M1.5 earthquake 7km SSE of Tehachapi, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7km SSE of Tehachapi, CA on Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 11:14 AM PDT (18:14 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 1km SE of Sylmar, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-02 18:14:47 UTC
- Depth
- 8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.072° N, 118.420° W
- Region
- California
- 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.712km SE of Bodfish, CA · 2284 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.07km SSE of Tehachapi, CA · 2284 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 1.621km W of Johannesburg, CA · 2284 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.913km SE of Bodfish, CA · 2280 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.15km NNW of Sylmar, CA · 2278 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 10
- 1.67km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 2278 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.02km SW of San Fernando, CA · 2268 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53km SW of San Fernando, CA · 2268 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.16km N of Taft, CA · 2268 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.610km W of Grapevine, CA · 2267 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 117
- 2.37km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 2264 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.76km SSE of Littlerock, CA · 2264 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.816km NW of Grapevine, CA · 2263 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.623km WNW of Inyokern, CA · 2261 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.018km ESE of Maricopa, CA · 2261 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.919km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 2260 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.313km W of Grapevine, CA · 2257 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.21km SE of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 16,007 · tsunami flag
- 2.51km WSW of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 75
- 2.41km WSW of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.11km WSW of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.91km W of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.11km ESE of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 2.11km NNW of San Fernando, CA · 2257 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 8
- 3.11km N of San Fernando, CA · 2257 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 836
- 1.91km NW of San Fernando, CA · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
- 2.11km SE of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 31
- 3.71km NNE of San Fernando, CA · 2257 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1,692
- 2.71km SSE of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 63
- 1.51km SW of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.61km ESE of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 62
- 1.70km NNW of San Fernando, CA · 2257 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 1.61km WNW of San Fernando, CA · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.51km ESE of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 95
- 1.81km SSW of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.81km NW of San Fernando, CA · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 1.91km S of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 2.00km SSE of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.51km SW of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.71km NW of San Fernando, CA · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.91km ESE of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 2.31km E of Sylmar, CA · 2257 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
- 2.320km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA · 2257 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.51km WNW of San Fernando, CA · 2257 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.612km WNW of Wofford Heights, CA · 2252 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.525km ESE of Kernville, CA · 2252 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 1.712km WNW of Wofford Heights, CA · 2251 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.60km SSW of Sylmar, CA · 2250 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 1.91km SSE of Sylmar, CA · 2249 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.226km SW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 2246 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.626km W of Inyokern, CA · 2244 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.914km SW of Arvin, CA · 2244 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA · 2242 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.71km W of Lake Hughes, CA · 2240 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 28
- 1.61km N of San Fernando, CA · 2239 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.611km NNW of Santa Paula, CA · 2238 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.910km NNW of Santa Paula, CA · 2238 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.810km E of Ojai, CA · 2238 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.611km NNW of Santa Paula, CA · 2238 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.510km NNW of Santa Paula, CA · 2237 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 74.
Before
- 2.51km NNW of San Fernando, CA · 2286 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 39
- 1.62km NNW of Pacoima, CA · 2286 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.620km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA · 2286 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Lamont, CA · 2287 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.013 km SSW of Rosedale, CA · 2293 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.913km SSW of Rosedale, CA · 2293 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 32
- 2.115 km N of Castaic, CA · 2295 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.012km SE of Bodfish, CA · 2296 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.614km N of Castaic, CA · 2297 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.110km ESE of Maricopa, CA · 2298 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610km ESE of Maricopa, CA · 2298 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.525km W of Johannesburg, CA · 2298 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.57km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA · 2298 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69km WNW of Frazier Park, CA · 2299 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.425km S of Bodfish, CA · 2300 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.525km S of Bodfish, CA · 2300 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.625km S of Bodfish, CA · 2300 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.125km S of Bodfish, CA · 2300 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.925km S of Bodfish, CA · 2300 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.825km S of Bodfish, CA · 2300 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39276879. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.