California earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 25km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 25km NNW of Tehachapi, CA on Fri, Apr 5, 2002, 10:18 AM PST (18:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 25km WNW of Inyokern, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2002-04-05 18:18:50 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.353° N, 118.510° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.34
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.65km E of Coso Junction, CA · 8946 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.723km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 8946 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.520km E of Little Lake, CA · 8946 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.726km NNE of Kernville, CA · 8946 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.525km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8945 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.825km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8945 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.425km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8945 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.225km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8944 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.010km W of Tehachapi, CA · 8944 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.717km SE of Ridgecrest, CA · 8943 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.87km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 8942 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.526km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8942 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.36km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 8941 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.09km WSW of Inyokern, CA · 8939 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.526km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 8936 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.725km W of Inyokern, CA · 8936 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.55km ESE of Buttonwillow, California · 8935 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 1.813km N of Grapevine, California · 8935 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.825km NNE of Kernville, California · 8933 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.522km SSW of Little Lake, California · 8930 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.47km NNE of Little Lake, CA · 8928 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.125km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8927 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 1.718km SW of Little Lake, CA · 8925 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.325km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8925 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.618km W of Johannesburg, CA · 8925 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 2.117km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA · 8925 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.620km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 8924 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 3.025km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8922 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.925km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 1.524km WNW of Inyokern, California · 8922 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.724km S of Bodfish, CA · 8922 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 2.025km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 3.825km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  34. 2.025km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 1.527km SW of Little Lake, California · 8922 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  36. 2.725km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 1.825km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  38. 1.825km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 2.325km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8922 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 1.620km SSW of Little Lake, CA · 8922 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 1.625km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8921 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 1.818km W of Tehachapi, California · 8921 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 2.326km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8921 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.025km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8921 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 3.025km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8921 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 1.821km SSW of Bakersfield, California · 8920 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 1.58km E of Kernville, CA · 8918 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 1.520km SW of Little Lake, CA · 8918 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.625km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8917 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 1.621km E of Maricopa, California · 8917 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 2.07km E of Kernville, CA · 8917 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.87km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 8917 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.27km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 8917 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.77km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 8917 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 3.424km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8916 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 2.04km NE of Rosedale, CA · 8914 days ago · 24 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 1.57km NNE of Coso Junction, California · 8913 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 1.625km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8913 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  59. 2.923km S of Bodfish, CA · 8913 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 2.525km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 8912 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 1.72km W of Frazier Park, California · 8950 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.54km SSW of Little Lake, CA · 8950 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.66km ESE of Coso Junction, CA · 8950 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.816km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 8953 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 1.517km WNW of Tehachapi, CA · 8953 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.626km NNE of Kernville, CA · 8953 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.726km NNE of Kernville, CA · 8955 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.717km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, California · 8958 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.728km NNE of Kernville, CA · 8959 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.925km N of Kernville, CA · 8959 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.817km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA · 8960 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.69km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 8961 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.921km SW of Little Lake, CA · 8962 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.517km NW of Grapevine, California · 8964 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.511km SE of Arvin, California · 8965 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 1.725km W of Johannesburg, CA · 8967 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 1.726km SW of Olancha, California · 8968 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.610km WSW of Inyokern, CA · 8968 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 1.518km SE of Arvin, CA · 8969 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.618km E of Arvin, California · 8969 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9775881. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC.