M1.5 earthquake 20km SSW of Ludlow, CA

Magnitude

1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Mon, May 13, 2002, 4:45 PM PDT

UTC

2002-05-13 23:45:31 UTC

Depth

3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.566° N, 116.270° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

51°

Stations used

20

• Joshua Tree, CaliforniaPopulation 7,414. Forecast48 kmN
• Twentynine Palms, CaliforniaPopulation 26,025. Forecast52 kmNNW
• Victorville, CaliforniaPopulation 122,225. Forecast94 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast190 kmENE

After

1. 2.46km S of Big Bear City, CAWed, May 15, 6:26 PM PDT · 8909 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
2. 1.626km SSW of Ludlow, CAThu, May 16, 3:29 PM PDT · 8908 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
3. 1.626km SSW of Ludlow, CAThu, May 16, 3:50 PM PDT · 8908 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
4. 1.622km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, May 16, 6:59 PM PDT · 8908 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
5. 1.914km WSW of Ludlow, CAFri, May 17, 2:18 AM PDT · 8907 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
6. 2.133km NE of Lucerne Valley, CAFri, May 17, 10:07 AM PDT · 8907 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
7. 2.29km NNE of Banning, CAFri, May 17, 7:19 PM PDT · 8907 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
8. 1.724km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, May 18, 12:20 AM PDT · 8906 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
9. 1.824km N of Yucca Valley, CaliforniaSat, May 18, 12:45 AM PDT · 8906 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
10. 1.65km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, May 18, 1:51 PM PDT · 8906 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
11. 1.57km NNE of Banning, CASat, May 18, 11:53 PM PDT · 8905 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
12. 2.436km NE of Lucerne Valley, CASun, May 19, 8:21 PM PDT · 8904 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
13. 2.210km SSW of Morongo Valley, CAMon, May 20, 3:52 AM PDT · 8904 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
14. 1.95km SSE of Banning, CAMon, May 20, 5:41 PM PDT · 8904 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
15. 1.524km WNW of Ludlow, CaliforniaMon, May 20, 7:12 PM PDT · 8904 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
16. 2.14km ESE of Calimesa, CATue, May 21, 11:38 AM PDT · 8903 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
17. 1.624km SSW of Ludlow, CAWed, May 22, 6:39 PM PDT · 8902 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
18. 1.84km NW of Calimesa, CAThu, May 23, 8:10 AM PDT · 8901 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
19. 2.413km WSW of Ludlow, CAFri, May 24, 8:54 PM PDT · 8899 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
20. 1.626km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, May 25, 4:24 AM PDT · 8899 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
21. 1.826km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, May 25, 4:24 AM PDT · 8899 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
22. 1.527km N of Yucca Valley, CaliforniaSat, May 25, 5:21 AM PDT · 8899 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
23. 1.937km WSW of Ludlow, CASat, May 25, 7:46 AM PDT · 8899 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
24. 1.530km N of Yucca Valley, CaliforniaSun, May 26, 6:01 AM PDT · 8898 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
25. 1.724km N of Yucca Valley, CASun, May 26, 8:16 AM PDT · 8898 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
26. 1.79km NNW of Cabazon, CASun, May 26, 1:57 PM PDT · 8898 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
27. 1.817km SSW of Ludlow, CASun, May 26, 8:46 PM PDT · 8897 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
28. 1.86km N of Big Bear City, CAMon, May 27, 1:48 AM PDT · 8897 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
29. 2.03km NNW of Big Bear Lake, CAMon, May 27, 3:44 AM PDT · 8897 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
30. 1.63km NW of Big Bear Lake, CAMon, May 27, 3:54 AM PDT · 8897 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
31. 1.63km NW of Big Bear Lake, CAMon, May 27, 4:24 AM PDT · 8897 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
32. 1.53km NW of Big Bear Lake, CAMon, May 27, 8:29 AM PDT · 8897 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
33. 2.523km N of Yucca Valley, CAMon, May 27, 1:40 PM PDT · 8897 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
34. 2.44km ENE of Banning, CATue, May 28, 2:49 AM PDT · 8896 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
35. 2.313km NNE of Cabazon, CAThu, May 30, 8:50 AM PDT · 8894 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
36. 2.13km W of Yucaipa, CAThu, May 30, 10:34 AM PDT · 8894 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
37. 1.929km WNW of Desert Center, CaliforniaThu, May 30, 11:10 PM PDT · 8893 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
38. 1.512km NE of Yucaipa, CAFri, May 31, 2:18 AM PDT · 8893 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
39. 2.18km N of Cabazon, CAMon, Jun 3, 7:22 AM PDT · 8890 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
40. 1.510km S of Joshua Tree, CATue, Jun 4, 1:37 AM PDT · 8889 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
41. 1.612km S of Joshua Tree, CATue, Jun 4, 9:50 AM PDT · 8889 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
42. 1.713km S of Big Bear Lake, CATue, Jun 4, 8:52 PM PDT · 8888 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
43. 2.813km NW of Ludlow, CAWed, Jun 5, 4:04 AM PDT · 8888 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
44. 1.67km ESE of Ludlow, CAWed, Jun 5, 10:38 AM PDT · 8888 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
45. 2.27km E of Big Bear City, CaliforniaWed, Jun 5, 3:51 PM PDT · 8888 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
46. 1.79km N of Banning, CAThu, Jun 6, 1:20 PM PDT · 8887 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
47. 1.614km NW of Ludlow, CAThu, Jun 6, 2:10 PM PDT · 8887 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
48. 1.86km S of Lucerne Valley, CAFri, Jun 7, 1:46 AM PDT · 8886 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
49. 1.812km WSW of Ludlow, CAFri, Jun 7, 3:34 AM PDT · 8886 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
50. 1.55km ENE of Calimesa, CASat, Jun 8, 1:09 AM PDT · 8885 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
51. 1.613km NW of Ludlow, CASat, Jun 8, 2:20 AM PDT · 8885 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
52. 1.77km NNW of Cabazon, CaliforniaSat, Jun 8, 10:27 AM PDT · 8885 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
53. 1.718km SSW of Ludlow, CASat, Jun 8, 4:56 PM PDT · 8885 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
54. 1.66km N of Big Bear City, CASun, Jun 9, 12:07 AM PDT · 8884 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
55. 2.63km E of Banning, CASun, Jun 9, 12:55 AM PDT · 8884 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
56. 1.81km NW of Calimesa, CASun, Jun 9, 7:48 AM PDT · 8884 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
57. 1.511km ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CASun, Jun 9, 7:31 PM PDT · 8883 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
58. 1.628km N of Yucca Valley, CAMon, Jun 10, 5:38 AM PDT · 8883 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
59. 1.616km W of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jun 10, 9:15 AM PDT · 8883 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
60. 1.610km S of Banning, CATue, Jun 11, 2:01 AM PDT · 8882 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 134.

