M2.6 earthquake 3km WNW of Tipton, CA

Magnitude

2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Tue, Jul 9, 2002, 2:18 AM PDT

UTC

2002-07-09 09:18:08 UTC

Depth

21.2 km (13.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.071° N, 119.344° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

106°

Stations used

19

• Tipton, CaliforniaPopulation 2,543. Forecast3 kmWNW
• Tulare, CaliforniaPopulation 62,315. Forecast15 kmS
• Visalia, CaliforniaPopulation 130,104. Forecast29 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast246 kmNNW

After

1. 1.721 km NW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaWed, Jul 10, 12:15 AM PDT · 8853 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
2. 1.917 km NNW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaThu, Jul 11, 2:36 PM PDT · 8851 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
3. 1.816km ESE of Porterville, CaliforniaThu, Jul 11, 8:52 PM PDT · 8851 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
4. 1.816 km NNW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaFri, Jul 12, 12:18 PM PDT · 8851 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
5. 2.115 km NNW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaFri, Jul 12, 4:24 PM PDT · 8850 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
6. 1.58km N of Rosedale, CaliforniaSat, Jul 13, 8:30 AM PDT · 8850 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
7. 2.917 km NNW of Coalinga, CaliforniaSun, Jul 14, 4:21 PM PDT · 8848 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
8. 2.018 km NNW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaMon, Jul 15, 11:41 AM PDT · 8848 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
9. 1.928km NNE of Kernville, CAMon, Jul 15, 10:59 PM PDT · 8847 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
10. 1.89 km ESE of Huron, CaliforniaTue, Jul 16, 8:05 PM PDT · 8846 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
11. 2.515 km NW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaSun, Jul 21, 5:17 PM PDT · 8841 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
12. 1.823km SE of Kettleman City, CaliforniaMon, Jul 22, 12:31 AM PDT · 8841 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
13. 1.915 km NW of Lost Hills, CaliforniaTue, Jul 23, 2:44 AM PDT · 8840 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
14. 2.05 km SSE of Kettleman City, CaliforniaThu, Jul 25, 9:38 AM PDT · 8838 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
15. 1.929km SW of Lone Pine, CASat, Jul 27, 11:47 PM PDT · 8835 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
16. 1.540km N of Kernville, CaliforniaMon, Jul 29, 7:15 AM PDT · 8834 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
17. 3.124 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Jul 31, 11:53 AM PDT · 8832 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
18. 1.524 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Jul 31, 1:00 PM PDT · 8831 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
19. 1.724 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Jul 31, 1:49 PM PDT · 8831 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
20. 1.822 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Jul 31, 11:55 PM PDT · 8831 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
21. 1.711 km N of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Aug 2, 9:37 PM PDT · 8829 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
22. 1.628km NNE of Kernville, CATue, Aug 6, 11:10 AM PDT · 8826 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
23. 1.618km SSW of Bodfish, CAWed, Aug 7, 12:32 PM PDT · 8824 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
24. 1.8Central CaliforniaThu, Aug 8, 2:09 AM PDT · 8824 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
25. 2.85 km ENE of Coalinga, CaliforniaFri, Aug 9, 8:02 AM PDT · 8823 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
26. 2.19 km NE of Coalinga, CaliforniaMon, Aug 12, 7:55 AM PDT · 8820 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
27. 3.110km SSE of Buttonwillow, CATue, Aug 13, 11:03 AM PDT · 8819 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
28. 1.65km W of Kernville, CAWed, Aug 14, 4:57 PM PDT · 8817 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
29. 1.510km W of Lamont, CaliforniaMon, Aug 19, 10:08 AM PDT · 8813 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
30. 1.59km NE of Buttonwillow, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 6:57 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
31. 1.95km W of Kernville, CAThu, Aug 22, 10:58 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
32. 2.26km W of Kernville, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 1:57 AM PDT · 8809 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
33. 2.56km W of Kernville, CAFri, Aug 23, 1:57 AM PDT · 8809 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
34. 2.91 km SE of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Aug 24, 2:39 PM PDT · 8807 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
35. 2.430km NW of Kernville, CASun, Aug 25, 2:32 AM PDT · 8807 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
36. 1.54km W of Kernville, CAMon, Aug 26, 8:01 AM PDT · 8806 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
37. 2.217km E of Porterville, CAMon, Aug 26, 4:35 PM PDT · 8805 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
38. 1.75km W of Kernville, CAWed, Aug 28, 7:58 AM PDT · 8804 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
39. 2.31 km SSW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Aug 28, 8:39 PM PDT · 8803 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
40. 1.824 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaThu, Aug 29, 11:52 AM PDT · 8803 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
41. 1.824 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaThu, Aug 29, 4:24 PM PDT · 8802 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
42. 1.723 km S of Kettleman City, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 4:21 AM PDT · 8802 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
43. 1.74km NW of Lamont, CAFri, Aug 30, 5:29 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
44. 2.52 km S of Parlier, CaliforniaSat, Aug 31, 2:42 AM PDT · 8801 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
45. 1.931km W of Olancha, CaliforniaMon, Sep 2, 7:45 AM PDT · 8799 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
46. 2.88 km W of Huron, CaliforniaWed, Sep 4, 2:03 PM PDT · 8796 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
47. 3.09 km SW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaWed, Sep 4, 2:18 PM PDT · 8796 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
48. 3.94 km SSE of Parkfield, CaliforniaFri, Sep 6, 12:28 AM PDT · 8795 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
49. 2.013 km ENE of Shandon, CaliforniaFri, Sep 6, 7:54 PM PDT · 8794 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away

Before

1. 2.35km W of Kernville, CASun, Jul 7, 4:01 PM PDT · 8855 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
2. 1.57 km SE of Huron, CaliforniaSun, Jul 7, 12:31 AM PDT · 8856 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
3. 1.541km WSW of Olancha, CaliforniaSat, Jul 6, 1:49 AM PDT · 8857 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
4. 2.72 km SW of Huron, CaliforniaFri, Jul 5, 12:38 AM PDT · 8858 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
5. 1.927km NNE of Kernville, CAThu, Jul 4, 12:48 PM PDT · 8858 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
6. 1.916 km WNW of Lanare, CaliforniaTue, Jul 2, 7:22 AM PDT · 8861 days ago · -1 km deep · 82 km away
7. 1.824km W of Olancha, CaliforniaWed, Jun 26, 6:29 AM PDT · 8867 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
8. 1.925km W of Olancha, CaliforniaWed, Jun 26, 6:18 AM PDT · 8867 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
9. 1.65km W of Kernville, CAMon, Jun 24, 9:22 PM PDT · 8868 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
10. 1.99km SE of Kernville, CAMon, Jun 24, 7:50 AM PDT · 8869 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
11. 2.010 km NW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 11:07 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
12. 2.08 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 9:06 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
13. 2.21 km WSW of Armona, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 5:33 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
14. 2.62 km SSW of Armona, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 5:26 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
15. 1.610 km NW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 4:25 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
16. 2.210 km NW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 4:24 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
17. 1.59 km NNW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 3:20 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
18. 1.68 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 2:53 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
19. 1.99 km NE of Avenal, CaliforniaSat, Jun 22, 2:49 AM PDT · 8871 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
20. 1.56 km SSW of Kettleman City, CaliforniaFri, Jun 21, 12:37 AM PDT · 8872 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9799221. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC.