M1.9 earthquake 21km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (Mc), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sun, Feb 18, 1990, 4:46 AM PST

UTC

1990-02-18 12:46:45 UTC

Depth

1.4 km (0.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.308° N, 118.544° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

92°

Stations used

0

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast18 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast21 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast44 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast142 kmN

After

1. 2.725km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, Feb 19, 8:54 PM PST · 13375 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
2. 1.825km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, Feb 19, 10:34 PM PST · 13375 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
3. 1.825km WNW of Inyokern, CATue, Feb 20, 5:28 AM PST · 13375 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
4. 1.78km S of Arvin, CAWed, Feb 21, 2:30 PM PST · 13374 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
5. 2.23km N of Little Lake, CAThu, Feb 22, 1:14 AM PST · 13373 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
6. 2.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Feb 22, 8:54 AM PST · 13373 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
7. 2.622km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Feb 22, 6:00 PM PST · 13372 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
8. 1.922km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Feb 22, 6:54 PM PST · 13372 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
9. 2.422km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Feb 22, 8:05 PM PST · 13372 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
10. 1.522km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Feb 22, 9:02 PM PST · 13372 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
11. 2.421km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Feb 24, 7:47 PM PST · 13370 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
12. 2.96km NNE of Little Lake, CASat, Feb 24, 9:34 PM PST · 13370 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
13. 1.519km NNW of Mojave, CASun, Feb 25, 5:07 AM PST · 13370 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
14. 1.925km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, Feb 25, 2:58 PM PST · 13370 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
15. 1.722km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Feb 26, 6:01 AM PST · 13369 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
16. 1.922km SSW of Bodfish, CAMon, Feb 26, 12:22 PM PST · 13369 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
17. 1.620km NW of Inyokern, CAMon, Feb 26, 10:14 PM PST · 13368 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
18. 1.726km W of Inyokern, CATue, Feb 27, 7:03 PM PST · 13367 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
19. 1.719km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Feb 28, 3:04 PM PST · 13367 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
20. 2.320km N of Mojave, CAFri, Mar 2, 1:08 AM PST · 13365 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
21. 2.012km SSW of Arvin, CAFri, Mar 2, 2:02 PM PST · 13365 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
22. 1.78km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAFri, Mar 2, 2:28 PM PST · 13365 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
23. 2.812km WNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Mar 3, 10:38 PM PST · 13363 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
24. 1.99km SW of Shafter, CASun, Mar 4, 2:48 AM PST · 13363 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
25. 1.521km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, Mar 5, 6:43 PM PST · 13361 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
26. 2.213km SE of Little Lake, CATue, Mar 6, 3:59 AM PST · 13361 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
27. 1.721km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Mar 6, 9:03 PM PST · 13360 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
28. 2.013km WSW of Rosedale, CAWed, Mar 7, 8:56 PM PST · 13359 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
29. 1.713km WSW of Rosedale, CAThu, Mar 8, 1:03 AM PST · 13359 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
30. 1.720km SW of Little Lake, CAThu, Mar 8, 5:38 AM PST · 13359 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
31. 1.67km N of Piru, CASat, Mar 10, 1:24 AM PST · 13357 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
32. 2.821km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Mar 10, 7:03 PM PST · 13356 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
33. 1.633km SE of Bodfish, CASat, Mar 10, 7:35 PM PST · 13356 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
34. 2.117km N of Oildale, CASun, Mar 11, 5:39 PM PST · 13355 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
35. 1.629km N of Kernville, CAMon, Mar 12, 12:26 AM PST · 13355 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
36. 2.015km N of Fillmore, CAMon, Mar 12, 5:32 PM PST · 13354 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
37. 1.913km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, Mar 14, 3:20 AM PST · 13353 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
38. 1.919km N of Mojave, CAThu, Mar 15, 9:00 AM PST · 13352 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
39. 3.02km W of Gorman, CAThu, Mar 15, 2:38 PM PST · 13352 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
40. 1.919km NNW of Mojave, CAFri, Mar 16, 11:36 PM PST · 13350 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
41. 2.25km SE of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 17, 8:43 PM PST · 13349 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
42. 1.55km SE of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 17, 8:57 PM PST · 13349 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
43. 1.619km NNW of Mojave, CASun, Mar 18, 12:49 AM PST · 13349 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
44. 2.17km SE of Wofford Heights, CASun, Mar 18, 10:07 PM PST · 13348 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
45. 1.525km NE of Lamont, CAMon, Mar 19, 1:31 PM PST · 13348 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
46. 1.822km NW of Grapevine, CATue, Mar 20, 2:13 AM PST · 13347 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
47. 2.48km ESE of Tehachapi, CAWed, Mar 21, 12:59 AM PST · 13346 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
48. 2.018km NE of Ojai, CAWed, Mar 21, 12:22 PM PST · 13346 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
49. 1.83km WNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Mar 22, 2:45 AM PST · 13345 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
50. 1.818km W of Johannesburg, CAThu, Mar 22, 10:38 AM PST · 13345 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
51. 1.629km ENE of Porterville, CAThu, Mar 22, 4:57 PM PST · 13344 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
52. 1.815km S of Bodfish, CASat, Mar 24, 7:12 PM PST · 13342 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
53. 3.122km SSW of Little Lake, CASun, Mar 25, 2:22 AM PST · 13342 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
54. 2.322km SSW of Little Lake, CASun, Mar 25, 2:58 AM PST · 13342 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
55. 2.213km WSW of Rosedale, CAMon, Mar 26, 3:42 AM PST · 13341 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
56. 1.624km SE of Bodfish, CATue, Mar 27, 1:36 AM PST · 13340 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
57. 1.91km N of Kernville, CATue, Mar 27, 12:10 PM PST · 13340 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
58. 1.913km WSW of Rosedale, CAThu, Mar 29, 1:02 AM PST · 13338 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
59. 2.013km WSW of Rosedale, CAThu, Mar 29, 1:05 AM PST · 13338 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
60. 1.813km WSW of Rosedale, CAThu, Mar 29, 2:22 AM PST · 13338 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 95.

