M1.6 earthquake 20km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Mon, Apr 29, 2002, 5:12 PM PDT

UTC

2002-04-30 00:12:22 UTC

Depth

4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.290° N, 118.558° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.28

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

57°

Stations used

19

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast16 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast20 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast43 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast141 kmNNW

After

1. 3.025km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, May 1, 4:02 PM PDT · 8922 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
2. 2.925km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, May 1, 4:03 PM PDT · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
3. 1.524km WNW of Inyokern, CaliforniaWed, May 1, 4:20 PM PDT · 8922 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
4. 1.724km S of Bodfish, CAWed, May 1, 5:06 PM PDT · 8922 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
5. 2.025km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, May 1, 8:55 PM PDT · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
6. 3.825km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, May 1, 11:00 PM PDT · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
7. 2.025km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, May 1, 11:48 PM PDT · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
8. 1.527km SW of Little Lake, CaliforniaWed, May 1, 11:51 PM PDT · 8922 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
9. 2.725km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, May 1, 11:51 PM PDT · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
10. 1.825km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, May 2, 12:03 AM PDT · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
11. 1.825km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, May 2, 12:12 AM PDT · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
12. 2.325km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, May 2, 1:05 AM PDT · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
13. 1.620km SSW of Little Lake, CAThu, May 2, 3:31 AM PDT · 8922 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
14. 1.625km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, May 2, 7:10 AM PDT · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
15. 1.818km W of Tehachapi, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 12:31 AM PDT · 8921 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
16. 2.326km WNW of Inyokern, CAFri, May 3, 1:15 AM PDT · 8921 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
17. 2.025km WNW of Inyokern, CAFri, May 3, 1:41 AM PDT · 8921 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
18. 3.025km WNW of Inyokern, CAFri, May 3, 2:59 AM PDT · 8921 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
19. 1.84km ESE of Vincent, CAFri, May 3, 6:14 PM PDT · 8920 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
20. 1.821km SSW of Bakersfield, CaliforniaFri, May 3, 10:11 PM PDT · 8920 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
21. 1.58km E of Kernville, CASun, May 5, 1:56 PM PDT · 8918 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
22. 1.520km SW of Little Lake, CASun, May 5, 6:59 PM PDT · 8918 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
23. 2.625km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, May 6, 4:54 AM PDT · 8918 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
24. 1.621km E of Maricopa, CaliforniaMon, May 6, 6:07 AM PDT · 8918 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
25. 2.07km E of Kernville, CAMon, May 6, 3:20 PM PDT · 8917 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
26. 3.424km WNW of Inyokern, CATue, May 7, 3:31 PM PDT · 8916 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
27. 2.04km NE of Rosedale, CAFri, May 10, 2:29 AM PDT · 8914 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
28. 1.625km WNW of Inyokern, CAFri, May 10, 10:28 AM PDT · 8913 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
29. 2.923km S of Bodfish, CAFri, May 10, 2:33 PM PDT · 8913 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
30. 2.525km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, May 11, 4:08 PM PDT · 8912 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
31. 1.69km W of Tehachapi, CASun, May 12, 4:06 PM PDT · 8911 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
32. 1.623km S of Bodfish, CAMon, May 13, 5:35 AM PDT · 8911 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
33. 1.84km W of Grapevine, CaliforniaMon, May 13, 9:25 AM PDT · 8910 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
34. 1.721km SW of Little Lake, CAWed, May 15, 3:25 AM PDT · 8909 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
35. 2.025km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, May 15, 8:12 AM PDT · 8908 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
36. 1.719km NW of Grapevine, CAWed, May 15, 11:44 AM PDT · 8908 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
37. 2.216km SW of Arvin, CaliforniaWed, May 15, 4:32 PM PDT · 8908 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
38. 1.58km E of Kernville, CAThu, May 16, 11:29 PM PDT · 8907 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
39. 1.524km NNW of Tehachapi, CaliforniaSun, May 19, 4:49 AM PDT · 8905 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
40. 2.025km WNW of Inyokern, CASun, May 19, 8:59 PM PDT · 8904 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
41. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAMon, May 20, 4:18 AM PDT · 8904 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
42. 1.615km N of Grapevine, CaliforniaMon, May 20, 11:18 AM PDT · 8903 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
43. 1.66km NNE of Little Lake, CATue, May 21, 1:30 AM PDT · 8903 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
44. 1.616km NNE of Ridgecrest, CATue, May 21, 3:55 PM PDT · 8902 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
45. 1.617km N of Grapevine, CaliforniaWed, May 22, 6:38 AM PDT · 8902 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
46. 1.611km WNW of Kernville, CAWed, May 22, 10:03 AM PDT · 8901 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
47. 2.027km W of Inyokern, CAWed, May 22, 3:24 PM PDT · 8901 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
48. 1.68km W of Tehachapi, CaliforniaFri, May 24, 7:30 PM PDT · 8899 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
49. 1.74km ENE of Wofford Heights, CAMon, May 27, 5:31 PM PDT · 8896 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
50. 1.74km ENE of Wofford Heights, CAMon, May 27, 8:41 PM PDT · 8896 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
51. 1.823km ENE of Maricopa, CaliforniaWed, May 29, 11:20 PM PDT · 8894 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
52. 1.817km ENE of Taft, CaliforniaThu, May 30, 7:29 AM PDT · 8894 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
53. 1.623km S of Bodfish, CaliforniaFri, May 31, 2:02 AM PDT · 8893 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
54. 1.915km SSW of Little Lake, CAFri, May 31, 2:19 PM PDT · 8892 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
55. 1.713km ESE of Little Lake, CASat, Jun 1, 4:11 PM PDT · 8891 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
56. 1.715km ESE of Little Lake, CaliforniaSat, Jun 1, 4:14 PM PDT · 8891 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
57. 2.413km ESE of Little Lake, CASat, Jun 1, 6:51 PM PDT · 8891 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
58. 1.626km WNW of Inyokern, CASat, Jun 1, 9:57 PM PDT · 8891 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
59. 1.522km N of Tehachapi, CaliforniaSun, Jun 2, 4:57 AM PDT · 8891 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
60. 1.511km SSE of Gorman, CaliforniaSun, Jun 2, 8:49 AM PDT · 8890 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 88.

Before

1. 2.117km ESE of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Apr 29, 1:53 AM PDT · 8925 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
2. 1.618km W of Johannesburg, CASun, Apr 28, 3:45 PM PDT · 8925 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
3. 2.325km WNW of Inyokern, CASun, Apr 28, 11:12 AM PDT · 8925 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
4. 1.718km SW of Little Lake, CASun, Apr 28, 8:20 AM PDT · 8925 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
5. 2.125km WNW of Inyokern, CAFri, Apr 26, 10:28 PM PDT · 8927 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
6. 2.47km NNE of Little Lake, CAThu, Apr 25, 9:08 AM PDT · 8928 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
7. 1.522km SSW of Little Lake, CaliforniaWed, Apr 24, 1:01 AM PDT · 8930 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
8. 1.825km NNE of Kernville, CaliforniaSat, Apr 20, 2:31 PM PDT · 8933 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
9. 1.813km N of Grapevine, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 6:20 PM PDT · 8935 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
10. 1.55km ESE of Buttonwillow, CaliforniaThu, Apr 18, 4:52 PM PDT · 8935 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
11. 1.725km W of Inyokern, CAWed, Apr 17, 11:51 PM PDT · 8936 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
12. 1.526km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Apr 17, 5:19 PM PDT · 8936 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
13. 2.09km WSW of Inyokern, CASun, Apr 14, 4:24 PM PDT · 8939 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
14. 2.36km E of Ridgecrest, CASat, Apr 13, 12:43 AM PDT · 8941 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
15. 2.810km NNW of Piru, CAFri, Apr 12, 5:20 PM PDT · 8941 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
16. 1.526km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Apr 11, 7:53 AM PDT · 8943 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
17. 1.717km SE of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Apr 10, 7:22 PM PDT · 8943 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
18. 2.010km W of Tehachapi, CAWed, Apr 10, 3:59 AM PDT · 8944 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
19. 2.225km WNW of Inyokern, CATue, Apr 9, 9:12 PM PDT · 8944 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
20. 2.425km WNW of Inyokern, CATue, Apr 9, 12:05 AM PDT · 8945 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci12883888. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.