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M1.6 earthquake 23km N of Tehachapi, CA

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 23km N of Tehachapi, CA on Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 10:04 AM PST (18:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 15km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2021-12-19 18:04:35 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.335° N, 118.486° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.822km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1749 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.413km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.612km NE of Little Lake, CA · 1746 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.614km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1745 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.311km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1745 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.69km ESE of Coso Junction, CA · 1745 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.615km SSW of Olancha, CA · 1744 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.511km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1744 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.615km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1743 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.98km SE of Neenach, CA · 1743 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.323km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1743 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.617km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1742 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.515km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1741 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.111km SSE of Bodfish, CA · 1740 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.915km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.512km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1740 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.814km E of Arvin, CA · 1740 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.77km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA · 1739 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.817km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1739 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 1.613km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1739 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  21. 1.513km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1738 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 1.813km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1738 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 2.120km W of Searles Valley, CA · 1738 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.821km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1737 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.728km NW of California City, CA · 1737 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 1.712km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1736 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.014km WSW of Johannesburg, CA · 1736 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 3.915km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA · 1735 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 133
  29. 3.015km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA · 1735 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 15
  30. 1.936km N of Kernville, CA · 1735 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 1.913km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1733 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.87km ENE of Coso Junction, CA · 1733 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.212km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1732 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.618km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1731 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.914km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1731 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 2.114km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1730 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.513km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1730 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  38. 1.613km NNW of Piru, CA · 1729 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 2.014km E of Arvin, CA · 1728 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 1.622km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 1728 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 1.88km ESE of Shafter, CA · 1727 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 1.813km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.712km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.74km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1726 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 1.715km E of Little Lake, CA · 1726 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.522km N of Ridgecrest, CA · 1726 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.715km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1724 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.96km N of Little Lake, CA · 1724 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 1.615km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1723 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 1.57km N of Little Lake, CA · 1723 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.918km E of Grapevine, CA · 1722 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 2.518km NE of Lebec, CA · 1722 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.214km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1721 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.625km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1721 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 1.914km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1719 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 1.826km NE of Johannesburg, CA · 1717 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.016km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1717 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 1.622km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1717 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 2.220km NNE of Neenach, CA · 1715 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 2.019km E of Maricopa, CA · 1715 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 139.

Before

  1. 1.68km NNE of Little Lake, CA · 1749 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.839km WSW of Olancha, CA · 1750 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.615km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1750 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.618km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1752 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.824km ENE of Arvin, CA · 1752 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.613km N of Tehachapi, CA · 1752 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.514km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1756 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.514km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.915km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1758 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.615km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1759 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.011km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1760 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.020km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1761 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.923km ESE of Little Lake, CA · 1762 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.919km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1766 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.714km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1766 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.719km E of Little Lake, CA · 1767 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.815km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1768 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  18. 3.215km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1768 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 20
  19. 1.819km E of Little Lake, CA · 1768 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.613km SW of Lamont, CA · 1768 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci40131368. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC.