M1.5 earthquake 18km NW of Grapevine, California

Magnitude

1.5 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Thu, Sep 5, 2002, 5:27 AM PDT

UTC

2002-09-05 12:27:41 UTC

Depth

17.0 km (10.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.051° N, 119.069° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

133°

Stations used

13

• Pine Mountain Club, CaliforniaPopulation 2,315. Forecast24 kmNNE
• Lamont, CaliforniaPopulation 15,120. Forecast27 kmSSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast36 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast134 kmNW

After

1. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Sep 5, 11:40 AM PDT · 8796 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
2. 2.213km WNW of Mojave, CAThu, Sep 5, 2:08 PM PDT · 8796 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
3. 1.614km NW of Grapevine, CaliforniaSun, Sep 8, 4:21 PM PDT · 8792 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
4. 1.98km NW of Granada Hills, CAMon, Sep 9, 5:40 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
5. 2.114km SSW of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 10, 3:32 PM PDT · 8790 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
6. 1.524km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Sep 11, 4:16 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
7. 1.87km NNE of Lamont, CAWed, Sep 11, 7:03 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
8. 2.05km NW of McFarland, CAWed, Sep 11, 11:29 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
9. 2.618km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 12:35 PM PDT · 8787 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
10. 1.718km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 12:39 PM PDT · 8787 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
11. 1.921km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 2:04 PM PDT · 8787 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
12. 1.55km NNE of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:40 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
13. 1.94km N of Valencia, CASun, Sep 15, 11:40 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
14. 1.73km NNW of Valencia, CASun, Sep 15, 11:43 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
15. 1.74km NNE of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:43 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
16. 1.53km N of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:52 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
17. 1.625km S of Bodfish, CaliforniaMon, Sep 16, 9:47 AM PDT · 8785 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
18. 1.519km NNW of Tehachapi, CaliforniaSun, Sep 22, 4:04 AM PDT · 8779 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
19. 1.710km SSW of Arvin, CATue, Sep 24, 9:14 PM PDT · 8776 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
20. 1.812km N of Ojai, CaliforniaWed, Sep 25, 4:23 PM PDT · 8775 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
21. 1.926km SSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Sep 26, 7:09 PM PDT · 8774 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
22. 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 28, 8:23 PM PDT · 8772 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
23. 1.519km NE of Arvin, CASun, Sep 29, 3:23 PM PDT · 8771 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
24. 1.613km N of Castaic, CAWed, Oct 2, 11:53 AM PDT · 8769 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
25. 1.516km NNW of California City, CAThu, Oct 3, 11:47 AM PDT · 8768 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
26. 1.716km NNW of California City, CAThu, Oct 3, 12:56 PM PDT · 8768 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
27. 1.68km E of Ojai, CASat, Oct 5, 11:05 AM PDT · 8766 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
28. 1.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 6, 12:26 PM PDT · 8765 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
29. 1.516km W of Ventura, CaliforniaMon, Oct 7, 4:36 PM PDT · 8763 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
30. 2.522km WNW of Wasco, CAFri, Oct 11, 8:48 PM PDT · 8759 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
31. 1.712km WNW of Ojai, CaliforniaSat, Oct 12, 11:37 AM PDT · 8759 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
32. 1.77km SSE of Piru, CaliforniaSat, Oct 12, 2:39 PM PDT · 8759 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
33. 1.511km SW of Lamont, CaliforniaSun, Oct 13, 11:48 PM PDT · 8757 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
34. 1.98km N of Pacoima, CAMon, Oct 14, 11:53 PM PDT · 8756 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
35. 1.65km S of Lamont, CaliforniaSat, Oct 19, 3:57 AM PDT · 8752 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
36. 1.62km W of Chatsworth, CASun, Oct 20, 10:14 AM PDT · 8751 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
37. 1.912km NNW of Grapevine, CaliforniaFri, Oct 25, 4:49 PM PDT · 8745 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
38. 2.14km WNW of Lebec, CASat, Oct 26, 8:49 PM PDT · 8744 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
39. 1.611km S of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 27, 3:44 PM PST · 8743 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
40. 1.812km NNW of Chatsworth, CATue, Oct 29, 3:40 PM PST · 8741 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
41. 1.510km E of Ojai, CASat, Nov 2, 1:58 AM PST · 8738 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
42. 1.820km NE of Arvin, CASat, Nov 2, 5:56 PM PST · 8737 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
43. 2.07km SW of Ojai, CASat, Nov 2, 11:50 PM PST · 8737 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
44. 1.74km NE of Oxnard, CaliforniaSun, Nov 3, 8:23 AM PST · 8737 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away

Before

1. 1.67km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Sep 4, 8:14 PM PDT · 8796 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
2. 1.513km SSW of Lamont, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 11:39 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
3. 1.74km NW of Lamont, CAFri, Aug 30, 5:29 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
4. 1.53km WSW of Lebec, CAFri, Aug 30, 5:20 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
5. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Aug 30, 11:02 AM PDT · 8802 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
6. 1.75km W of Kernville, CAWed, Aug 28, 7:58 AM PDT · 8804 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
7. 1.717km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Aug 27, 1:56 AM PDT · 8805 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
8. 1.55km ESE of Santa Clarita, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 1:20 PM PDT · 8806 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
9. 1.54km W of Kernville, CAMon, Aug 26, 8:01 AM PDT · 8806 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
10. 2.56km W of Kernville, CAFri, Aug 23, 1:57 AM PDT · 8809 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.26km W of Kernville, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 1:57 AM PDT · 8809 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
12. 1.95km W of Kernville, CAThu, Aug 22, 10:58 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
13. 1.85km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 9:01 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
14. 1.59km NE of Buttonwillow, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 6:57 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
15. 1.52km NNW of Simi Valley, CAWed, Aug 21, 2:37 AM PDT · 8811 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
16. 2.13km NNW of Simi Valley, CAWed, Aug 21, 1:41 AM PDT · 8811 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
17. 1.811km ESE of Tehachapi, CATue, Aug 20, 5:25 AM PDT · 8812 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
18. 1.619km SSW of Lamont, CaliforniaMon, Aug 19, 11:07 PM PDT · 8812 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
19. 1.510km W of Lamont, CaliforniaMon, Aug 19, 10:08 AM PDT · 8813 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
20. 1.620km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Aug 14, 7:27 PM PDT · 8817 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9819585. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC.