M1.6 earthquake 14km W of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.6 (mc), micro

Local time

Sat, Mar 22, 1986, 12:52 PM PST

UTC

1986-03-22 20:52:17 UTC

Depth

5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.111° N, 118.605° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

96°

Stations used

0

• Stallion Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 2,488. Forecast4 kmNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast14 kmW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast48 kmSE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast122 kmNNW

After

1. 1.914km N of Grapevine, CASat, Mar 22, 1:39 PM PST · 14794 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
2. 1.816km SSW of Little Lake, CASun, Mar 23, 9:03 AM PST · 14793 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
3. 1.824km SW of Lamont, CASun, Mar 23, 3:38 PM PST · 14793 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
4. 1.78km NW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Mar 24, 1:16 AM PST · 14793 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
5. 1.719km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Mar 24, 8:46 AM PST · 14792 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
6. 1.718km NNE of Kernville, CATue, Mar 25, 12:21 AM PST · 14792 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
7. 1.624km S of Bodfish, CATue, Mar 25, 11:52 AM PST · 14791 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
8. 1.524km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Mar 26, 2:17 AM PST · 14791 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
9. 2.18km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Mar 26, 6:28 PM PST · 14790 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
10. 1.719km NNE of Neenach, CAWed, Mar 26, 8:22 PM PST · 14790 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
11. 1.97km WSW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Mar 27, 1:10 AM PST · 14790 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
12. 1.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Mar 27, 6:39 AM PST · 14790 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
13. 1.513km NE of Kernville, CAFri, Mar 28, 3:55 AM PST · 14789 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
14. 1.99km NNE of Santa Paula, CAMon, Mar 31, 12:02 AM PST · 14786 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
15. 1.710km NNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Mar 31, 4:53 AM PST · 14786 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
16. 1.817km NNE of Kernville, CAMon, Mar 31, 11:37 AM PST · 14785 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
17. 1.621km WSW of Little Lake, CAMon, Mar 31, 1:28 PM PST · 14785 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
18. 1.918km NNE of Kernville, CAMon, Mar 31, 5:09 PM PST · 14785 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
19. 1.813km N of Grapevine, CATue, Apr 1, 4:00 AM PST · 14785 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
20. 1.816km ESE of Bodfish, CAThu, Apr 3, 3:47 AM PST · 14783 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
21. 1.96km WSW of Grapevine, CAThu, Apr 3, 1:03 PM PST · 14782 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
22. 1.810km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Apr 4, 10:38 PM PST · 14781 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
23. 2.011km E of Santa Clarita, CASat, Apr 5, 1:16 PM PST · 14780 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
24. 1.58km ESE of Piru, CATue, Apr 8, 2:52 AM PST · 14778 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
25. 2.09km SSW of Arvin, CATue, Apr 8, 8:20 PM PST · 14777 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
26. 2.131km ESE of Bodfish, CAWed, Apr 9, 3:33 AM PST · 14777 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
27. 2.46km E of Ojai, CAFri, Apr 11, 10:34 PM PST · 14774 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
28. 1.63km ESE of Piru, CASat, Apr 12, 12:39 AM PST · 14774 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
29. 2.410km NE of Pine Mountain Club, CASun, Apr 13, 3:52 AM PST · 14773 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
30. 2.15km WNW of Kernville, CAMon, Apr 14, 3:18 AM PST · 14772 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
31. 1.726km W of Inyokern, CATue, Apr 15, 2:50 PM PST · 14770 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
32. 1.79km WSW of Grapevine, CATue, Apr 15, 7:31 PM PST · 14770 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
33. 2.826km W of Inyokern, CAThu, Apr 17, 12:56 AM PST · 14769 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
34. 1.925km W of Inyokern, CAThu, Apr 17, 7:43 AM PST · 14769 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
35. 1.712km ESE of Tehachapi, CAThu, Apr 17, 10:42 AM PST · 14768 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
36. 1.815km WNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Apr 18, 1:27 AM PST · 14768 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
37. 2.15km N of Simi Valley, CAFri, Apr 18, 1:50 AM PST · 14768 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
38. 1.517km ENE of Ojai, CAMon, Apr 21, 6:00 AM PST · 14765 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
39. 1.98km SE of Bodfish, CATue, Apr 22, 9:31 PM PST · 14763 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
40. 1.816km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Apr 22, 10:51 PM PST · 14763 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
41. 2.016km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Apr 22, 10:52 PM PST · 14763 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
42. 1.67km WNW of Lake Hughes, CAWed, Apr 23, 2:10 AM PST · 14763 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
43. 2.120km ENE of Arvin, CAWed, Apr 23, 10:09 AM PST · 14762 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
44. 1.618km SSE of Bodfish, CASat, Apr 26, 10:09 PM PST · 14759 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
45. 1.928km ESE of Kernville, CASun, Apr 27, 1:32 PM PDT · 14758 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
46. 1.514km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Apr 28, 1:45 AM PDT · 14758 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
47. 1.515km SW of Neenach, CATue, Apr 29, 8:56 AM PDT · 14757 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
48. 2.025km ENE of McFarland, CATue, Apr 29, 7:25 PM PDT · 14756 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
49. 1.55km E of Ojai, CAThu, May 1, 9:08 AM PDT · 14754 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
50. 1.922km SE of Porterville, CAFri, May 2, 2:28 AM PDT · 14754 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
51. 1.726km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, May 2, 6:48 AM PDT · 14754 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
52. 2.36km NNE of Maricopa, CAFri, May 2, 7:14 AM PDT · 14754 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
53. 1.610km NNE of Grapevine, CAFri, May 2, 10:54 PM PDT · 14753 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
54. 1.811km SE of Tehachapi, CASat, May 3, 8:58 AM PDT · 14753 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
55. 1.918km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, May 3, 10:46 PM PDT · 14752 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
56. 3.311km N of Grapevine, CAMon, May 5, 8:51 AM PDT · 14751 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
57. 3.212km N of Grapevine, CAMon, May 5, 8:51 AM PDT · 14751 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
58. 1.712km N of Grapevine, CAMon, May 5, 8:59 AM PDT · 14751 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
59. 1.94km SE of Lake Isabella, CAMon, May 5, 9:17 AM PDT · 14750 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
60. 2.06km N of Frazier Park, CAMon, May 5, 9:48 AM PDT · 14750 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of 77.

Before

1. 1.88km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAFri, Mar 21, 2:26 PM PST · 14795 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
2. 1.915km SSW of Little Lake, CAFri, Mar 21, 2:24 PM PST · 14795 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
3. 1.915km SSW of Neenach, CAFri, Mar 21, 10:55 AM PST · 14795 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
4. 1.620km ENE of Arvin, CAThu, Mar 20, 9:23 PM PST · 14796 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
5. 1.98km WSW of Arvin, CAThu, Mar 20, 5:22 PM PST · 14796 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
6. 1.79km ENE of Santa Clarita, CAThu, Mar 20, 2:29 PM PST · 14796 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
7. 1.65km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CAThu, Mar 20, 1:14 AM PST · 14797 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
8. 2.58km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Mar 19, 5:47 PM PST · 14797 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
9. 2.49km NNE of Grapevine, CATue, Mar 18, 11:09 PM PST · 14798 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
10. 2.615km ESE of Maricopa, CATue, Mar 18, 7:07 AM PST · 14799 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
11. 1.720km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Mar 18, 4:43 AM PST · 14799 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
12. 2.218km WNW of Grapevine, CATue, Mar 18, 4:14 AM PST · 14799 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
13. 2.010km ESE of Shafter, CASat, Mar 15, 10:18 PM PST · 14801 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
14. 1.526km W of Inyokern, CASat, Mar 15, 8:27 PM PST · 14801 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
15. 2.13km NW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Mar 14, 1:44 PM PST · 14802 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
16. 2.126km SSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Mar 13, 8:26 PM PST · 14803 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
17. 2.46km WNW of Kernville, CAThu, Mar 13, 11:05 AM PST · 14803 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
18. 2.124km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Mar 10, 11:55 PM PST · 14806 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
19. 1.617km NNW of California City, CAMon, Mar 10, 12:42 PM PST · 14806 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
20. 1.723km SW of Bodfish, CAMon, Mar 10, 6:06 AM PST · 14807 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci119659. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC.