M1.5 earthquake 10km W of Lamont, California

Magnitude

1.5 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Mon, Aug 19, 2002, 10:08 AM PDT

UTC

2002-08-19 17:08:41 UTC

Depth

17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.254° N, 119.024° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

200°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

8

• Greenfield, CaliforniaPopulation 3,991. Forecast3 kmSW
• Lamont, CaliforniaPopulation 15,120. Forecast10 kmW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast13 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast151 kmNNW

After

1. 1.619km SSW of Lamont, CaliforniaMon, Aug 19, 11:07 PM PDT · 8812 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
2. 1.811km ESE of Tehachapi, CATue, Aug 20, 5:25 AM PDT · 8812 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
3. 1.59km NE of Buttonwillow, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 6:57 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
4. 1.85km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 9:01 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
5. 1.95km W of Kernville, CAThu, Aug 22, 10:58 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
6. 2.26km W of Kernville, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 1:57 AM PDT · 8809 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
7. 2.56km W of Kernville, CAFri, Aug 23, 1:57 AM PDT · 8809 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
8. 1.823km W of Inyokern, CAFri, Aug 23, 8:14 PM PDT · 8808 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
9. 2.430km NW of Kernville, CASun, Aug 25, 2:32 AM PDT · 8807 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
10. 1.54km W of Kernville, CAMon, Aug 26, 8:01 AM PDT · 8806 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
11. 2.217km E of Porterville, CAMon, Aug 26, 4:35 PM PDT · 8806 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
12. 1.717km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Aug 27, 1:56 AM PDT · 8805 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
13. 1.75km W of Kernville, CAWed, Aug 28, 7:58 AM PDT · 8804 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
14. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Aug 30, 11:02 AM PDT · 8802 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
15. 1.53km WSW of Lebec, CAFri, Aug 30, 5:20 PM PDT · 8802 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
16. 1.74km NW of Lamont, CAFri, Aug 30, 5:29 PM PDT · 8802 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
17. 1.513km SSW of Lamont, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 11:39 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
18. 1.67km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Sep 4, 8:14 PM PDT · 8796 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
19. 1.518km NW of Grapevine, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 5:27 AM PDT · 8796 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
20. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Sep 5, 11:40 AM PDT · 8796 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
21. 2.213km WNW of Mojave, CAThu, Sep 5, 2:08 PM PDT · 8796 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
22. 1.614km NW of Grapevine, CaliforniaSun, Sep 8, 4:21 PM PDT · 8793 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
23. 2.114km SSW of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 10, 3:32 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
24. 1.524km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Sep 11, 4:16 PM PDT · 8790 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
25. 1.87km NNE of Lamont, CAWed, Sep 11, 7:03 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
26. 2.05km NW of McFarland, CAWed, Sep 11, 11:29 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
27. 2.618km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 12:35 PM PDT · 8787 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
28. 1.718km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 12:39 PM PDT · 8787 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
29. 1.921km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 2:04 PM PDT · 8787 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
30. 1.55km NNE of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:40 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
31. 1.94km N of Valencia, CASun, Sep 15, 11:40 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
32. 1.73km NNW of Valencia, CASun, Sep 15, 11:43 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
33. 1.74km NNE of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:43 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
34. 1.53km N of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:52 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
35. 1.625km S of Bodfish, CaliforniaMon, Sep 16, 9:47 AM PDT · 8785 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
36. 1.519km NNW of Tehachapi, CaliforniaSun, Sep 22, 4:04 AM PDT · 8779 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
37. 1.710km SSW of Arvin, CATue, Sep 24, 9:14 PM PDT · 8776 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
38. 1.812km N of Ojai, CaliforniaWed, Sep 25, 4:23 PM PDT · 8776 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
39. 1.926km SSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Sep 26, 7:09 PM PDT · 8774 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
40. 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 28, 8:23 PM PDT · 8772 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
41. 1.715km ESE of Porterville, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 8:15 AM PDT · 8772 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
42. 1.519km NE of Arvin, CASun, Sep 29, 3:23 PM PDT · 8772 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
43. 1.613km N of Castaic, CAWed, Oct 2, 11:53 AM PDT · 8769 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
44. 1.516km NNW of California City, CAThu, Oct 3, 11:47 AM PDT · 8768 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
45. 1.716km NNW of California City, CAThu, Oct 3, 12:56 PM PDT · 8768 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
46. 1.68km E of Ojai, CASat, Oct 5, 11:05 AM PDT · 8766 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
47. 1.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 6, 12:26 PM PDT · 8765 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
48. 2.522km WNW of Wasco, CAFri, Oct 11, 8:48 PM PDT · 8759 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
49. 1.712km WNW of Ojai, CaliforniaSat, Oct 12, 11:37 AM PDT · 8759 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
50. 1.511km SW of Lamont, CaliforniaSun, Oct 13, 11:48 PM PDT · 8757 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
51. 1.719 km WNW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaWed, Oct 16, 5:46 AM PDT · 8755 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away

Before

1. 1.620km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Aug 14, 7:27 PM PDT · 8817 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
2. 1.65km W of Kernville, CAWed, Aug 14, 4:57 PM PDT · 8818 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
3. 3.110km SSE of Buttonwillow, CATue, Aug 13, 11:03 AM PDT · 8819 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
4. 2.211km NE of Grapevine, CAFri, Aug 9, 8:08 PM PDT · 8822 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
5. 1.618km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Aug 7, 12:32 PM PDT · 8825 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
6. 2.011km ENE of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Aug 6, 3:48 PM PDT · 8826 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
7. 2.21km WSW of Castaic, CAMon, Aug 5, 5:31 PM PDT · 8827 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
8. 1.512km NNW of Grapevine, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 6:51 AM PDT · 8833 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
9. 2.912km SW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Jul 26, 12:17 AM PDT · 8837 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
10. 1.824km NNW of California City, CAWed, Jul 24, 5:04 AM PDT · 8839 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
11. 1.915 km NW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaTue, Jul 23, 2:44 AM PDT · 8840 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
12. 1.823km SE of Kettleman City, CaliforniaMon, Jul 22, 12:31 AM PDT · 8841 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
13. 2.515 km NW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaSun, Jul 21, 5:17 PM PDT · 8842 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9811513. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:56 PM UTC.