M2.6 earthquake 20km NW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

2.6 (Mc), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Mon, Aug 21, 1989, 7:38 AM PDT

UTC

1989-08-21 14:38:59 UTC

Depth

4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.270° N, 118.584° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

70°

Stations used

0

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast13 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast20 kmNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast41 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast139 kmNNW

After

1. 1.720km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Aug 22, 3:50 AM PDT · 13555 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
2. 1.56km NW of Wofford Heights, CASat, Aug 26, 8:06 AM PDT · 13551 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
3. 1.96km NW of Wofford Heights, CATue, Aug 29, 2:47 AM PDT · 13548 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
4. 3.123km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Aug 31, 10:30 AM PDT · 13546 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
5. 1.623km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Aug 31, 10:32 AM PDT · 13546 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
6. 2.323km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Aug 31, 11:33 AM PDT · 13546 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
7. 2.223km WNW of Inyokern, CAFri, Sep 1, 5:57 AM PDT · 13545 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
8. 2.29km N of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Sep 1, 8:22 PM PDT · 13544 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
9. 2.718km W of Johannesburg, CASat, Sep 2, 9:37 PM PDT · 13543 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
10. 1.817km W of Johannesburg, CASat, Sep 2, 9:44 PM PDT · 13543 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
11. 2.217km W of Johannesburg, CASat, Sep 2, 9:53 PM PDT · 13543 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
12. 1.717km W of Johannesburg, CASun, Sep 3, 1:00 AM PDT · 13543 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
13. 1.623km WNW of Inyokern, CASun, Sep 3, 4:27 AM PDT · 13543 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
14. 1.79km E of Santa Clarita, CASun, Sep 3, 12:21 PM PDT · 13543 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
15. 1.917km SW of Arvin, CASun, Sep 3, 11:36 PM PDT · 13542 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
16. 2.34km S of Little Lake, CAMon, Sep 4, 1:23 PM PDT · 13541 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
17. 2.523km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, Sep 4, 4:27 PM PDT · 13541 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
18. 2.323km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, Sep 4, 9:43 PM PDT · 13541 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
19. 2.526km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 5, 8:13 AM PDT · 13541 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
20. 1.65km WSW of Coso Junction, CATue, Sep 5, 1:17 PM PDT · 13540 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
21. 2.512km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Sep 5, 9:34 PM PDT · 13540 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
22. 1.98km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Sep 6, 3:17 AM PDT · 13540 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
23. 2.115km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Sep 6, 4:03 AM PDT · 13540 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
24. 2.26km NW of Wofford Heights, CAWed, Sep 6, 3:08 PM PDT · 13539 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
25. 2.510km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Sep 6, 9:59 PM PDT · 13539 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
26. 2.110km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAWed, Sep 6, 11:48 PM PDT · 13539 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
27. 1.67km W of Kernville, CAFri, Sep 8, 8:55 PM PDT · 13537 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
28. 1.55km W of Kernville, CASat, Sep 9, 4:25 PM PDT · 13536 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
29. 1.82km WNW of Wofford Heights, CASun, Sep 10, 7:17 PM PDT · 13535 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
30. 2.06km NW of Wofford Heights, CAMon, Sep 11, 6:31 AM PDT · 13535 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
31. 1.91km NW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Sep 11, 4:40 PM PDT · 13534 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
32. 3.08km S of Frazier Park, CATue, Sep 12, 6:25 PM PDT · 13533 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
33. 2.68km NE of Grapevine, CATue, Sep 12, 8:15 PM PDT · 13533 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
34. 1.925km NNE of California City, CAWed, Sep 13, 6:20 AM PDT · 13533 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
35. 2.111km WSW of Grapevine, CAFri, Sep 15, 1:08 PM PDT · 13530 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
36. 1.56km NW of Wofford Heights, CASun, Sep 17, 3:33 PM PDT · 13528 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
37. 1.89km N of Kernville, CAMon, Sep 18, 9:09 PM PDT · 13527 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
38. 2.818km E of Arvin, CAThu, Sep 21, 4:27 AM PDT · 13525 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
39. 2.310km SE of Gorman, CAFri, Sep 22, 2:08 PM PDT · 13523 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
40. 1.822km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Sep 23, 7:52 AM PDT · 13523 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
41. 2.317km SSE of Arvin, CAMon, Sep 25, 7:08 AM PDT · 13521 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
42. 2.121km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 26, 6:58 AM PDT · 13520 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
43. 1.68km N of Grapevine, CAThu, Sep 28, 7:14 AM PDT · 13518 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
44. 1.919km E of Maricopa, CAThu, Sep 28, 12:47 PM PDT · 13518 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
45. 2.422km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Sep 29, 3:44 AM PDT · 13517 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
46. 1.625km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Sep 29, 4:40 AM PDT · 13517 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
47. 1.617km NW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 30, 2:12 PM PDT · 13515 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
48. 1.65km N of Little Lake, CASun, Oct 1, 8:17 AM PDT · 13515 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
49. 1.616km SSE of Bodfish, CASun, Oct 1, 12:21 PM PDT · 13515 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
50. 1.95km SSW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Oct 2, 1:57 AM PDT · 13514 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
51. 1.77km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAMon, Oct 2, 4:14 AM PDT · 13514 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
52. 1.919km E of Arvin, CATue, Oct 3, 5:57 PM PDT · 13512 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
53. 2.612km WNW of Kernville, CAWed, Oct 4, 11:39 PM PDT · 13511 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
54. 1.78km N of Fillmore, CAThu, Oct 5, 7:32 AM PDT · 13511 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
55. 2.322km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Oct 9, 11:21 PM PDT · 13506 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
56. 2.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Oct 10, 1:49 AM PDT · 13506 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
57. 1.66km WNW of Rosedale, CATue, Oct 10, 12:00 PM PDT · 13506 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
58. 1.738km E of Porterville, CAWed, Oct 11, 9:28 AM PDT · 13505 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
59. 1.725km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Oct 11, 9:06 PM PDT · 13504 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
60. 2.26km NNE of Buttonwillow, CAThu, Oct 12, 11:15 PM PDT · 13503 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