Before

1. 1.612km ENE of Kernville, CASun, Feb 18, 3:17 AM PST · 13377 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
2. 2.021km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Feb 15, 2:10 PM PST · 13380 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
3. 1.922km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Feb 15, 7:41 AM PST · 13380 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
4. 2.121km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Feb 15, 7:05 AM PST · 13380 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
5. 2.721km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Feb 15, 7:04 AM PST · 13380 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
6. 2.221km NW of Grapevine, CAThu, Feb 15, 6:56 AM PST · 13380 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
7. 1.717km WSW of Rosedale, CAThu, Feb 15, 2:22 AM PST · 13380 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
8. 1.722km ESE of Bodfish, CAWed, Feb 14, 9:50 PM PST · 13380 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
9. 2.420km N of Mojave, CAWed, Feb 14, 6:20 PM PST · 13380 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
10. 1.518km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Feb 14, 5:00 AM PST · 13381 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
11. 2.119km N of Mojave, CAWed, Feb 14, 2:50 AM PST · 13381 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
12. 1.920km N of Mojave, CATue, Feb 13, 5:49 AM PST · 13382 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
13. 2.620km N of Mojave, CAMon, Feb 12, 11:10 PM PST · 13382 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
14. 2.14km ESE of Wofford Heights, CAMon, Feb 12, 10:48 PM PST · 13382 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
15. 2.520km NNW of Mojave, CAMon, Feb 12, 4:53 AM PST · 13383 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
16. 1.916km N of Fillmore, CAMon, Feb 12, 1:23 AM PST · 13383 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
17. 1.78km ESE of Lake Isabella, CASun, Feb 11, 8:31 PM PST · 13383 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
18. 1.519km NNW of Mojave, CASun, Feb 11, 6:33 PM PST · 13383 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
19. 1.620km N of Mojave, CASun, Feb 11, 12:10 PM PST · 13384 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
20. 2.519km N of Mojave, CASun, Feb 11, 9:09 AM PST · 13384 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci1052617. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.