M1.9 earthquake 8km SE of Neenach, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 8km SE of Neenach, CA on Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 1:23 PM PST (21:23 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 15km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-25 21:23:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.720° N, 118.558° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.25
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 94 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.815km SE of Malibu, CA · 1743 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 19
- 1.617km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1742 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.914km SE of Malibu, CA · 1742 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.315km SE of Malibu, CA · 1742 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.111km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 1741 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.814km E of Arvin, CA · 1740 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.77km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA · 1739 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1739 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.728km NW of California City, CA · 1737 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.014km WSW of Johannesburg, CA · 1736 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.915km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA · 1735 days ago · 18 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 133
- 3.015km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA · 1735 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 15
- 3.68km WNW of Fillmore, CA · 1730 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 303
- 2.08km NW of Fillmore, CA · 1730 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 1.613km NNW of Piru, CA · 1730 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.014km E of Arvin, CA · 1728 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.622km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 1728 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.813km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.82km WNW of Marina del Rey, CA · 1727 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.74km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.211km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 1726 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 1.825km NNE of Montecito, CA · 1726 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.74km SSW of Moorpark, CA · 1723 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 1.918km E of Grapevine, CA · 1723 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.518km NE of Lebec, CA · 1723 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 3.25km WSW of Ojai, CA · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 217
- 1.625km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1721 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.94km WSW of Ojai, CA · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.520km NNE of Carpinteria, CA · 1720 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.62km W of Inglewood, CA · 1719 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.98km NW of Malibu, CA · 1717 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1717 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.51km E of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 1716 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.220km NNE of Neenach, CA · 1715 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.019km E of Maricopa, CA · 1715 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.819km E of Maricopa, CA · 1715 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.625km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.520km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1713 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 2.419km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.419km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.316km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1712 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.232km ESE of Lake Isabella, CA · 1711 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.513km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 1711 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 24
- 2.812km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 1711 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.612km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 1711 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 2.413km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 1711 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710km NNW of Piru, CA · 1710 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.66km SE of Piru, CA · 1710 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.324km ENE of Arvin, CA · 1709 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.79km SE of Piru, CA · 1709 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.33km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 1709 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.66km W of Ojai, CA · 1709 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.620km ENE of Arvin, CA · 1709 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.38km SE of Piru, CA · 1709 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.619km ENE of Maricopa, CA · 1708 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.918km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1708 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 21
- 2.419km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1707 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.720km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.69km SE of Piru, CA · 1706 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.31km SE of South Gate, CA · 1706 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1,137
The first 60 of 94.
Before
- 1.511km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1744 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.413km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1749 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.623km N of Tehachapi, CA · 1750 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.54km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 1750 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 24
- 1.824km ENE of Arvin, CA · 1752 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.613km N of Tehachapi, CA · 1752 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.511km SE of Carpinteria, CA · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 219
- 2.211km SE of Carpinteria, CA · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 2.210km NNE of Bradbury, CA · 1765 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.919km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1766 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.613km SW of Lamont, CA · 1769 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.61km ESE of Baldwin Hills, CA · 1771 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.614km SW of Taft, CA · 1772 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.913km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1773 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.623km NNE of Ojai, CA · 1773 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.30km SSE of San Fernando, CA · 1773 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 27
- 1.79km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 1773 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39896399. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:53 AM UTC.