M1.5 earthquake 21km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.5 (mh), micro

Local time

Thu, Aug 27, 1981, 3:46 PM PDT

UTC

1981-08-27 22:46:49 UTC

Depth

5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.306° N, 118.548° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 12.6 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

131°

Stations used

6

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast18 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast21 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast43 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast142 kmN

After

1. 1.66km NNW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Aug 28, 12:48 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
2. 2.67km ENE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Aug 29, 8:05 AM PDT · 16461 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
3. 1.513km NNE of Inyokern, CAMon, Aug 31, 1:57 AM PDT · 16459 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
4. 1.814km NE of Inyokern, CAMon, Aug 31, 4:03 AM PDT · 16459 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
5. 1.88km NW of Vincent, CAWed, Sep 2, 4:58 AM PDT · 16457 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
6. 2.08km NW of Vincent, CAWed, Sep 2, 7:17 AM PDT · 16457 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
7. 1.715km NE of Inyokern, CASat, Sep 5, 7:09 AM PDT · 16454 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
8. 1.67km WNW of Little Lake, CASun, Sep 6, 6:35 AM PDT · 16453 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
9. 1.522km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Sep 6, 9:05 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
10. 1.811km NW of Lake Los Angeles, CAWed, Sep 9, 8:05 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
11. 2.120km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Sep 9, 10:42 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
12. 1.65km WNW of Little Lake, CATue, Sep 15, 5:02 AM PDT · 16444 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
13. 1.511km SE of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 15, 6:51 PM PDT · 16444 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
14. 1.515km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Sep 16, 7:27 AM PDT · 16443 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
15. 1.722km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Sep 16, 7:01 PM PDT · 16443 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
16. 1.510km ENE of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Sep 16, 10:58 PM PDT · 16443 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
17. 1.616km NW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 19, 2:25 AM PDT · 16440 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
18. 1.83km WNW of Bakersfield, CASat, Sep 19, 10:42 PM PDT · 16440 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
19. 1.94km SSW of Valencia, CAWed, Sep 23, 4:41 AM PDT · 16436 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
20. 1.54km SW of Valencia, CAWed, Sep 23, 11:05 PM PDT · 16436 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
21. 1.715km NE of Boron, CAThu, Sep 24, 7:56 PM PDT · 16435 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
22. 2.54km SSW of Valencia, CAFri, Sep 25, 5:18 PM PDT · 16434 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
23. 1.523km NW of Grapevine, CASat, Sep 26, 7:33 PM PDT · 16433 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
24. 1.918km WNW of Johannesburg, CASat, Sep 26, 11:44 PM PDT · 16433 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
25. 1.95km ENE of Lamont, CASun, Sep 27, 3:45 PM PDT · 16432 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
26. 1.712km NNE of Inyokern, CAMon, Sep 28, 2:48 AM PDT · 16431 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
27. 1.627km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Sep 28, 9:57 PM PDT · 16431 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
28. 1.619km SSW of Little Lake, CATue, Sep 29, 7:56 AM PDT · 16430 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
29. 1.56km ESE of Bodfish, CATue, Sep 29, 10:30 PM PDT · 16430 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
30. 1.928km ESE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Sep 29, 11:10 PM PDT · 16430 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
31. 1.78km ESE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Sep 30, 3:31 AM PDT · 16429 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
32. 1.54km SSW of Valencia, CAWed, Sep 30, 7:06 PM PDT · 16429 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
33. 1.916km ESE of Pixley, CAThu, Oct 1, 7:08 PM PDT · 16428 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
34. 1.515km ESE of Arvin, CASun, Oct 4, 3:54 AM PDT · 16425 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
35. 1.818km N of California City, CAWed, Oct 7, 8:08 PM PDT · 16422 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
36. 1.616km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, Oct 9, 9:15 AM PDT · 16420 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
37. 1.813km NNW of Mojave, CAFri, Oct 9, 7:42 PM PDT · 16420 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
38. 2.423km W of Johannesburg, CASat, Oct 10, 8:53 AM PDT · 16419 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
39. 2.013km NNW of Mojave, CASun, Oct 11, 3:40 AM PDT · 16418 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
40. 1.82km NNE of Grapevine, CAFri, Oct 16, 4:54 AM PDT · 16413 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
41. 2.313km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 17, 4:03 AM PDT · 16412 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
42. 1.812km NNE of Grapevine, CASat, Oct 17, 8:47 PM PDT · 16412 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
43. 2.728km N of California City, CAMon, Oct 19, 6:19 AM PDT · 16410 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
44. 1.923km ENE of Arvin, CAMon, Oct 19, 6:37 AM PDT · 16410 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
45. 2.018km SSE of Arvin, CAWed, Oct 21, 3:29 AM PDT · 16408 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
46. 2.116km N of Mojave, CAThu, Oct 22, 12:17 AM PDT · 16407 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
47. 2.023km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Oct 22, 3:18 AM PDT · 16407 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
48. 2.830km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAThu, Oct 22, 4:35 PM PDT · 16407 days ago · -1 km deep · 43 km away
49. 1.517km SSW of Lamont, CASun, Oct 25, 1:53 AM PST · 16404 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
50. 1.517km SSW of Lamont, CASun, Oct 25, 1:53 AM PST · 16404 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
51. 1.618km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Oct 25, 6:31 AM PST · 16404 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away

Before

1. 2.710km SSE of Arvin, CAMon, Aug 24, 9:40 PM PDT · 16466 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
2. 1.927km WSW of Coso Junction, CAMon, Aug 24, 4:20 AM PDT · 16466 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
3. 1.78km SSE of Arvin, CASun, Aug 23, 5:25 PM PDT · 16467 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
4. 1.85km NW of Frazier Park, CASat, Aug 22, 10:07 AM PDT · 16468 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
5. 1.517km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Aug 21, 11:01 PM PDT · 16469 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
6. 1.624km SSW of Little Lake, CAThu, Aug 20, 6:44 PM PDT · 16470 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
7. 1.715km NNE of Inyokern, CAWed, Aug 19, 7:43 PM PDT · 16471 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
8. 2.817km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Aug 19, 1:51 PM PDT · 16471 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
9. 2.47km W of Delano, CAWed, Aug 19, 12:22 PM PDT · 16471 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
10. 1.529km ESE of Porterville, CAMon, Aug 17, 5:34 PM PDT · 16473 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
11. 1.618km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Aug 10, 7:49 PM PDT · 16480 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
12. 1.516km SE of Arvin, CASun, Aug 9, 10:52 AM PDT · 16481 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
13. 1.612km NW of Grapevine, CASat, Aug 8, 9:00 PM PDT · 16482 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
14. 2.316km NNE of Inyokern, CASat, Aug 8, 7:19 PM PDT · 16482 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
15. 1.916km NNE of Inyokern, CASat, Aug 8, 10:29 AM PDT · 16482 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
16. 2.134km WSW of Olancha, CASat, Aug 8, 6:34 AM PDT · 16482 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
17. 1.515km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Aug 5, 9:42 PM PDT · 16485 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
18. 1.724km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Aug 5, 3:23 PM PDT · 16485 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
19. 1.72km SW of Kernville, CAMon, Aug 3, 10:55 PM PDT · 16487 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
20. 1.54km NW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Aug 3, 7:02 PM PDT · 16487 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci521818. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC.