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Country: United States Coordinates: 35.373, -119.019 Coverage radius: ~65 km
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Incidents in Bakersfield Today

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Recent records around Bakersfield

Bakersfield pediatrician warns declining vaccination rates are fueling measles resurgence 7 Oct 2026 · Epidemic Moderate Earthquake strikes northeast of Bakersfield, near Kern Canyon fault 6 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Moderate M3.2 Earthquake — 5 km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA 6 Oct 2026 · Earthquake Minor 68-year-old Bakersfield driver killed in Panama Road crash identified 8 Sep 2026 · Road Accident Moderate Wildfire RIDGE, Los Angeles, California 7 Aug 2026 · Wildfire Moderate Wildfire BUZZARD, Kern, California 5 Aug 2026 · Wildfire Moderate M2.8 Earthquake — 10 km SW of Lamont, CA 29 Jul 2026 · Earthquake Minor Wildfire FISH, Kern, California 27 Jul 2026 · Wildfire Moderate M2.9 Earthquake — 2 km SSE of Frazier Park, CA 12 Jul 2026 · Earthquake Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 2 km ESE of Frazier Park, CA 12 Jul 2026 · Earthquake Severe M2.7 Earthquake — 20 km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA 22 May 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 9 km WSW of Grapevine, CA 3 May 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 22 km NW of Grapevine, CA 23 Apr 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 24 km SW of Maricopa, CA 15 Apr 2026 · Earthquake Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 9 km WSW of Grapevine, CA 29 Mar 2026 · Earthquake Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 24 km SW of Maricopa, CA 16 Mar 2026 · Earthquake Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 25 km SW of Maricopa, CA 24 Feb 2026 · Earthquake Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 7 km NNE of Taft, CA 23 Feb 2026 · Earthquake Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 14 km NNW of Grapevine, CA 12 Jan 2026 · Earthquake Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 11 km S of Bodfish, CA 21 Nov 2025 · Earthquake Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 20 km NE of Maricopa, CA 11 Sep 2025 · Earthquake Moderate M2.8 Earthquake — 22 km NW of Grapevine, CA 15 Aug 2025 · Earthquake Minor Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake 21 miles south of Bakersfield, California, United States 24 Jun 2024 · Earthquake Moderate

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About incidents in Bakersfield

This page tracks every incident our monitoring detects within roughly 65 kilometres of Bakersfield, United States — which means suburbs, industrial areas and surrounding districts are included, not just the city centre.

Because most urban incidents — building collapses, factory fires, gas blasts, road and rail accidents — are never published in any official data feed, we find them by reading local media directly, in the local language, and by geocoding those headlines back to the place they name. That is how a report mentioning Bakersfield ends up on this map instead of being lost in a national average.

So far in 2026, 19 incidents have been recorded in the Bakersfield area, including 1 rated severe or extreme.

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