E of Oildale, CASat, Aug 16, 11:32 PM PDT · 16844 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
17. 1.631km NNE of Kernville, CAFri, Aug 15, 5:23 PM PDT · 16845 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
18. 1.816km SSW of Searles Valley, CATue, Aug 12, 3:27 AM PDT · 16848 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3303718. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC.