M1.8 earthquake 24km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Thu, Jul 18, 2002, 11:20 AM PDT

UTC

2002-07-18 18:20:14 UTC

Depth

7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.321° N, 118.573° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.36

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

56°

Stations used

23

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast19 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast24 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast41 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast144 kmNNW

After

1. 1.86km NE of Lebec, CAFri, Jul 19, 7:58 AM PDT · 8844 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
2. 1.613km NNW of Piru, CaliforniaSat, Jul 20, 1:37 AM PDT · 8843 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
3. 2.518km N of Ridgecrest, CASun, Jul 21, 7:37 AM PDT · 8842 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
4. 1.618km N of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Jul 22, 2:31 AM PDT · 8841 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
5. 2.418km N of Ridgecrest, CATue, Jul 23, 9:56 PM PDT · 8839 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
6. 1.824km NNW of California City, CAWed, Jul 24, 5:04 AM PDT · 8839 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
7. 2.912km SW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Jul 26, 12:17 AM PDT · 8837 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
8. 1.540km N of Kernville, CaliforniaMon, Jul 29, 7:15 AM PDT · 8834 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
9. 1.512km NNW of Grapevine, CaliforniaTue, Jul 30, 6:51 AM PDT · 8833 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
10. 1.57km ESE of Coso Junction, CATue, Jul 30, 5:26 PM PDT · 8832 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
11. 2.05km WNW of Little Lake, CAWed, Jul 31, 4:52 AM PDT · 8832 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
12. 2.723km W of Johannesburg, CAWed, Jul 31, 8:15 AM PDT · 8832 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
13. 2.016km N of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Aug 1, 8:54 AM PDT · 8830 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
14. 1.95km WNW of Little Lake, CAFri, Aug 2, 4:12 PM PDT · 8829 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
15. 2.65km NW of Little Lake, CAFri, Aug 2, 8:19 PM PDT · 8829 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
16. 1.65km WNW of Little Lake, CAFri, Aug 2, 9:40 PM PDT · 8829 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
17. 1.614km N of Ridgecrest, CaliforniaMon, Aug 5, 3:20 AM PDT · 8827 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
18. 2.21km WSW of Castaic, CAMon, Aug 5, 5:31 PM PDT · 8826 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
19. 1.628km NNE of Kernville, CATue, Aug 6, 11:10 AM PDT · 8825 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
20. 2.011km ENE of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Aug 6, 3:48 PM PDT · 8825 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
21. 1.618km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Aug 7, 12:32 PM PDT · 8824 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
22. 2.211km NE of Grapevine, CAFri, Aug 9, 8:08 PM PDT · 8822 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
23. 1.74km NW of Boron, CaliforniaSun, Aug 11, 6:41 PM PDT · 8820 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
24. 3.110km SSE of Buttonwillow, CATue, Aug 13, 11:03 AM PDT · 8818 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
25. 1.88km ESE of Johannesburg, CATue, Aug 13, 11:08 AM PDT · 8818 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
26. 1.65km W of Kernville, CAWed, Aug 14, 4:57 PM PDT · 8817 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
27. 1.620km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Aug 14, 7:27 PM PDT · 8817 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
28. 1.510km W of Lamont, CaliforniaMon, Aug 19, 10:08 AM PDT · 8812 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
29. 1.619km SSW of Lamont, CaliforniaMon, Aug 19, 11:07 PM PDT · 8812 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
30. 1.811km ESE of Tehachapi, CATue, Aug 20, 5:25 AM PDT · 8812 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
31. 1.59km NE of Buttonwillow, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 6:57 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
32. 1.85km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 9:01 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
33. 1.95km W of Kernville, CAThu, Aug 22, 10:58 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
34. 2.26km W of Kernville, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 1:57 AM PDT · 8809 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
35. 2.56km W of Kernville, CAFri, Aug 23, 1:57 AM PDT · 8809 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
36. 1.823km W of Inyokern, CAFri, Aug 23, 8:14 PM PDT · 8808 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
37. 2.430km NW of Kernville, CASun, Aug 25, 2:32 AM PDT · 8807 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
38. 1.86km NNE of Little Lake, CAMon, Aug 26, 3:38 AM PDT · 8806 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
39. 1.54km W of Kernville, CAMon, Aug 26, 8:01 AM PDT · 8806 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
40. 2.217km E of Porterville, CAMon, Aug 26, 4:35 PM PDT · 8805 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
41. 1.66km NNE of Little Lake, CAMon, Aug 26, 10:59 PM PDT · 8805 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
42. 1.717km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Aug 27, 1:56 AM PDT · 8805 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
43. 1.75km W of Kernville, CAWed, Aug 28, 7:58 AM PDT · 8804 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
44. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Aug 30, 11:02 AM PDT · 8801 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
45. 1.53km WSW of Lebec, CAFri, Aug 30, 5:20 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
46. 1.74km NW of Lamont, CAFri, Aug 30, 5:29 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
47. 1.513km SSW of Lamont, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 11:39 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
48. 1.68km WNW of Little Lake, CASun, Sep 1, 11:07 AM PDT · 8799 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
49. 1.67km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Sep 4, 8:14 PM PDT · 8796 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
50. 1.518km NW of Grapevine, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 5:27 AM PDT · 8796 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
51. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Sep 5, 11:40 AM PDT · 8795 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
52. 2.213km WNW of Mojave, CAThu, Sep 5, 2:08 PM PDT · 8795 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
53. 1.617km N of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Sep 6, 6:48 AM PDT · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
54. 1.614km NW of Grapevine, CaliforniaSun, Sep 8, 4:21 PM PDT · 8792 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
55. 2.410km WNW of Johannesburg, CAMon, Sep 9, 3:55 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
56. 1.69km W of Johannesburg, CAMon, Sep 9, 5:29 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
57. 1.618km N of Ridgecrest, CATue, Sep 10, 1:20 AM PDT · 8791 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
58. 2.114km SSW of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 10, 3:32 PM PDT · 8790 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
59. 1.524km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Sep 11, 4:16 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
60. 1.87km NNE of Lamont, CAWed, Sep 11, 7:03 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

