M2.5 earthquake 26km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

2.5 (Mc), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Tue, Sep 5, 1989, 8:13 AM PDT

UTC

1989-09-05 15:13:47 UTC

Depth

5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.350° N, 118.553° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

85°

Stations used

0

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast22 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast26 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast42 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast147 kmN

After

1. 1.65km WSW of Coso Junction, CATue, Sep 5, 1:17 PM PDT · 13540 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
2. 2.512km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Sep 5, 9:34 PM PDT · 13540 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
3. 2.115km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Sep 6, 4:03 AM PDT · 13540 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
4. 2.26km NW of Wofford Heights, CAWed, Sep 6, 3:08 PM PDT · 13539 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
5. 2.510km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Sep 6, 9:59 PM PDT · 13539 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
6. 2.110km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Sep 6, 11:48 PM PDT · 13539 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
7. 2.013km E of Little Lake, CAFri, Sep 8, 1:02 AM PDT · 13538 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
8. 2.213km E of Little Lake, CAFri, Sep 8, 1:20 AM PDT · 13538 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
9. 2.213km E of Little Lake, CAFri, Sep 8, 3:10 AM PDT · 13538 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
10. 2.113km E of Little Lake, CAFri, Sep 8, 1:29 PM PDT · 13537 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
11. 1.67km W of Kernville, CAFri, Sep 8, 8:55 PM PDT · 13537 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
12. 1.55km W of Kernville, CASat, Sep 9, 4:25 PM PDT · 13536 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
13. 1.82km WNW of Wofford Heights, CASun, Sep 10, 7:17 PM PDT · 13535 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
14. 2.06km NW of Wofford Heights, CAMon, Sep 11, 6:31 AM PDT · 13535 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
15. 1.91km NW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Sep 11, 4:40 PM PDT · 13534 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
16. 3.08km S of Frazier Park, CATue, Sep 12, 6:25 PM PDT · 13533 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
17. 2.68km NE of Grapevine, CATue, Sep 12, 8:15 PM PDT · 13533 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
18. 1.925km NNE of California City, CAWed, Sep 13, 6:20 AM PDT · 13533 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
19. 2.111km WSW of Grapevine, CAFri, Sep 15, 1:08 PM PDT · 13530 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
20. 1.56km NW of Wofford Heights, CASun, Sep 17, 3:33 PM PDT · 13528 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
21. 3.112km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Sep 18, 3:10 PM PDT · 13527 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
22. 1.89km N of Kernville, CAMon, Sep 18, 9:09 PM PDT · 13527 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
23. 1.612km NW of Coso Junction, CATue, Sep 19, 3:55 AM PDT · 13527 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
24. 1.712km NW of Coso Junction, CATue, Sep 19, 10:31 AM PDT · 13527 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
25. 2.212km ENE of Ridgecrest, CATue, Sep 19, 11:48 AM PDT · 13527 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
26. 2.818km E of Arvin, CAThu, Sep 21, 4:27 AM PDT · 13525 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
27. 2.310km SE of Gorman, CAFri, Sep 22, 2:08 PM PDT · 13523 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
28. 1.616km SSW of Olancha, CASat, Sep 23, 4:57 AM PDT · 13523 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
29. 1.822km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Sep 23, 7:52 AM PDT · 13523 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
30. 2.317km SSE of Arvin, CAMon, Sep 25, 7:08 AM PDT · 13521 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
31. 2.121km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 26, 6:58 AM PDT · 13520 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
32. 1.68km N of Grapevine, CAThu, Sep 28, 7:14 AM PDT · 13518 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
33. 1.919km E of Maricopa, CAThu, Sep 28, 12:47 PM PDT · 13518 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
34. 2.422km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Sep 29, 3:44 AM PDT · 13517 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
35. 1.625km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Sep 29, 4:40 AM PDT · 13517 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
36. 1.617km NW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 30, 2:12 PM PDT · 13515 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
37. 1.612km ENE of Little Lake, CASun, Oct 1, 12:31 AM PDT · 13515 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
38. 1.65km N of Little Lake, CASun, Oct 1, 8:17 AM PDT · 13515 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
39. 1.616km SSE of Bodfish, CASun, Oct 1, 12:21 PM PDT · 13515 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
40. 1.95km SSW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Oct 2, 1:57 AM PDT · 13514 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
41. 1.77km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAMon, Oct 2, 4:14 AM PDT · 13514 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
42. 2.416km ESE of Little Lake, CAMon, Oct 2, 4:07 PM PDT · 13513 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
43. 1.516km ESE of Little Lake, CAMon, Oct 2, 6:16 PM PDT · 13513 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
44. 1.919km E of Arvin, CATue, Oct 3, 5:57 PM PDT · 13512 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
45. 2.612km WNW of Kernville, CAWed, Oct 4, 11:39 PM PDT · 13511 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
46. 2.322km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Oct 9, 11:21 PM PDT · 13506 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
47. 2.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Oct 10, 1:49 AM PDT · 13506 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
48. 1.66km WNW of Rosedale, CATue, Oct 10, 12:00 PM PDT · 13506 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
49. 2.213km NW of Coso Junction, CATue, Oct 10, 2:20 PM PDT · 13505 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
50. 1.738km E of Porterville, CAWed, Oct 11, 9:28 AM PDT · 13505 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
51. 1.725km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Oct 11, 9:06 PM PDT · 13504 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
52. 2.26km NNE of Buttonwillow, CAThu, Oct 12, 11:15 PM PDT · 13503 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
53. 2.813km NW of Coso Junction, CASat, Oct 14, 3:56 PM PDT · 13501 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
54. 2.115km NE of Lebec, CAMon, Oct 16, 2:20 AM PDT · 13500 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
55. 1.814km NW of Coso Junction, CAMon, Oct 16, 9:39 AM PDT · 13500 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
56. 1.913km SSE of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Oct 16, 2:03 PM PDT · 13499 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
57. 2.213km NE of Little Lake, CATue, Oct 17, 12:54 PM PDT · 13499 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
58. 1.817km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Oct 21, 3:19 AM PDT · 13495 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
59. 2.022km NW of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 22, 10:41 AM PDT · 13494 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
60. 1.516km SSE of Bodfish, CASun, Oct 22, 3:52 PM PDT · 13493 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 86.

Before

1. 2.323km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, Sep 4, 9:43 PM PDT · 13541 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
2. 1.815km WSW of Searles Valley, CAMon, Sep 4, 6:50 PM PDT · 13541 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
3. 2.523km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, Sep 4, 4:27 PM PDT · 13541 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
4. 2.34km S of Little Lake, CAMon, Sep 4, 1:23 PM PDT · 13541 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
5. 1.917km SW of Arvin, CASun, Sep 3, 11:36 PM PDT · 13542 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
6. 1.623km WNW of Inyokern, CASun, Sep 3, 4:27 AM PDT · 13543 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
7. 1.717km W of Johannesburg, CASun, Sep 3, 1:00 AM PDT · 13543 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
8. 2.217km W of Johannesburg, CASat, Sep 2, 9:53 PM PDT · 13543 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
9. 1.817km W of Johannesburg, CASat, Sep 2, 9:44 PM PDT · 13543 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
10. 2.718km W of Johannesburg, CASat, Sep 2, 9:37 PM PDT · 13543 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
11. 2.29km N of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Sep 1, 8:22 PM PDT · 13544 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
12. 2.223km WNW of Inyokern, CAFri, Sep 1, 5:57 AM PDT · 13545 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
13. 2.323km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Aug 31, 11:33 AM PDT · 13546 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
14. 1.623km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Aug 31, 10:32 AM PDT · 13546 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
15. 3.123km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Aug 31, 10:30 AM PDT · 13546 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
16. 1.813km ENE of Little Lake, CATue, Aug 29, 8:47 AM PDT · 13548 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
17. 1.96km NW of Wofford Heights, CATue, Aug 29, 2:47 AM PDT · 13548 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
18. 2.812km ENE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Aug 26, 2:30 PM PDT · 13550 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
19. 2.412km ENE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Aug 26, 1:23 PM PDT · 13550 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
20. 1.56km NW of Wofford Heights, CASat, Aug 26, 8:06 AM PDT · 13551 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci1040134. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC.