M1.9 earthquake 4km SW of Shafter, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Fri, Jun 14, 2002, 5:00 PM PDT

UTC

2002-06-15 00:00:44 UTC

Depth

6.2 km (3.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.476° N, 119.296° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 26.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.44

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

118°

Stations used

26

• Smith Corner, CaliforniaPopulation 524. Forecast2 kmW
• Shafter, CaliforniaPopulation 18,336. Forecast4 kmSW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast28 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast185 kmNNW

After

1. 2.021km ENE of Maricopa, CaliforniaMon, Jun 17, 8:39 PM PDT · 8875 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
2. 1.68km E of Kernville, CAWed, Jun 19, 5:22 PM PDT · 8873 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
3. 1.56 km SSW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaFri, Jun 21, 12:37 AM PDT · 8872 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
4. 1.99 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 2:49 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
5. 1.68 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 2:53 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
6. 1.59 km NNW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 3:20 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
7. 2.210 km NW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 4:24 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
8. 1.610 km NW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 4:25 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
9. 2.62 km SSW of Armona, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 5:26 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
10. 2.08 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 9:06 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.010 km NW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 11:07 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
12. 1.99km SE of Kernville, CAMon, Jun 24, 7:50 AM PDT · 8869 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
13. 1.65km W of Kernville, CAMon, Jun 24, 9:22 PM PDT · 8868 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
14. 1.812km NNE of Grapevine, CaliforniaThu, Jun 27, 9:21 AM PDT · 8866 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
15. 1.923km N of Montecito, CaliforniaThu, Jun 27, 12:44 PM PDT · 8866 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
16. 1.825km SSW of Bodfish, CASat, Jun 29, 7:40 AM PDT · 8864 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
17. 1.520km S of Maricopa, CaliforniaFri, Jul 5, 7:52 AM PDT · 8858 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
18. 2.35km W of Kernville, CASun, Jul 7, 4:01 PM PDT · 8855 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
19. 2.63km WNW of Tipton, CATue, Jul 9, 2:18 AM PDT · 8854 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
20. 2.94km WNW of Gorman, CATue, Jul 9, 8:15 PM PDT · 8853 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
21. 2.05km W of Gorman, CATue, Jul 9, 8:23 PM PDT · 8853 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
22. 1.85km W of Gorman, CAWed, Jul 10, 12:03 AM PDT · 8853 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
23. 1.721 km NW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaWed, Jul 10, 12:15 AM PDT · 8853 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
24. 1.65km WSW of Gorman, CAWed, Jul 10, 4:40 AM PDT · 8853 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
25. 1.917 km NNW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaThu, Jul 11, 2:36 PM PDT · 8851 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
26. 1.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jul 11, 8:27 PM PDT · 8851 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
27. 1.816km ESE of Porterville, CaliforniaThu, Jul 11, 8:52 PM PDT · 8851 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
28. 1.816 km NNW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaFri, Jul 12, 12:18 PM PDT · 8851 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
29. 2.115 km NNW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaFri, Jul 12, 4:24 PM PDT · 8850 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
30. 1.58km N of Rosedale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 13, 8:30 AM PDT · 8850 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
31. 1.513km ESE of Tehachapi, CaliforniaSun, Jul 14, 4:49 AM PDT · 8849 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
32. 2.018 km NNW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaMon, Jul 15, 11:41 AM PDT · 8848 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
33. 1.68km SW of Grapevine, CaliforniaMon, Jul 15, 5:25 PM PDT · 8847 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
34. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CaliforniaTue, Jul 16, 8:08 AM PDT · 8847 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
35. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CaliforniaTue, Jul 16, 8:08 AM PDT · 8847 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
36. 1.89 km ESE of Huron, CaliforniaTue, Jul 16, 8:05 PM PDT · 8846 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
37. 1.511km NNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jul 17, 3:46 AM PDT · 8846 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
38. 1.715km WNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jul 17, 11:15 AM PDT · 8846 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
39. 1.824km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jul 18, 11:20 AM PDT · 8845 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
40. 1.86km NE of Lebec, CAFri, Jul 19, 7:58 AM PDT · 8844 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
41. 2.515 km NW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaSun, Jul 21, 5:17 PM PDT · 8841 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
42. 1.823km SE of Kettleman City, CaliforniaMon, Jul 22, 12:31 AM PDT · 8841 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
43. 1.915 km NW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaTue, Jul 23, 2:44 AM PDT · 8840 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
44. 2.05 km SSE of Kettleman City, CaliforniaThu, Jul 25, 9:38 AM PDT · 8838 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
45. 2.912km SW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Jul 26, 12:17 AM PDT · 8837 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
46. 1.512km NNW of Grapevine, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 6:51 AM PDT · 8833 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
47. 3.124 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Jul 31, 11:53 AM PDT · 8832 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
48. 1.524 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Jul 31, 1:00 PM PDT · 8832 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
49. 1.724 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Jul 31, 1:49 PM PDT · 8831 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
50. 1.822 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Jul 31, 11:55 PM PDT · 8831 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
51. 2.011km ENE of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Aug 6, 3:48 PM PDT · 8825 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
52. 1.618km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Aug 7, 12:32 PM PDT · 8825 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
53. 1.8Central CaliforniaThu, Aug 8, 2:09 AM PDT · 8824 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
54. 2.211km NE of Grapevine, CAFri, Aug 9, 8:08 PM PDT · 8822 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
55. 3.110km SSE of Buttonwillow, CATue, Aug 13, 11:03 AM PDT · 8819 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away

Before

1. 1.613km N of Grapevine, CaliforniaThu, Jun 13, 9:53 AM PDT · 8880 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
2. 2.48 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Jun 12, 11:33 PM PDT · 8880 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
3. 2.46km SW of Shafter, CAWed, Jun 12, 5:39 AM PDT · 8881 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
4. 1.615 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaTue, Jun 11, 10:15 PM PDT · 8881 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
5. 1.722km S of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Jun 10, 5:35 PM PDT · 8882 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
6. 1.821km S of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Jun 10, 6:50 AM PDT · 8883 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
7. 1.722km S of Pine Mountain Club, CaliforniaSun, Jun 9, 7:48 PM PDT · 8883 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
8. 2.814km NNE of Grapevine, CASat, Jun 8, 5:45 PM PDT · 8884 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
9. 1.810km NNW of Grapevine, CASun, Jun 2, 11:15 AM PDT · 8891 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
10. 1.511km SSE of Gorman, CaliforniaSun, Jun 2, 8:49 AM PDT · 8891 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
11. 1.522km N of Tehachapi, CaliforniaSun, Jun 2, 4:57 AM PDT · 8891 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
12. 1.623km S of Bodfish, CaliforniaFri, May 31, 2:02 AM PDT · 8893 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
13. 1.817km ENE of Taft, CaliforniaThu, May 30, 7:29 AM PDT · 8894 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
14. 1.823km ENE of Maricopa, CaliforniaWed, May 29, 11:20 PM PDT · 8894 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
15. 1.74km ENE of Wofford Heights, CAMon, May 27, 8:41 PM PDT · 8896 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
16. 1.74km ENE of Wofford Heights, CAMon, May 27, 5:31 PM PDT · 8896 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
17. 1.68km W of Tehachapi, CaliforniaFri, May 24, 7:30 PM PDT · 8899 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
18. 1.611km WNW of Kernville, CAWed, May 22, 10:03 AM PDT · 8902 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
19. 1.617km N of Grapevine, CaliforniaWed, May 22, 6:38 AM PDT · 8902 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
20. 1.615km N of Grapevine, CaliforniaMon, May 20, 11:18 AM PDT · 8904 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci13657844. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:35 AM UTC.