1. 1.67km SSW of Johannesburg, CAFri, Aug 18, 6:40 AM PDT · 13559 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
2. 1.720km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Aug 17, 1:56 AM PDT · 13560 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
3. 2.09km SE of Bodfish, CAWed, Aug 16, 12:19 PM PDT · 13561 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
4. 2.317km SE of Bodfish, CAMon, Aug 14, 4:21 AM PDT · 13563 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
5. 2.618km SE of Bodfish, CAMon, Aug 14, 4:11 AM PDT · 13563 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
6. 1.822km NNW of Fillmore, CASun, Aug 13, 8:01 PM PDT · 13563 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
7. 1.621km N of Fillmore, CASat, Aug 12, 11:55 AM PDT · 13565 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
8. 1.917km WNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Aug 12, 12:44 AM PDT · 13565 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
9. 2.46km NW of Wofford Heights, CAFri, Aug 11, 1:04 AM PDT · 13566 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
10. 2.26km NW of Wofford Heights, CAThu, Aug 10, 4:30 PM PDT · 13566 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
11. 2.110km N of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Aug 10, 7:06 AM PDT · 13567 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
12. 1.610km SSW of Johannesburg, CAWed, Aug 9, 6:40 AM PDT · 13568 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
13. 1.826km NW of Kernville, CATue, Aug 8, 2:23 AM PDT · 13569 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
14. 1.821km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Aug 7, 6:38 AM PDT · 13570 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
15. 2.319km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Aug 6, 4:16 PM PDT · 13570 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
16. 1.94km E of Valencia, CASun, Aug 6, 9:42 AM PDT · 13571 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
17. 2.818km W of Johannesburg, CASat, Aug 5, 2:19 PM PDT · 13571 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
18. 1.911km NNW of Grapevine, CASat, Aug 5, 5:56 AM PDT · 13572 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
19. 2.910km SE of Gorman, CAFri, Aug 4, 7:01 AM PDT · 13573 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
20. 1.78km NE of Grapevine, CAThu, Aug 3, 4:19 AM PDT · 13574 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci665987. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC.