M1.5 earthquake 14km SSW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.5 (mh), micro

Local time

Thu, Apr 2, 1981, 4:53 AM PST

UTC

1981-04-02 12:53:54 UTC

Depth

4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.009° N, 118.482° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 14.0 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

75°

Stations used

8

• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast14 kmSSW
• Lancaster, CaliforniaPopulation 161,103. Forecast47 kmNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast109 kmNNW

After

1. 1.526km NE of Arvin, CAFri, Apr 3, 10:39 AM PST · 16608 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
2. 1.54km NE of Thousand Oaks, CASat, Apr 4, 2:05 PM PST · 16607 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
3. 2.12km NE of Thousand Oaks, CASat, Apr 4, 2:05 PM PST · 16607 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
4. 2.025km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Apr 6, 5:42 PM PST · 16605 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
5. 1.58km NW of Kernville, CATue, Apr 7, 3:32 AM PST · 16604 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
6. 1.97km SW of Pearblossum, CAWed, Apr 8, 4:56 AM PST · 16603 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
7. 1.725km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Apr 8, 6:35 AM PST · 16603 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
8. 1.925km NNE of California City, CASat, Apr 11, 12:24 PM PST · 16600 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
9. 3.125km N of Tehachapi, CASat, Apr 11, 1:47 PM PST · 16600 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
10. 1.725km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Apr 13, 11:46 PM PST · 16598 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
11. 1.512km NW of Fillmore, CATue, Apr 14, 5:23 PM PST · 16597 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
12. 2.018km N of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Apr 14, 8:29 PM PST · 16597 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
13. 2.525km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Apr 15, 12:46 AM PST · 16597 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
14. 2.325km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Apr 15, 6:11 AM PST · 16596 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
15. 2.122km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Apr 16, 2:26 PM PST · 16595 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
16. 2.923km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Apr 17, 11:31 AM PST · 16594 days ago · -1 km deep · 35 km away
17. 1.921km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Apr 18, 5:03 AM PST · 16593 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
18. 1.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Apr 20, 9:34 PM PST · 16591 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
19. 1.93km SW of Lake Los Angeles, CATue, Apr 21, 8:59 AM PST · 16590 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
20. 1.719km SSE of Arvin, CATue, Apr 21, 9:06 PM PST · 16590 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
21. 1.511km NW of Fillmore, CAWed, Apr 22, 1:22 AM PST · 16590 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
22. 1.619km SSW of Lamont, CAWed, Apr 22, 9:24 AM PST · 16589 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
23. 2.08km SE of Lake Isabella, CAThu, Apr 23, 6:52 AM PST · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
24. 1.84km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, Apr 23, 6:53 AM PST · 16588 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
25. 1.922km WNW of Inyokern, CAFri, Apr 24, 2:41 PM PST · 16587 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
26. 2.019km NW of Grapevine, CASat, Apr 25, 12:09 AM PST · 16587 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
27. 2.421km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Apr 25, 7:21 AM PST · 16586 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
28. 2.715km E of Lake Isabella, CATue, Apr 28, 2:54 PM PDT · 16583 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
29. 1.614km E of Lake Isabella, CATue, Apr 28, 3:20 PM PDT · 16583 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
30. 1.55km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Apr 29, 1:18 AM PDT · 16583 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
31. 1.79km NNE of Grapevine, CAWed, Apr 29, 11:51 PM PDT · 16582 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
32. 2.012km NNE of Taft, CAThu, Apr 30, 1:13 AM PDT · 16582 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
33. 2.015km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, May 2, 2:55 AM PDT · 16579 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
34. 2.15km N of Sunland, CASun, May 3, 11:44 PM PDT · 16578 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
35. 2.510km S of Tehachapi, CATue, May 5, 12:46 PM PDT · 16576 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
36. 1.917km SW of Lamont, CATue, May 5, 1:11 PM PDT · 16576 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
37. 2.223km ENE of Arvin, CATue, May 5, 2:24 PM PDT · 16576 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
38. 1.66km ENE of Buttonwillow, CATue, May 5, 10:05 PM PDT · 16576 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
39. 2.012km ESE of Johannesburg, CAFri, May 8, 2:40 AM PDT · 16574 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
40. 2.511km E of Santa Clarita, CAFri, May 8, 9:38 PM PDT · 16573 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
41. 1.65km NW of Frazier Park, CASun, May 10, 12:01 AM PDT · 16572 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
42. 2.121km NW of Tehachapi, CAMon, May 11, 2:54 PM PDT · 16570 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
43. 2.09km W of Grapevine, CAFri, May 15, 8:41 PM PDT · 16566 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
44. 2.126km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, May 19, 11:16 AM PDT · 16562 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
45. 1.922km NNE of Ojai, CAFri, May 22, 8:40 PM PDT · 16559 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
46. 1.624km S of Bodfish, CASat, May 23, 9:40 PM PDT · 16558 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
47. 1.921km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASun, May 24, 2:41 AM PDT · 16558 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
48. 1.820km WNW of Johannesburg, CATue, May 26, 1:39 AM PDT · 16556 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
49. 2.01km NNW of West Hills, CAThu, May 28, 11:36 AM PDT · 16553 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
50. 2.425km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, May 30, 11:06 PM PDT · 16551 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
51. 1.526km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, May 31, 3:05 AM PDT · 16550 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away

Before

1. 2.62km ENE of Kernville, CAWed, Apr 1, 9:32 PM PST · 16610 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
2. 1.68km NE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Apr 1, 8:06 AM PST · 16610 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
3. 1.815km NE of Lamont, CAWed, Mar 25, 2:29 AM PST · 16617 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
4. 2.14km NNW of Vincent, CAMon, Mar 23, 8:06 AM PST · 16619 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
5. 2.05km NW of Castaic, CAFri, Mar 20, 6:38 AM PST · 16622 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
6. 1.823km SW of Maricopa, CAFri, Mar 20, 3:02 AM PST · 16622 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
7. 1.74km SW of Valencia, CAWed, Mar 18, 2:16 AM PST · 16624 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
8. 2.122km NE of Arvin, CASun, Mar 15, 8:27 PM PST · 16627 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
9. 1.74km E of Vincent, CASat, Mar 14, 10:29 PM PST · 16628 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
10. 1.921km E of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Mar 11, 11:29 AM PST · 16631 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
11. 1.711km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Mar 10, 6:36 AM PST · 16632 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
12. 1.718km ENE of Grapevine, CATue, Mar 10, 12:43 AM PST · 16633 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
13. 2.47km SW of Santa Clarita, CASat, Mar 7, 4:16 PM PST · 16635 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
14. 1.621km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Mar 7, 2:54 PM PST · 16635 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
15. 2.522km SW of Lamont, CASat, Mar 7, 9:31 AM PST · 16635 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
16. 2.315km SSW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Mar 6, 1:35 PM PST · 16636 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci516405. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC.