M1.9 earthquake 9km SSW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (mc), micro

Local time

Sat, Dec 21, 1985, 4:04 PM PST

UTC

1985-12-22 00:04:42 UTC

Depth

4.1 km (2.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.051° N, 118.478° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

33°

Stations used

0

• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast9 kmSSW
• Lancaster, CaliforniaPopulation 161,103. Forecast50 kmNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast113 kmN

After

1. 1.615km SSW of Gorman, CAMon, Dec 23, 8:23 PM PST · 14883 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
2. 2.18km SSE of Llano, CATue, Dec 24, 12:30 AM PST · 14883 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
3. 1.618km ESE of Lake Isabella, CATue, Dec 24, 8:25 AM PST · 14882 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
4. 1.78km SE of Bodfish, CATue, Dec 24, 8:35 PM PST · 14882 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
5. 2.416km NNW of Fillmore, CAWed, Dec 25, 5:02 AM PST · 14882 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
6. 1.812km WSW of Lake Hughes, CAWed, Dec 25, 11:33 PM PST · 14881 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
7. 2.71km SSE of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Dec 26, 4:45 AM PST · 14881 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
8. 2.41km SSE of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Dec 26, 5:12 AM PST · 14881 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
9. 2.31km S of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Dec 26, 5:32 AM PST · 14881 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
10. 2.511km WNW of Johannesburg, CAThu, Dec 26, 11:51 AM PST · 14880 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
11. 1.97km NNW of Pacoima, CAThu, Dec 26, 3:54 PM PST · 14880 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
12. 2.519km NW of Tehachapi, CASun, Dec 29, 3:25 AM PST · 14878 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
13. 1.72km E of Castaic, CASun, Dec 29, 6:41 PM PST · 14877 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
14. 1.620km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Dec 30, 5:24 AM PST · 14877 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
15. 2.112km ESE of Johannesburg, CAMon, Dec 30, 10:27 PM PST · 14876 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
16. 1.616km N of Fillmore, CATue, Dec 31, 12:22 AM PST · 14876 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
17. 1.811km WNW of Johannesburg, CATue, Dec 31, 6:20 PM PST · 14875 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
18. 2.08km SSE of Llano, CAWed, Jan 1, 5:59 AM PST · 14875 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
19. 2.020km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Jan 3, 10:57 AM PST · 14872 days ago · 25 km deep · 58 km away
20. 1.619km ENE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 4, 1:25 PM PST · 14871 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
21. 2.026km NE of Arvin, CASat, Jan 4, 10:55 PM PST · 14871 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
22. 2.214km NNW of Mojave, CASun, Jan 5, 2:01 PM PST · 14870 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
23. 2.37km SSE of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jan 7, 11:32 AM PST · 14868 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
24. 2.114km NNW of Mojave, CATue, Jan 7, 5:03 PM PST · 14868 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
25. 2.214km NNW of Mojave, CATue, Jan 7, 5:09 PM PST · 14868 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
26. 2.025km S of Bodfish, CATue, Jan 7, 9:55 PM PST · 14868 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
27. 1.93km SSE of Frazier Park, CAWed, Jan 8, 4:21 AM PST · 14868 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
28. 2.910km NW of Kernville, CAFri, Jan 10, 4:12 PM PST · 14865 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
29. 2.01km NNW of Granada Hills, CASat, Jan 11, 10:23 AM PST · 14864 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
30. 2.21km NW of Granada Hills, CASat, Jan 11, 11:25 AM PST · 14864 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
31. 3.123km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Jan 12, 1:41 AM PST · 14864 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
32. 1.74km E of Vincent, CASun, Jan 12, 7:59 PM PST · 14863 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
33. 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Jan 13, 12:30 PM PST · 14862 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
34. 1.622km SSW of Frazier Park, CATue, Jan 14, 1:04 AM PST · 14862 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
35. 1.65km SSW of Valencia, CAWed, Jan 15, 2:47 PM PST · 14860 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
36. 1.713km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, Jan 18, 4:24 PM PST · 14857 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
37. 2.013km N of Taft, CAMon, Jan 20, 7:02 AM PST · 14856 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
38. 2.118km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Jan 20, 8:05 AM PST · 14855 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
39. 1.74km SSE of Pearblossum, CATue, Jan 21, 4:47 PM PST · 14854 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
40. 2.025km NE of Arvin, CAWed, Jan 22, 2:43 PM PST · 14853 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
41. 1.82km WNW of West Hills, CAThu, Jan 23, 6:40 PM PST · 14852 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
42. 1.57km E of Santa Clarita, CASun, Jan 26, 3:09 PM PST · 14849 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
43. 2.34km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, Jan 26, 5:34 PM PST · 14849 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
44. 2.38km WNW of Fillmore, CASun, Jan 26, 7:58 PM PST · 14849 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
45. 2.16km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAMon, Jan 27, 7:37 AM PST · 14848 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
46. 2.121km SSW of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Jan 28, 1:36 AM PST · 14848 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
47. 1.721km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Jan 28, 3:07 AM PST · 14848 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
48. 1.922km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Jan 28, 12:24 PM PST · 14847 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
49. 1.94km NNW of Wofford Heights, CATue, Jan 28, 8:42 PM PST · 14847 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
50. 1.521km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Jan 29, 12:04 PM PST · 14846 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
51. 2.61km SSE of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Jan 30, 12:10 AM PST · 14846 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
52. 1.810km E of Santa Clarita, CAFri, Jan 31, 10:07 PM PST · 14844 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
53. 1.66km NNE of Grapevine, CASun, Feb 2, 12:47 AM PST · 14843 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
54. 1.76km E of Santa Clarita, CASun, Feb 2, 7:08 AM PST · 14842 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
55. 2.37km S of Littlerock, CAMon, Feb 3, 8:57 PM PST · 14841 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
56. 1.911km SSW of Bodfish, CATue, Feb 4, 3:24 AM PST · 14841 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
57. 1.84km SSE of Pearblossum, CAWed, Feb 5, 4:30 AM PST · 14840 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
58. 2.14km SSE of Pearblossum, CAWed, Feb 5, 8:40 AM PST · 14839 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
59. 2.618km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Feb 6, 10:24 AM PST · 14838 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
60. 1.619km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Feb 6, 10:28 AM PST · 14838 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

1. 1.99km NW of Fillmore, CAFri, Dec 20, 11:34 AM PST · 14886 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
2. 1.88km NE of Grapevine, CAFri, Dec 20, 1:43 AM PST · 14887 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
3. 1.820km NW of Inyokern, CATue, Dec 17, 11:57 AM PST · 14889 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
4. 1.917km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Dec 16, 1:24 AM PST · 14891 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
5. 1.811km NE of Neenach, CASun, Dec 15, 3:41 PM PST · 14891 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
6. 1.614km SSW of Maricopa, CASun, Dec 15, 10:53 AM PST · 14891 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
7. 1.625km S of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 14, 1:11 PM PST · 14892 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
8. 1.718km SSW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Dec 13, 10:37 PM PST · 14893 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
9. 2.18km SSE of Santa Clarita, CAThu, Dec 12, 4:52 PM PST · 14894 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
10. 2.020km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, Dec 12, 6:50 AM PST · 14895 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
11. 2.719km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, Dec 12, 6:48 AM PST · 14895 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
12. 2.08km ENE of Grapevine, CAThu, Dec 12, 6:20 AM PST · 14895 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
13. 1.69km WSW of Grapevine, CAThu, Dec 12, 2:33 AM PST · 14895 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
14. 1.86km ENE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Dec 11, 9:29 AM PST · 14895 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
15. 2.023km ENE of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 11, 9:23 AM PST · 14895 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
16. 2.222km ENE of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 11, 2:05 AM PST · 14896 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
17. 2.819km ENE of Grapevine, CATue, Dec 10, 6:58 AM PST · 14897 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
18. 1.99km SSW of Arvin, CAMon, Dec 9, 12:04 PM PST · 14897 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
19. 2.12km WNW of Frazier Park, CASun, Dec 8, 6:54 PM PST · 14898 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
20. 1.623km WNW of Inyokern, CASun, Dec 8, 4:26 PM PST · 14898 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci111322. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.