M2.1 earthquake 20km NW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Wed, Dec 12, 2001, 12:13 PM PST

UTC

2001-12-12 20:13:35 UTC

Depth

4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.266° N, 118.597° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

36°

Stations used

32

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast12 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast20 kmNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast40 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast139 kmNNW

After

1. 1.920km SE of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 15, 6:13 AM PST · 9059 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
2. 2.722km S of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 15, 11:21 AM PST · 9059 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
3. 2.123km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Dec 15, 11:22 AM PST · 9059 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
4. 1.82km W of Kernville, CASat, Dec 15, 3:06 PM PST · 9059 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
5. 1.525km WNW of Inyokern, CaliforniaSun, Dec 16, 1:51 PM PST · 9058 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
6. 1.69km W of Pine Mountain Club, CaliforniaMon, Dec 17, 12:33 AM PST · 9058 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
7. 1.621km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Dec 17, 8:46 AM PST · 9057 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
8. 2.110km SSW of Maricopa, CaliforniaMon, Dec 17, 5:45 PM PST · 9057 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
9. 1.914km S of Tehachapi, CAFri, Dec 21, 6:46 AM PST · 9053 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
10. 1.716km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CaliforniaFri, Dec 21, 5:27 PM PST · 9053 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
11. 1.625km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, Dec 24, 5:18 AM PST · 9050 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
12. 1.614km SE of Bodfish, CAMon, Dec 24, 11:22 PM PST · 9050 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
13. 1.717km ESE of Arvin, CATue, Dec 25, 8:39 PM PST · 9049 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
14. 1.624km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Dec 26, 12:13 AM PST · 9049 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
15. 1.73km NW of Frazier Park, CaliforniaWed, Dec 26, 12:55 PM PST · 9048 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
16. 2.219km SW of Little Lake, CAWed, Dec 26, 2:15 PM PST · 9048 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
17. 1.517km SW of Maricopa, CaliforniaWed, Dec 26, 7:27 PM PST · 9048 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
18. 1.925km NNE of Kernville, CAFri, Dec 28, 2:48 AM PST · 9047 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
19. 2.113km W of Mojave, CAFri, Dec 28, 7:23 AM PST · 9046 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
20. 1.517km SSW of Lamont, CASat, Dec 29, 1:42 AM PST · 9046 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
21. 1.710km W of Tehachapi, CASun, Dec 30, 11:20 AM PST · 9044 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
22. 1.623km ENE of Arvin, CASun, Dec 30, 3:37 PM PST · 9044 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
23. 2.318km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Dec 31, 6:51 AM PST · 9043 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
24. 1.822km N of Kernville, CaliforniaTue, Jan 1, 8:17 PM PST · 9042 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
25. 1.617km WNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jan 2, 6:00 AM PST · 9041 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
26. 1.727km NNE of Kernville, CAWed, Jan 2, 2:28 PM PST · 9041 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
27. 1.527km NNE of Kernville, CAWed, Jan 2, 3:47 PM PST · 9041 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
28. 2.618km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jan 3, 8:27 AM PST · 9040 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
29. 1.719km SW of Little Lake, CAThu, Jan 3, 11:50 PM PST · 9040 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
30. 2.026km NNE of Kernville, CASun, Jan 6, 5:35 AM PST · 9037 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
31. 2.527km SSW of Bodfish, CASun, Jan 6, 8:57 AM PST · 9037 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
32. 2.014km SSE of Bodfish, CASun, Jan 6, 9:40 PM PST · 9037 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
33. 2.58km W of Johannesburg, CATue, Jan 8, 6:22 AM PST · 9035 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
34. 2.07km NW of Kernville, CAWed, Jan 9, 7:44 PM PST · 9034 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
35. 1.65km SW of Valencia, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 2:22 AM PST · 9034 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
36. 2.420km NE of Arvin, CAFri, Jan 11, 12:52 PM PST · 9032 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
37. 1.727km W of Inyokern, CASun, Jan 13, 6:34 PM PST · 9030 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
38. 2.010km ESE of Lake Isabella, CAMon, Jan 14, 9:20 AM PST · 9029 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
39. 2.49km WSW of Wasco, CATue, Jan 15, 11:34 AM PST · 9028 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
40. 1.614km W of Tehachapi, CaliforniaTue, Jan 15, 3:58 PM PST · 9028 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
41. 1.618km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jan 16, 3:49 AM PST · 9027 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
42. 1.918km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jan 16, 2:28 PM PST · 9027 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
43. 1.519km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jan 16, 10:30 PM PST · 9027 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
44. 1.623km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jan 17, 2:27 AM PST · 9027 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
45. 1.69km ENE of Lebec, CAFri, Jan 18, 4:34 AM PST · 9025 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
46. 1.619km NW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jan 18, 4:57 AM PST · 9025 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
47. 1.821km ENE of Arvin, CAFri, Jan 18, 9:56 PM PST · 9025 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
48. 1.614km ESE of McFarland, CASun, Jan 20, 9:29 AM PST · 9023 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
49. 1.713km N of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Jan 21, 12:52 PM PST · 9022 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
50. 3.317km NNW of Fillmore, CATue, Jan 22, 12:39 AM PST · 9022 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
51. 2.117km NNW of Fillmore, CATue, Jan 22, 11:11 AM PST · 9021 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
52. 1.910km NNW of Piru, CaliforniaWed, Jan 23, 4:27 PM PST · 9020 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
53. 1.82km WNW of Kernville, CaliforniaThu, Jan 24, 6:15 PM PST · 9019 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
54. 1.619km SW of Little Lake, CAFri, Jan 25, 2:52 AM PST · 9019 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
55. 1.714km WNW of Kernville, CAFri, Jan 25, 3:59 PM PST · 9018 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
56. 1.55km S of Frazier Park, CaliforniaFri, Jan 25, 8:22 PM PST · 9018 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
57. 1.518km SSW of Little Lake, CAMon, Jan 28, 5:05 AM PST · 9015 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
58. 1.513km NW of Grapevine, CaliforniaMon, Jan 28, 6:08 PM PST · 9015 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
59. 3.913km ESE of Piru, CAMon, Jan 28, 10:00 PM PST · 9015 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 470
60. 1.820km ENE of Arvin, CATue, Jan 29, 9:46 AM PST · 9014 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

1. 1.920km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Dec 12, 11:31 AM PST · 9062 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.920km ENE of Arvin, CAWed, Dec 12, 10:14 AM PST · 9062 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
3. 1.728km NNE of Kernville, CAWed, Dec 12, 9:59 AM PST · 9062 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
4. 1.528km NNE of Kernville, CAWed, Dec 12, 1:47 AM PST · 9063 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
5. 2.824km WNW of Inyokern, CATue, Dec 11, 9:34 AM PST · 9063 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
6. 1.527km W of Inyokern, CAMon, Dec 10, 5:10 PM PST · 9064 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
7. 1.712km NW of Buttonwillow, CaliforniaMon, Dec 10, 1:10 AM PST · 9065 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
8. 1.626km NNE of Kernville, CASun, Dec 9, 6:25 AM PST · 9065 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
9. 1.916km NNW of Piru, CaliforniaFri, Dec 7, 3:09 PM PST · 9067 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
10. 2.027km NNW of Tehachapi, CaliforniaFri, Dec 7, 3:17 AM PST · 9068 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
11. 2.48km E of Lake Isabella, CAThu, Dec 6, 4:58 PM PST · 9068 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
12. 1.91km WSW of Kernville, CAThu, Dec 6, 7:26 AM PST · 9068 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
13. 2.216km SE of Maricopa, CAWed, Dec 5, 11:17 PM PST · 9069 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
14. 2.616km SE of Maricopa, CAWed, Dec 5, 7:38 PM PST · 9069 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
15. 1.66km E of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Dec 5, 1:07 PM PST · 9069 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
16. 1.916km SE of Maricopa, CaliforniaWed, Dec 5, 10:37 AM PST · 9069 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
17. 1.912km SSW of Arvin, CaliforniaTue, Dec 4, 11:54 AM PST · 9070 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
18. 1.630km NNW of California City, CaliforniaTue, Dec 4, 10:26 AM PST · 9070 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
19. 1.623km ENE of Arvin, CATue, Dec 4, 5:28 AM PST · 9070 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
20. 1.66km WNW of Kernville, CASun, Dec 2, 9:19 AM PST · 9072 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9734433. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:02 PM UTC.