M1.9 earthquake 26km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (mc), micro

Local time

Sun, Mar 17, 1985, 7:34 PM PST

UTC

1985-03-18 03:34:28 UTC

Depth

4.6 km (2.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.341° N, 118.569° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

104°

Stations used

0

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast21 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast26 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast41 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast146 kmNNW

After

1. 1.916km WSW of Lamont, CASun, Mar 17, 9:03 PM PST · 15163 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
2. 2.623km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Mar 18, 2:59 AM PST · 15163 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
3. 2.34km SE of Frazier Park, CAWed, Mar 20, 7:59 AM PST · 15161 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
4. 1.529km NNE of Kernville, CAWed, Mar 20, 11:48 AM PST · 15161 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
5. 2.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Mar 20, 12:52 PM PST · 15161 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
6. 2.114km E of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Mar 20, 9:51 PM PST · 15160 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
7. 2.015km NNE of Inyokern, CAThu, Mar 21, 2:57 AM PST · 15160 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
8. 2.27km WSW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Mar 22, 2:41 AM PST · 15159 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
9. 1.914km E of Lake Isabella, CAFri, Mar 22, 2:49 AM PST · 15159 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
10. 1.914km E of Lake Isabella, CAFri, Mar 22, 5:34 AM PST · 15159 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
11. 1.616km NE of Grapevine, CASat, Mar 23, 8:39 AM PST · 15158 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
12. 1.724km WNW of Searles Valley, CAMon, Mar 25, 9:55 AM PST · 15156 days ago · -1 km deep · 100 km away
13. 1.613km NNE of Inyokern, CAWed, Mar 27, 9:19 AM PST · 15154 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
14. 2.513km S of Little Lake, CAWed, Mar 27, 12:09 PM PST · 15154 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
15. 2.12km NNW of Bodfish, CAWed, Mar 27, 5:34 PM PST · 15153 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
16. 1.815km SSW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Mar 27, 10:39 PM PST · 15153 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
17. 1.711km SW of Rosedale, CAThu, Mar 28, 4:48 AM PST · 15153 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
18. 1.920km NNE of Kernville, CAFri, Mar 29, 9:44 PM PST · 15151 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
19. 1.54km W of Frazier Park, CASat, Mar 30, 12:43 AM PST · 15151 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
20. 2.49km SE of Leona Valley, CASat, Mar 30, 1:25 AM PST · 15151 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
21. 1.921km NNE of Kernville, CASat, Mar 30, 8:37 PM PST · 15150 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
22. 1.521km WNW of Inyokern, CASun, Mar 31, 5:12 PM PST · 15149 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
23. 1.811km ESE of Porterville, CAThu, Apr 4, 8:39 AM PST · 15146 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
24. 1.915km NNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Apr 4, 9:53 PM PST · 15145 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
25. 1.615km N of Grapevine, CASun, Apr 7, 9:12 AM PST · 15143 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
26. 1.528km SSE of Bodfish, CASun, Apr 7, 10:21 PM PST · 15142 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
27. 1.620km SSW of Maricopa, CAMon, Apr 8, 3:50 PM PST · 15141 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
28. 1.66km SSW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Apr 10, 4:45 AM PST · 15140 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
29. 1.913km NE of Inyokern, CAWed, Apr 10, 7:15 AM PST · 15140 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
30. 2.719km ESE of Little Lake, CAWed, Apr 10, 8:49 AM PST · 15140 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
31. 2.021km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Apr 10, 10:46 AM PST · 15140 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
32. 2.115km NE of Lamont, CAWed, Apr 10, 3:00 PM PST · 15140 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
33. 1.62km NW of Frazier Park, CAThu, Apr 11, 1:59 PM PST · 15139 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
34. 1.823km NNE of Kernville, CAFri, Apr 12, 1:20 PM PST · 15138 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
35. 1.92km NNW of Frazier Park, CASat, Apr 13, 2:51 PM PST · 15137 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
36. 1.88km WSW of Frazier Park, CASun, Apr 14, 2:28 AM PST · 15136 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
37. 1.914km E of Oildale, CAMon, Apr 15, 4:10 AM PST · 15135 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
38. 1.814km E of Oildale, CAMon, Apr 15, 4:11 AM PST · 15135 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
39. 1.823km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Apr 15, 5:48 AM PST · 15135 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
40. 2.510km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Apr 16, 9:30 PM PST · 15133 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
41. 1.617km NNE of Inyokern, CAWed, Apr 17, 1:07 AM PST · 15133 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
42. 1.927km NE of Arvin, CAWed, Apr 17, 7:49 AM PST · 15133 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
43. 1.926km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Apr 20, 10:15 AM PST · 15130 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
44. 1.516km NE of Kernville, CASat, Apr 20, 2:23 PM PST · 15130 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
45. 1.68km N of Grapevine, CASun, Apr 21, 1:16 PM PST · 15129 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
46. 1.814km NNE of Grapevine, CATue, Apr 23, 6:04 AM PST · 15127 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
47. 1.517km SSW of Olancha, CATue, Apr 23, 9:35 PM PST · 15126 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
48. 1.721km S of Bodfish, CASat, Apr 27, 5:10 PM PST · 15122 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
49. 1.69km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Apr 28, 3:51 AM PDT · 15122 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
50. 1.714km N of Castaic, CASun, Apr 28, 5:52 PM PDT · 15121 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
51. 1.919km NNW of Fillmore, CASun, Apr 28, 8:11 PM PDT · 15121 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
52. 2.113km NE of Inyokern, CASun, Apr 28, 10:05 PM PDT · 15121 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
53. 1.94km WSW of Frazier Park, CATue, Apr 30, 7:33 AM PDT · 15120 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
54. 1.620km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, May 1, 2:04 PM PDT · 15119 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
55. 2.220km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, May 2, 1:04 AM PDT · 15118 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
56. 1.512km W of Little Lake, CAFri, May 3, 11:10 AM PDT · 15117 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
57. 1.69km NNW of Grapevine, CAFri, May 3, 5:10 PM PDT · 15116 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
58. 4.416km SE of Buttonwillow, CAMon, May 6, 4:14 PM PDT · 15114 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
59. 1.817km WSW of Rosedale, CAMon, May 6, 6:17 PM PDT · 15113 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
60. 2.317km SE of Buttonwillow, CATue, May 7, 12:30 AM PDT · 15113 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

1. 1.51km ESE of Valencia, CASat, Mar 16, 10:20 PM PST · 15164 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
2. 2.014km SW of Lamont, CASat, Mar 16, 10:34 AM PST · 15165 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
3. 1.819km ESE of Little Lake, CAFri, Mar 15, 12:45 PM PST · 15166 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
4. 2.219km NNE of Kernville, CAThu, Mar 14, 10:36 PM PST · 15166 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
5. 2.09km ENE of Kernville, CAThu, Mar 14, 12:03 AM PST · 15167 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
6. 1.921km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Mar 12, 9:40 PM PST · 15168 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci62702. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:05 AM UTC.