M1.5 earthquake 10km ENE of Barstow, CA

Magnitude

1.5 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Fri, Apr 17, 1981, 2:12 AM PST

UTC

1981-04-17 10:12:09 UTC

Depth

4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.917° N, 116.915° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.41

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

105°

Stations used

14

• Yermo, CaliforniaPopulation 623. Forecast9 kmW
• Barstow, CaliforniaPopulation 23,692. Forecast10 kmENE
• Victorville, CaliforniaPopulation 122,225. Forecast55 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast155 kmNE

After

1. 1.53km NNW of Loma Linda, CAMon, Apr 20, 11:16 AM PST · 16603 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
2. 1.93km SW of Lake Los Angeles, CATue, Apr 21, 8:59 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
3. 1.611km E of Barstow, CATue, Apr 21, 1:35 PM PST · 16602 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
4. 1.511km E of Barstow, CAWed, Apr 22, 4:28 AM PST · 16602 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
5. 1.522km ENE of Barstow, CAThu, Apr 23, 3:23 PM PST · 16600 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
6. 1.810km E of Barstow, CAThu, Apr 23, 5:12 PM PST · 16600 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
7. 2.37km NNE of Running Springs, CAFri, Apr 24, 3:54 PM PST · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
8. 1.724km N of Yucca Valley, CAMon, Apr 27, 11:39 AM PDT · 16596 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
9. 1.528km N of Yucca Valley, CAWed, Apr 29, 3:55 AM PDT · 16595 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
10. 2.228km N of Yucca Valley, CAWed, Apr 29, 7:37 AM PDT · 16595 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
11. 1.916km NE of Barstow, CAWed, Apr 29, 3:01 PM PDT · 16594 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
12. 1.723km NNW of Barstow, CAWed, Apr 29, 7:09 PM PDT · 16594 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
13. 1.722km NNW of Barstow, CAWed, Apr 29, 8:05 PM PDT · 16594 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
14. 1.923km NNW of Barstow, CAWed, Apr 29, 8:54 PM PDT · 16594 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
15. 1.737km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Apr 30, 5:45 AM PDT · 16594 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
16. 1.76km E of Running Springs, CAFri, May 1, 5:20 AM PDT · 16593 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
17. 1.54km E of Lytle Creek, CASat, May 2, 4:41 AM PDT · 16592 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
18. 1.927km WNW of Ludlow, CAMon, May 4, 4:43 PM PDT · 16589 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
19. 2.53km NE of Colton, CAWed, May 6, 11:04 PM PDT · 16587 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
20. 2.83km NE of Colton, CAThu, May 7, 12:37 AM PDT · 16587 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
21. 1.529km WNW of Ludlow, CAThu, May 7, 6:10 PM PDT · 16586 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
22. 2.012km ESE of Johannesburg, CAFri, May 8, 2:40 AM PDT · 16586 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
23. 1.929km SSE of Ludlow, CASat, May 9, 4:09 PM PDT · 16584 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
24. 1.97km ESE of Ludlow, CASun, May 10, 6:43 AM PDT · 16584 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
25. 2.422km ENE of Barstow, CASun, May 10, 11:30 AM PDT · 16583 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
26. 1.927km NW of Fort Irwin, CASun, May 10, 9:26 PM PDT · 16583 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
27. 2.06km W of Big Bear Lake, CAMon, May 11, 4:09 PM PDT · 16582 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
28. 1.710km NNE of Running Springs, CAMon, May 18, 7:57 PM PDT · 16575 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
29. 2.58km NNW of Fontana, CAMon, May 25, 9:13 AM PDT · 16568 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
30. 2.16km W of Big Bear Lake, CAMon, May 25, 3:36 PM PDT · 16568 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
31. 2.39km ENE of Barstow, CATue, May 26, 4:41 AM PDT · 16568 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
32. 2.023km N of Yucca Valley, CATue, May 26, 4:46 AM PDT · 16568 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
33. 1.617km N of Yucca Valley, CAWed, May 27, 3:39 PM PDT · 16566 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
34. 1.824km SSE of Trona, CAFri, May 29, 7:03 AM PDT · 16565 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
35. 1.54km ESE of Running Springs, CASun, May 31, 12:35 PM PDT · 16562 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
36. 2.140km WSW of Tecopa, CASun, May 31, 4:27 PM PDT · 16562 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
37. 1.93km E of Colton, CAWed, Jun 3, 2:32 PM PDT · 16559 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
38. 1.78km NNW of Fontana, CASat, Jun 6, 9:18 PM PDT · 16556 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
39. 1.522km NNW of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Jun 11, 1:42 PM PDT · 16551 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
40. 1.65km NNW of Running Springs, CASat, Jun 13, 10:49 PM PDT · 16549 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
41. 2.17km ESE of Running Springs, CASun, Jun 14, 5:15 PM PDT · 16548 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
42. 2.235km NE of Big Bear City, CAMon, Jun 15, 1:19 PM PDT · 16547 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
43. 1.62km NNE of Colton, CAMon, Jun 15, 8:38 PM PDT · 16547 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away

Before

1. 2.52km NNW of Colton, CAThu, Apr 16, 12:53 AM PST · 16608 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
2. 2.25km N of Lytle Creek, CAWed, Apr 15, 12:24 PM PST · 16608 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
3. 2.016km E of Big Bear City, CATue, Apr 14, 2:04 PM PST · 16609 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
4. 1.739km SSE of Fort Irwin, CASun, Apr 12, 12:31 PM PST · 16611 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
5. 1.82km S of San Bernardino, CASat, Apr 11, 10:25 AM PST · 16612 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
6. 1.52km S of San Bernardino, CASat, Apr 11, 10:18 AM PST · 16612 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
7. 1.528km WSW of Amboy, CAFri, Apr 10, 10:25 AM PST · 16613 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
8. 1.927km WSW of Amboy, CAFri, Apr 10, 7:50 AM PST · 16613 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
9. 1.624km NNW of Yucca Valley, CATue, Apr 7, 5:38 PM PST · 16616 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
10. 1.724km N of Yucca Valley, CATue, Apr 7, 5:50 AM PST · 16617 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
11. 1.920km SSE of Fort Irwin, CASun, Apr 5, 10:52 PM PST · 16618 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
12. 2.134km N of Yucca Valley, CAFri, Apr 3, 9:18 AM PST · 16620 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
13. 1.83km SSE of San Bernardino, CAFri, Mar 27, 9:40 AM PST · 16627 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
14. 1.61km SSW of San Bernardino, CAFri, Mar 27, 12:15 AM PST · 16628 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
15. 1.75km ENE of Running Springs, CAThu, Mar 26, 7:22 PM PST · 16628 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
16. 1.633km S of Fort Irwin, CASun, Mar 22, 4:13 PM PST · 16632 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
17. 1.89km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CASun, Mar 22, 8:49 AM PST · 16632 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
18. 1.822km SW of Ludlow, CAFri, Mar 20, 12:38 PM PST · 16634 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
19. 1.628km N of Twentynine Palms, CAThu, Mar 19, 3:50 AM PST · 16636 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
20. 1.618km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CAWed, Mar 18, 5:23 PM PST · 16636 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci514567. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:20 AM UTC.