M1.8 earthquake 18km NW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.8 (mh), micro

Local time

Sat, Jan 31, 1981, 4:19 AM PST

UTC

1981-01-31 12:19:20 UTC

Depth

5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.249° N, 118.591° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.9 km horizontally, 11.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.45

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

190°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast11 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast18 kmNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast41 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast137 kmNNW

After

1. 2.624km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, Feb 1, 12:13 PM PST · 16674 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
2. 2.516km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Feb 1, 12:21 PM PST · 16674 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
3. 1.516km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Feb 1, 12:35 PM PST · 16674 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
4. 2.29km WSW of Agua Dulce, CASun, Feb 1, 4:13 PM PST · 16674 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
5. 1.517km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Feb 1, 5:11 PM PST · 16674 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
6. 1.935km ESE of Bodfish, CASun, Feb 1, 10:41 PM PST · 16674 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
7. 1.69km SE of Johannesburg, CAMon, Feb 2, 5:07 AM PST · 16674 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
8. 2.136km ESE of Bodfish, CAMon, Feb 2, 12:08 PM PST · 16673 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
9. 1.56km NNE of Grapevine, CATue, Feb 3, 2:12 AM PST · 16673 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
10. 2.524km SSW of Little Lake, CATue, Feb 3, 5:59 PM PST · 16672 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
11. 1.87km NNE of Grapevine, CAWed, Feb 4, 12:48 AM PST · 16672 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
12. 1.71km ESE of Wofford Heights, CAWed, Feb 4, 5:14 AM PST · 16672 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
13. 1.621km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Feb 4, 10:45 AM PST · 16671 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
14. 1.96km ENE of Kernville, CAThu, Feb 5, 3:53 PM PST · 16670 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
15. 1.624km WNW of Inyokern, CAFri, Feb 6, 1:21 AM PST · 16670 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
16. 1.824km SW of Little Lake, CASat, Feb 7, 11:21 PM PST · 16668 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
17. 1.613km SW of Arvin, CAWed, Feb 11, 7:59 AM PST · 16664 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
18. 1.613km SW of Arvin, CAThu, Feb 12, 6:48 AM PST · 16664 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
19. 2.113km SSW of Arvin, CAThu, Feb 12, 7:45 AM PST · 16663 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
20. 2.217km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Feb 12, 9:02 PM PST · 16663 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
21. 2.05km SSE of Delano, CAThu, Feb 12, 10:55 PM PST · 16663 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
22. 2.117km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Feb 16, 8:34 PM PST · 16659 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
23. 1.719km NNW of Grapevine, CATue, Feb 17, 3:24 AM PST · 16659 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
24. 1.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Feb 20, 3:57 PM PST · 16655 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
25. 2.110km SW of Agua Dulce, CASat, Feb 21, 5:46 PM PST · 16654 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
26. 2.726km WNW of Inyokern, CASun, Feb 22, 10:19 PM PST · 16653 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
27. 1.714km NNE of Taft, CAWed, Feb 25, 10:25 AM PST · 16650 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
28. 1.914km NNE of Taft, CAWed, Feb 25, 2:45 PM PST · 16650 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
29. 1.719km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Feb 26, 5:09 AM PST · 16650 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
30. 1.63km NNW of Lamont, CASat, Feb 28, 6:12 AM PST · 16648 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
31. 1.719km NW of Grapevine, CASat, Feb 28, 1:04 PM PST · 16647 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
32. 2.919km WSW of Maricopa, CASat, Feb 28, 7:02 PM PST · 16647 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
33. 2.024km S of Bodfish, CASun, Mar 1, 4:57 AM PST · 16647 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
34. 2.04km SE of Santa Clarita, CASun, Mar 1, 10:28 AM PST · 16646 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
35. 1.723km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Mar 2, 5:32 AM PST · 16646 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
36. 2.315km SSW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Mar 6, 1:35 PM PST · 16641 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
37. 2.522km SW of Lamont, CASat, Mar 7, 9:31 AM PST · 16640 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away
38. 1.621km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Mar 7, 2:54 PM PST · 16640 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
39. 2.47km SW of Santa Clarita, CASat, Mar 7, 4:16 PM PST · 16640 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
40. 1.718km ENE of Grapevine, CATue, Mar 10, 12:43 AM PST · 16638 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
41. 1.711km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Mar 10, 6:36 AM PST · 16638 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
42. 1.921km E of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Mar 11, 11:29 AM PST · 16636 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
43. 1.74km E of Vincent, CASat, Mar 14, 10:29 PM PST · 16633 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
44. 2.122km NE of Arvin, CASun, Mar 15, 8:27 PM PST · 16632 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
45. 2.07km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Mar 16, 9:54 AM PST · 16631 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
46. 1.74km SW of Valencia, CAWed, Mar 18, 2:16 AM PST · 16630 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
47. 1.823km SW of Maricopa, CAFri, Mar 20, 3:02 AM PST · 16628 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
48. 2.05km NW of Castaic, CAFri, Mar 20, 6:38 AM PST · 16628 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
49. 2.14km NNW of Vincent, CAMon, Mar 23, 8:06 AM PST · 16624 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
50. 1.815km NE of Lamont, CAWed, Mar 25, 2:29 AM PST · 16623 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away

Before

1. 1.96km NNE of Oildale, CAThu, Jan 29, 7:41 PM PST · 16677 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
2. 1.712km N of Mojave, CASun, Jan 25, 10:20 PM PST · 16681 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
3. 1.611km NW of Fillmore, CAFri, Jan 23, 11:09 AM PST · 16683 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
4. 2.216km N of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Jan 22, 11:57 AM PST · 16684 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
5. 2.111km SW of Valencia, CAMon, Jan 19, 9:43 PM PST · 16687 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
6. 2.016km N of Inyokern, CATue, Jan 13, 7:09 PM PST · 16693 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
7. 1.925km N of Kernville, CAWed, Jan 7, 10:16 PM PST · 16699 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
8. 1.820km SSW of Little Lake, CATue, Jan 6, 1:47 PM PST · 16700 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
9. 1.921km SSW of Inyokern, CASat, Jan 3, 11:50 AM PST · 16703 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
10. 2.632km W of Coso Junction, CAFri, Jan 2, 8:45 AM PST · 16704 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
11. 3.130km W of Coso Junction, CAFri, Jan 2, 7:03 AM PST · 16704 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
12. 1.921km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jan 1, 2:49 PM PST · 16705 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
13. 2.222km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jan 1, 7:05 AM PST · 16705 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci12253883. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.