M1.9 earthquake 21km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (mh), micro

Local time

Sat, Apr 2, 1983, 11:57 PM PST

UTC

1983-04-03 07:57:48 UTC

Depth

4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.305° N, 118.547° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 19.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.11

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

131°

Stations used

22

• 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. 1.715km NE of Inyokern, CASun, Apr 3, 12:26 AM PST · 15887 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
2. 1.723km ESE of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 3, 3:31 AM PST · 15886 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
3. 1.65km SSW of Coso Junction, CASun, Apr 3, 7:27 PM PST · 15886 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
4. 2.820km NNE of Kernville, CASun, Apr 3, 10:20 PM PST · 15886 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
5. 1.82km ESE of Santa Clarita, CASun, Apr 3, 11:50 PM PST · 15886 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
6. 1.617km SSE of Bodfish, CAMon, Apr 4, 6:16 AM PST · 15885 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
7. 1.713km NNE of Inyokern, CAMon, Apr 4, 12:51 PM PST · 15885 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
8. 1.85km WSW of Valencia, CAMon, Apr 4, 10:20 PM PST · 15885 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
9. 1.65km SW of Valencia, CAMon, Apr 4, 10:53 PM PST · 15885 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
10. 2.44km SW of Valencia, CAMon, Apr 4, 11:55 PM PST · 15885 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
11. 1.75km SW of Valencia, CATue, Apr 5, 1:19 AM PST · 15885 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
12. 1.519km SE of Little Lake, CATue, Apr 5, 4:40 AM PST · 15884 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
13. 1.916km SSE of Little Lake, CATue, Apr 5, 1:05 PM PST · 15884 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
14. 2.117km ESE of Porterville, CATue, Apr 5, 6:11 PM PST · 15884 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
15. 2.016km NNE of Inyokern, CAWed, Apr 6, 9:53 AM PST · 15883 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
16. 1.724km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Apr 6, 6:10 PM PST · 15883 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
17. 1.96km SSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Apr 7, 7:20 PM PST · 15882 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
18. 1.64km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CASun, Apr 10, 1:06 PM PST · 15879 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
19. 2.126km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Apr 11, 12:52 AM PST · 15879 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
20. 2.414km NE of Kernville, CATue, Apr 12, 1:12 PM PST · 15877 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
21. 1.931km W of Coso Junction, CATue, Apr 12, 6:08 PM PST · 15877 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
22. 1.832km W of Coso Junction, CAWed, Apr 13, 10:17 PM PST · 15876 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
23. 1.933km WNW of Coso Junction, CAWed, Apr 13, 10:22 PM PST · 15876 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
24. 1.75km SW of Valencia, CAThu, Apr 14, 4:45 AM PST · 15875 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
25. 1.720km SE of Little Lake, CAThu, Apr 14, 10:55 AM PST · 15875 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
26. 1.612km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Apr 16, 2:43 PM PST · 15873 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
27. 1.96km NNW of Lake Isabella, CASat, Apr 16, 5:34 PM PST · 15873 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
28. 1.96km SW of Wofford Heights, CASat, Apr 16, 5:34 PM PST · 15873 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
29. 3.324km NE of Arvin, CASun, Apr 17, 3:49 AM PST · 15872 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
30. 2.619km N of Mojave, CASun, Apr 17, 6:46 AM PST · 15872 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
31. 1.910km S of Arvin, CAMon, Apr 18, 1:49 AM PST · 15872 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
32. 1.99km SSW of Lake Hughes, CATue, Apr 19, 7:49 AM PST · 15870 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
33. 1.720km SW of Inyokern, CATue, Apr 19, 4:05 PM PST · 15870 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
34. 2.024km NE of Arvin, CAThu, Apr 21, 12:18 AM PST · 15869 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
35. 2.418km SE of Little Lake, CAFri, Apr 22, 7:17 PM PST · 15867 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
36. 1.814km NNE of Inyokern, CASun, Apr 24, 1:45 PM PDT · 15865 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
37. 1.528km N of Kernville, CASun, Apr 24, 9:33 PM PDT · 15865 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
38. 1.720km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Apr 24, 11:24 PM PDT · 15865 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
39. 1.67km NW of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Apr 25, 11:07 AM PDT · 15864 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
40. 1.98km NE of Buttonwillow, CAMon, Apr 25, 11:11 PM PDT · 15864 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
41. 2.420km N of Mojave, CATue, Apr 26, 10:43 PM PDT · 15863 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
42. 1.917km N of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Apr 29, 8:53 PM PDT · 15860 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
43. 1.616km SSE of Little Lake, CASat, Apr 30, 8:57 AM PDT · 15859 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
44. 2.334km WNW of Coso Junction, CASat, Apr 30, 12:01 PM PDT · 15859 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
45. 1.617km NNE of Inyokern, CASat, Apr 30, 1:02 PM PDT · 15859 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
46. 2.023km NE of Arvin, CASun, May 1, 12:25 PM PDT · 15858 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
47. 2.023km NE of Arvin, CASun, May 1, 12:33 PM PDT · 15858 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
48. 2.123km NE of Arvin, CASun, May 1, 1:22 PM PDT · 15858 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
49. 1.833km W of Coso Junction, CAMon, May 2, 7:34 AM PDT · 15857 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
50. 1.620km SE of Little Lake, CAMon, May 2, 9:58 AM PDT · 15857 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
51. 1.86km NW of Wofford Heights, CAMon, May 2, 10:06 AM PDT · 15857 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
52. 1.532km W of Coso Junction, CAMon, May 2, 1:28 PM PDT · 15857 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
53. 2.16km N of Mojave, CAWed, May 4, 6:51 AM PDT · 15855 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
54. 1.53km SSW of Valencia, CAWed, May 4, 9:49 AM PDT · 15855 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
55. 1.614km NNE of Inyokern, CAThu, May 5, 5:26 AM PDT · 15854 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
56. 2.423km NE of Arvin, CAThu, May 5, 10:23 AM PDT · 15854 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
57. 1.924km SSW of Little Lake, CAThu, May 5, 3:43 PM PDT · 15854 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
58. 1.619km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, May 6, 8:41 AM PDT · 15853 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
59. 2.312km N of Grapevine, CAFri, May 6, 8:59 PM PDT · 15853 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
60. 1.930km WNW of Kernville, CASun, May 8, 4:03 AM PDT · 15852 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

1. 2.623km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Apr 2, 4:16 PM PST · 15887 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
2. 1.52km E of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Apr 1, 6:28 PM PST · 15888 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
3. 1.717km NNE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Apr 1, 10:51 AM PST · 15888 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
4. 1.917km NNE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Apr 1, 7:56 AM PST · 15888 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
5. 1.732km W of Coso Junction, CAThu, Mar 31, 11:20 PM PST · 15889 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
6. 1.732km W of Coso Junction, CAThu, Mar 31, 11:19 PM PST · 15889 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
7. 1.512km NNE of Inyokern, CAWed, Mar 30, 11:59 PM PST · 15890 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
8. 2.013km NNE of Inyokern, CAWed, Mar 30, 8:02 AM PST · 15890 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
9. 2.213km NNE of Inyokern, CAWed, Mar 30, 3:22 AM PST · 15890 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
10. 2.224km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Mar 28, 9:34 AM PST · 15892 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
11. 2.422km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Mar 28, 9:32 AM PST · 15892 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
12. 1.714km SE of Arvin, CAMon, Mar 28, 9:32 AM PST · 15892 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
13. 2.617km ESE of Arvin, CAMon, Mar 28, 9:26 AM PST · 15892 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
14. 2.824km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Mar 28, 9:16 AM PST · 15892 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
15. 1.524km ENE of Maricopa, CASun, Mar 27, 10:21 PM PST · 15893 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
16. 2.324km ENE of Maricopa, CASun, Mar 27, 9:36 PM PST · 15893 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
17. 1.818km NNE of Inyokern, CASun, Mar 27, 7:59 PM PST · 15893 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
18. 2.324km ENE of Maricopa, CASun, Mar 27, 6:59 PM PST · 15893 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
19. 3.224km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Mar 27, 6:44 PM PST · 15893 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
20. 2.624km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Mar 27, 6:43 PM PST · 15893 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci1104343. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:42 PM UTC.