M1.5 earthquake 24km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

Magnitude

1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Wed, Sep 11, 2002, 4:16 PM PDT

UTC

2002-09-11 23:16:04 UTC

Depth

8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.322° N, 118.581° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

107°

Stations used

19

• Bear Valley Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 5,172. Forecast19 kmNNE
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast24 kmNNW
• Bakersfield, CaliforniaPopulation 373,640. Forecast40 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast144 kmNNW

After

1. 1.87km NNE of Lamont, CAWed, Sep 11, 7:03 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
2. 2.05km NW of McFarland, CAWed, Sep 11, 11:29 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
3. 2.618km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 12:35 PM PDT · 8787 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
4. 1.718km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 12:39 PM PDT · 8787 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
5. 1.921km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 2:04 PM PDT · 8787 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
6. 1.55km NNE of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:40 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
7. 1.94km N of Valencia, CASun, Sep 15, 11:40 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
8. 1.73km NNW of Valencia, CASun, Sep 15, 11:43 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
9. 1.74km NNE of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:43 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
10. 1.53km N of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:52 AM PDT · 8786 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
11. 1.625km S of Bodfish, CaliforniaMon, Sep 16, 9:47 AM PDT · 8785 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
12. 1.522km SSW of Little Lake, CATue, Sep 17, 6:42 AM PDT · 8784 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
13. 1.54km N of Little Lake, CAWed, Sep 18, 3:43 AM PDT · 8783 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
14. 1.510km NNE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Sep 20, 10:11 AM PDT · 8781 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
15. 1.54km N of Little Lake, CAFri, Sep 20, 8:46 PM PDT · 8780 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
16. 1.519km NNW of Tehachapi, CaliforniaSun, Sep 22, 4:04 AM PDT · 8779 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
17. 1.710km SSW of Arvin, CATue, Sep 24, 9:14 PM PDT · 8776 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
18. 1.926km SSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Sep 26, 7:09 PM PDT · 8774 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
19. 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 28, 8:23 PM PDT · 8772 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
20. 1.715km ESE of Porterville, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 8:15 AM PDT · 8772 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
21. 1.519km NE of Arvin, CASun, Sep 29, 3:23 PM PDT · 8772 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
22. 1.827km NNE of Kernville, CAMon, Sep 30, 1:20 PM PDT · 8771 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
23. 1.613km N of Castaic, CAWed, Oct 2, 11:53 AM PDT · 8769 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
24. 1.516km NNW of California City, CAThu, Oct 3, 11:47 AM PDT · 8768 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
25. 1.716km NNW of California City, CAThu, Oct 3, 12:56 PM PDT · 8768 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
26. 1.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 6, 12:26 PM PDT · 8765 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
27. 2.623km N of Ridgecrest, CASun, Oct 6, 7:49 PM PDT · 8764 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
28. 2.522km WNW of Wasco, CAFri, Oct 11, 8:48 PM PDT · 8759 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
29. 2.06km NE of Little Lake, CAFri, Oct 11, 9:39 PM PDT · 8759 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
30. 1.76km ESE of Coso Junction, CASun, Oct 13, 2:32 PM PDT · 8758 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
31. 1.511km SW of Lamont, CaliforniaSun, Oct 13, 11:48 PM PDT · 8757 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
32. 1.65km S of Lamont, CaliforniaSat, Oct 19, 3:57 AM PDT · 8752 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
33. 1.64km NNW of Little Lake, CASun, Oct 20, 12:05 PM PDT · 8751 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
34. 1.517km N of Ridgecrest, CASun, Oct 20, 3:26 PM PDT · 8751 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
35. 1.525km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, Oct 21, 11:27 PM PDT · 8749 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
36. 1.627km NNE of Kernville, CATue, Oct 22, 2:45 PM PDT · 8749 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
37. 2.58km ESE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Oct 23, 8:24 PM PDT · 8747 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
38. 1.78km ESE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Oct 25, 3:30 AM PDT · 8746 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
39. 2.07km SE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Oct 25, 6:44 AM PDT · 8746 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
40. 1.912km NNW of Grapevine, CaliforniaFri, Oct 25, 4:49 PM PDT · 8746 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
41. 1.57km ESE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Oct 25, 6:41 PM PDT · 8745 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
42. 2.14km WNW of Lebec, CASat, Oct 26, 8:49 PM PDT · 8744 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
43. 1.57km SE of Coso Junction, CaliforniaSat, Oct 26, 8:59 PM PDT · 8744 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
44. 1.619km N of Ridgecrest, CASat, Oct 26, 9:33 PM PDT · 8744 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
45. 1.925km W of Coso Junction, CASat, Oct 26, 11:24 PM PDT · 8744 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
46. 1.611km S of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 27, 3:44 PM PST · 8744 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
47. 1.67km ESE of Coso Junction, CAMon, Oct 28, 5:01 PM PST · 8742 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
48. 1.820km NE of Arvin, CASat, Nov 2, 5:56 PM PST · 8737 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
49. 1.65km NNE of Little Lake, CAWed, Nov 6, 9:17 AM PST · 8734 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
50. 2.020km NE of Arvin, CAFri, Nov 8, 1:25 PM PST · 8732 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
51. 3.58km WSW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 8, 3:19 PM PST · 8732 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
52. 2.39km WSW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 8, 5:05 PM PST · 8731 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
53. 1.611km ENE of Pine Mountain Club, CaliforniaSat, Nov 9, 1:21 AM PST · 8731 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
54. 2.420km NW of Tehachapi, CASat, Nov 9, 1:37 AM PST · 8731 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
55. 1.521km NW of Tehachapi, CASat, Nov 9, 2:30 AM PST · 8731 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
56. 2.720km NW of Tehachapi, CASat, Nov 9, 8:18 AM PST · 8731 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
57. 1.921km NW of Tehachapi, CASat, Nov 9, 8:40 AM PST · 8731 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
58. 1.611km WSW of Grapevine, CaliforniaSat, Nov 9, 11:59 PM PST · 8730 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away

Before

1. 2.114km SSW of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 10, 3:32 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
2. 1.618km N of Ridgecrest, CATue, Sep 10, 1:20 AM PDT · 8791 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
3. 1.69km W of Johannesburg, CAMon, Sep 9, 5:29 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
4. 2.410km WNW of Johannesburg, CAMon, Sep 9, 3:55 PM PDT · 8792 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
5. 1.614km NW of Grapevine, CaliforniaSun, Sep 8, 4:21 PM PDT · 8793 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
6. 1.617km N of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Sep 6, 6:48 AM PDT · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
7. 2.213km WNW of Mojave, CAThu, Sep 5, 2:08 PM PDT · 8796 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
8. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Sep 5, 11:40 AM PDT · 8796 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
9. 1.518km NW of Grapevine, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 5:27 AM PDT · 8796 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
10. 1.67km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Sep 4, 8:14 PM PDT · 8796 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
11. 1.68km WNW of Little Lake, CASun, Sep 1, 11:07 AM PDT · 8800 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
12. 1.513km SSW of Lamont, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 11:39 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
13. 1.74km NW of Lamont, CAFri, Aug 30, 5:29 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
14. 1.53km WSW of Lebec, CAFri, Aug 30, 5:20 PM PDT · 8802 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
15. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Aug 30, 11:02 AM PDT · 8802 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
16. 1.75km W of Kernville, CAWed, Aug 28, 7:58 AM PDT · 8804 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
17. 1.717km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Aug 27, 1:56 AM PDT · 8805 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
18. 1.66km NNE of Little Lake, CAMon, Aug 26, 10:59 PM PDT · 8805 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
19. 2.217km E of Porterville, CAMon, Aug 26, 4:35 PM PDT · 8806 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
20. 1.54km W of Kernville, CAMon, Aug 26, 8:01 AM PDT · 8806 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci13811868. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:57 AM UTC.