1. 1.715km WNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jul 17, 11:15 AM PDT · 8845 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
2. 1.511km NNW of Grapevine, CAWed, Jul 17, 3:46 AM PDT · 8846 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
3. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CaliforniaTue, Jul 16, 8:08 AM PDT · 8847 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
4. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CaliforniaTue, Jul 16, 8:08 AM PDT · 8847 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
5. 1.928km NNE of Kernville, CAMon, Jul 15, 10:59 PM PDT · 8847 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
6. 1.68km SW of Grapevine, CaliforniaMon, Jul 15, 5:25 PM PDT · 8847 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
7. 1.513km ESE of Tehachapi, CaliforniaSun, Jul 14, 4:49 AM PDT · 8849 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
8. 1.58km WNW of Little Lake, CaliforniaSun, Jul 14, 3:57 AM PDT · 8849 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
9. 1.618km NNE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Jul 14, 1:51 AM PDT · 8849 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
10. 1.58km N of Rosedale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 13, 8:30 AM PDT · 8850 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
11. 1.816km ESE of Porterville, CaliforniaThu, Jul 11, 8:52 PM PDT · 8851 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
12. 1.722km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jul 11, 8:27 PM PDT · 8851 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
13. 1.65km WSW of Gorman, CAWed, Jul 10, 4:40 AM PDT · 8853 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
14. 2.623km WSW of Little Lake, CAWed, Jul 10, 1:03 AM PDT · 8853 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
15. 1.85km W of Gorman, CAWed, Jul 10, 12:03 AM PDT · 8853 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
16. 1.79km WNW of Little Lake, CATue, Jul 9, 8:40 PM PDT · 8853 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
17. 2.05km W of Gorman, CATue, Jul 9, 8:23 PM PDT · 8853 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
18. 2.94km WNW of Gorman, CATue, Jul 9, 8:15 PM PDT · 8853 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
19. 2.19km WNW of Little Lake, CATue, Jul 9, 8:11 PM PDT · 8853 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
20. 1.68km WNW of Little Lake, CATue, Jul 9, 5:09 PM PDT · 8853 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci13687960. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.