M1.7 earthquake 16km NE of Boron, California

Magnitude

1.7 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Tue, Feb 5, 2002, 6:31 AM PST

UTC

2002-02-05 14:31:17 UTC

Depth

4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.086° N, 117.514° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.2 km horizontally, 19.4 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

189°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

9

• Boron, CaliforniaPopulation 2,253. Forecast16 kmNE
• California City, CaliforniaPopulation 13,277. Forecast43 kmE
• Victorville, CaliforniaPopulation 122,225. Forecast65 kmNNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast133 kmNNE

After

1. 1.527km NNW of Tehachapi, CATue, Feb 5, 7:23 PM PST · 9007 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
2. 2.137km NE of Lucerne Valley, CAThu, Feb 7, 6:14 PM PST · 9005 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
3. 1.726km WNW of Inyokern, CAThu, Feb 7, 6:39 PM PST · 9005 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
4. 1.723km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Feb 10, 7:16 AM PST · 9002 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
5. 1.725km N of Tehachapi, CaliforniaSun, Feb 10, 2:14 PM PST · 9002 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
6. 1.711km SSE of Lucerne Valley, CaliforniaSun, Feb 10, 9:11 PM PST · 9002 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
7. 1.724km WNW of Inyokern, CaliforniaMon, Feb 11, 9:21 PM PST · 9001 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
8. 1.520km SW of Little Lake, CATue, Feb 12, 10:01 AM PST · 9000 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
9. 1.65km SE of Lytle Creek, CATue, Feb 12, 11:56 PM PST · 9000 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
10. 1.622km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, Feb 18, 10:32 AM PST · 8994 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
11. 1.730km SE of Bodfish, CaliforniaMon, Feb 18, 11:43 PM PST · 8994 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
12. 1.719km SW of Little Lake, CAWed, Feb 20, 11:14 AM PST · 8992 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
13. 1.919km SW of Little Lake, CAWed, Feb 20, 1:24 PM PST · 8992 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
14. 1.620km NNW of Tehachapi, CaliforniaWed, Feb 20, 1:38 PM PST · 8992 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
15. 1.79km WSW of Lytle Creek, CaliforniaThu, Feb 21, 6:30 AM PST · 8991 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
16. 2.331km NE of Lucerne Valley, CAFri, Feb 22, 8:09 AM PST · 8990 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
17. 3.020km E of Little Lake, CASat, Feb 23, 10:21 PM PST · 8989 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
18. 1.78km SW of Littlerock, CAMon, Feb 25, 4:58 AM PST · 8988 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
19. 1.57km SSW of Littlerock, CAMon, Feb 25, 5:45 AM PST · 8988 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
20. 1.68km SW of Littlerock, CAMon, Feb 25, 1:33 PM PST · 8987 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
21. 2.36km E of Lucerne Valley, CAWed, Feb 27, 6:27 AM PST · 8985 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
22. 1.939km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CAFri, Mar 1, 1:47 PM PST · 8983 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
23. 1.78km ESE of Bodfish, CAWed, Mar 6, 4:51 PM PST · 8978 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
24. 1.918km NW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Mar 7, 2:14 AM PST · 8978 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
25. 1.610km NNE of Barstow, CaliforniaFri, Mar 8, 3:09 AM PST · 8977 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
26. 1.815km WNW of Johannesburg, CAFri, Mar 8, 12:30 PM PST · 8976 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
27. 1.916km WNW of Johannesburg, CAFri, Mar 8, 1:04 PM PST · 8976 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
28. 1.520km SE of Little Lake, CAFri, Mar 8, 11:08 PM PST · 8976 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
29. 1.615km WNW of Johannesburg, CASat, Mar 9, 1:05 AM PST · 8976 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
30. 2.714km NW of Tehachapi, CASun, Mar 10, 3:03 AM PST · 8975 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
31. 1.72km SW of Johannesburg, CaliforniaMon, Mar 11, 3:54 PM PST · 8973 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
32. 1.922km E of Little Lake, CATue, Mar 12, 2:10 AM PST · 8973 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
33. 1.610km WSW of Inyokern, CASat, Mar 16, 9:58 AM PST · 8968 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
34. 1.725km W of Johannesburg, CASun, Mar 17, 7:18 AM PST · 8967 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
35. 2.921km SW of Little Lake, CAFri, Mar 22, 3:37 PM PST · 8962 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
36. 1.69km ESE of Bodfish, CASat, Mar 23, 9:01 AM PST · 8961 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
37. 1.817km NNE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Mar 24, 6:39 AM PST · 8960 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
38. 1.640km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CASun, Mar 24, 5:56 PM PST · 8960 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
39. 1.612km NE of Barstow, CaliforniaMon, Mar 25, 9:36 AM PST · 8959 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
40. 1.61km NNW of Lytle Creek, CAMon, Mar 25, 9:55 AM PST · 8959 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
41. 1.816km NW of Tehachapi, CASun, Mar 31, 10:23 AM PST · 8953 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
42. 2.320km SSE of Fort Irwin, CATue, Apr 2, 2:30 PM PST · 8951 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
43. 1.54km SSW of Little Lake, CAWed, Apr 3, 9:40 AM PST · 8950 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
44. 1.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Apr 5, 10:18 AM PST · 8948 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away

Before

1. 1.715km NE of Boron, CaliforniaMon, Feb 4, 7:43 PM PST · 9008 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
2. 2.728km NNW of California City, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 6:10 PM PST · 9009 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
3. 1.522km WNW of Inyokern, CAWed, Jan 30, 6:11 AM PST · 9013 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
4. 1.611km NE of Barstow, CATue, Jan 29, 3:03 PM PST · 9014 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
5. 1.518km SSW of Little Lake, CAMon, Jan 28, 5:05 AM PST · 9016 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
6. 1.619km SW of Little Lake, CAFri, Jan 25, 2:52 AM PST · 9019 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
7. 2.117km NNE of Barstow, CAWed, Jan 23, 10:47 PM PST · 9020 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
8. 1.836km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CaliforniaWed, Jan 23, 12:11 AM PST · 9021 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
9. 1.713km N of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Jan 21, 12:52 PM PST · 9022 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
10. 1.618km E of Little Lake, CAMon, Jan 21, 11:28 AM PST · 9022 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
11. 1.76km WSW of Devore, CaliforniaMon, Jan 21, 9:14 AM PST · 9022 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
12. 2.82km S of Llano, CASun, Jan 20, 7:08 AM PST · 9023 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
13. 1.62km S of Llano, CASun, Jan 20, 7:07 AM PST · 9023 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
14. 2.212km NE of Barstow, CASun, Jan 20, 6:36 AM PST · 9023 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
15. 1.69km WSW of Lytle Creek, CASat, Jan 19, 5:43 PM PST · 9024 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
16. 1.619km NW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Jan 18, 4:57 AM PST · 9026 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
17. 1.623km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Jan 17, 2:27 AM PST · 9027 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
18. 1.519km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jan 16, 10:30 PM PST · 9027 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
19. 1.79km WSW of Lytle Creek, CAWed, Jan 16, 5:51 PM PST · 9027 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
20. 1.918km NW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Jan 16, 2:28 PM PST · 9027 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9757385. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC.