M2.0 earthquake 20km NW of Tehachapi, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 20km NW of Tehachapi, CA on Sun, Jul 3, 2022, 6:18 PM PDT (01:18 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-04 01:18:42 UTC
- Depth
- 3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.270° N, 118.582° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.59km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1552 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 56
- 2.18km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1552 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612km NW of Grapevine, CA · 1550 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.924km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1549 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.625km N of California City, CA · 1544 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.522km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1541 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 17
- 3.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1541 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 81
- 2.013km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1541 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1541 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.412km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1540 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 14
- 1.59km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1539 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1539 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.69km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1538 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.719km N of Neenach, CA · 1537 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1536 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.213km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1535 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.912km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1534 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.65km SW of Bodfish, CA · 1534 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.618km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 1534 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.611km NE of Maricopa, CA · 1533 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1530 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.721km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1526 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.028km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1526 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.726km NNE of Kernville, CA · 1523 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.912km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1522 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.612km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1522 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.915km SE of Buttonwillow, CA · 1522 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.512km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1521 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.53km SSE of Castaic, CA · 1519 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.815km SSW of Lamont, CA · 1518 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1516 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.822km N of Ojai, CA · 1516 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.213km SSW of Maricopa, CA · 1516 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.027km N of Mojave, CA · 1513 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.513km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1510 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.712km W of Coso Junction, CA · 1509 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.84km NE of Lake Isabella, CA · 1509 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.612km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1508 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.112km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1508 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.612km NNW of Ridgecrest, CA · 1508 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.521km N of Neenach, CA · 1506 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.918km NNW of Fillmore, CA · 1505 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.515km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA · 1503 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.98km WSW of Shafter, CA · 1502 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.921km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1500 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.78km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 1499 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.414km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 67
- 1.514km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.814km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.714km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 1498 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.214km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.014km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 1498 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.814km E of Lake Isabella, CA · 1498 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 1.914km ENE of Lake Isabella, CA · 1497 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.814km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA · 1496 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 2.724km E of Maricopa, CA · 1554 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1557 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.521km ESE of Bodfish, CA · 1557 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.825km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 1558 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.825km SW of Bodfish, CA · 1558 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.53km WNW of Gorman, CA · 1559 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.24km NNW of Frazier Park, CA · 1561 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.811km NW of Fillmore, CA · 1562 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.011km NNW of Fillmore, CA · 1562 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.025km SW of Bodfish, CA · 1563 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.920km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1565 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.119km SSW of Lamont, CA · 1570 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 8
- 1.721km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 1571 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.111km SW of Lamont, CA · 1572 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 15
- 1.95km ESE of Tehachapi, CA · 1572 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.018km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 1574 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 2.212km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1575 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 1.813km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1578 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.812km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1579 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.213km SE of Bodfish, CA · 1579 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 17
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci40296120. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:53 AM UTC.