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M1.5 earthquake 24km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 24km NNW of Tehachapi, CA on Wed, Mar 26, 1986, 2:17 AM PST (10:17 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 37km N of Kernville, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (mc), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-03-26 10:17:53 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.340° N, 118.509° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
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: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.837km N of Kernville, CA · 14781 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.636km N of Kernville, CA · 14781 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.810km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 14781 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.836km N of Kernville, CA · 14781 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.837km N of Kernville, CA · 14781 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.535km N of Kernville, CA · 14779 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.837km N of Kernville, CA · 14779 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.738km N of Kernville, CA · 14779 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.638km N of Kernville, CA · 14779 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.737km N of Kernville, CA · 14779 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.736km N of Kernville, CA · 14779 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.634km N of Kernville, CA · 14779 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.838km N of Kernville, CA · 14779 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.738km N of Kernville, CA · 14778 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.637km N of Kernville, CA · 14777 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.636km N of Kernville, CA · 14777 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.09km SSW of Arvin, CA · 14777 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.938km WSW of Olancha, CA · 14777 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.131km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 14777 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.636km N of Kernville, CA · 14776 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 1.736km N of Kernville, CA · 14776 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.537km N of Kernville, CA · 14776 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.727km WSW of Olancha, CA · 14774 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.410km NE of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 14773 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 2.15km WNW of Kernville, CA · 14772 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.726km W of Inyokern, CA · 14770 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 1.79km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 14770 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.826km W of Inyokern, CA · 14769 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.925km W of Inyokern, CA · 14769 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.712km ESE of Tehachapi, CA · 14768 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 1.815km WNW of Tehachapi, CA · 14768 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 1.536km N of Kernville, CA · 14766 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.736km N of Kernville, CA · 14766 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.417km SE of Little Lake, CA · 14765 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 3.417km SE of Little Lake, CA · 14765 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.817km SE of Little Lake, CA · 14765 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 1.98km SE of Bodfish, CA · 14763 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 1.816km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 14763 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  39. 2.016km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 14763 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 1.67km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA · 14763 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.120km ENE of Arvin, CA · 14762 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  42. 1.618km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 14759 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 1.928km ESE of Kernville, CA · 14758 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 1.514km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 14758 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 2.018km SE of Ridgecrest, CA · 14757 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 1.515km SW of Neenach, CA · 14757 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.025km ENE of McFarland, CA · 14756 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 2.414km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 14756 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 2.535km N of Kernville, CA · 14755 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.718km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 14755 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.025km WSW of Olancha, CA · 14754 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 1.739km N of Kernville, CA · 14754 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.922km SE of Porterville, CA · 14754 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 1.726km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 14754 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.36km NNE of Maricopa, CA · 14754 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 1.926km WSW of Olancha, CA · 14753 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 1.610km NNE of Grapevine, CA · 14753 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  58. 2.335km N of Kernville, CA · 14753 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 1.811km SE of Tehachapi, CA · 14753 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 1.924km WSW of Olancha, CA · 14752 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 145.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci120008. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC.