M2.2 earthquake 19km NW of Tehachapi, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 19km NW of Tehachapi, CA on Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 11:11 PM PDT (06:11 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 13km SE of Bodfish, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-29 06:11:23 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.265° N, 118.578° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.716km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1800 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 1.69km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1800 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.616km SW of Buttonwillow, CA · 1799 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.910km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 1795 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1791 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 1.619km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1791 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.822km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1788 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.614km E of Arvin, CA · 1788 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 24
- 1.722km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1787 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.621km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1783 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.622km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1780 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.23km S of Frazier Park, CA · 1778 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.325km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1778 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.522km N of Mojave, CA · 1778 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.28km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1776 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 1.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1774 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.814km ESE of Porterville, CA · 1774 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.79km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.623km NNE of Ojai, CA · 1772 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.913km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1772 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.614km SW of Taft, CA · 1772 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.613km SW of Lamont, CA · 1768 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.919km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1766 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.613km N of Tehachapi, CA · 1752 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.824km ENE of Arvin, CA · 1752 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.839km WSW of Olancha, CA · 1750 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.623km N of Tehachapi, CA · 1749 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1749 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.413km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.511km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1744 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.98km SE of Neenach, CA · 1743 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.617km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1741 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 1.89km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 1804 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.812km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.812km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA · 1806 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1808 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.68km W of Frazier Park, CA · 1809 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1810 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.619km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1813 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.99km W of Grapevine, CA · 1813 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.525km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.625km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1814 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.625km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1814 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 1.619km ENE of Maricopa, CA · 1815 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.517km ENE of Lebec, CA · 1815 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.718km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 1816 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1816 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1817 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.813km W of Mojave, CA · 1819 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1820 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.912km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1821 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.612km NE of Inyokern, CA · 1823 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39843631. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC.