M2.4 earthquake 21km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 21km NNW of Tehachapi, CA on Sun, Aug 8, 1982, 6:17 AM PDT (13:17 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 10km NE of Inyokern, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-08 13:17:23 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.302° N, 118.547° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.910km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.910km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.814km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.810km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.910km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.29km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.310km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.710km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.610km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.910km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.110km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.711km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.710km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.319km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.79km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.69km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.911km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.510km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.810km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.010km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.218km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 16062 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.212km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.412km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.812km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.315km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.215km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.69km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.819km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.612km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.611km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.912km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.120km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.712km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.613km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.411km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.914km WSW of Little Lake, CA · 16062 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.110km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.810km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.612km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.910km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.512km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.514km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.99km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.612km N of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.98km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.718km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.711km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.811km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.211km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.69km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.18km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16062 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.613km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16061 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.312km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16061 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.410km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16061 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.712km NE of Inyokern, CA · 16061 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.011km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16061 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.811km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16061 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.69km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16061 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.813km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16061 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.711km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 16061 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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