Before

1. 1.720km WNW of Ludlow, CAMon, May 13, 2:11 PM PDT · 8911 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
2. 1.724km N of Yucca Valley, CASun, May 12, 7:01 PM PDT · 8912 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
3. 1.513km W of Ludlow, CaliforniaSat, May 11, 6:25 AM PDT · 8913 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
4. 1.624km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, May 11, 12:00 AM PDT · 8913 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
5. 1.512km W of Morongo Valley, CAFri, May 10, 9:40 PM PDT · 8913 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
6. 1.512km ENE of Indio, CAFri, May 10, 10:24 AM PDT · 8914 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
7. 1.611km WNW of Big Bear Lake, CAFri, May 10, 6:15 AM PDT · 8914 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
8. 1.52km NNW of Cabazon, CAThu, May 9, 11:03 PM PDT · 8914 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
9. 1.612km N of Cabazon, CAThu, May 9, 3:20 PM PDT · 8915 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
10. 1.713km W of Ludlow, CaliforniaThu, May 9, 3:08 PM PDT · 8915 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
11. 2.213km NW of Ludlow, CAWed, May 8, 5:38 PM PDT · 8916 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
12. 1.810km ENE of Cabazon, CAWed, May 8, 6:37 AM PDT · 8916 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
13. 2.05km NNE of Cabazon, CAWed, May 8, 5:27 AM PDT · 8916 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
14. 1.712km NNE of Yucaipa, CATue, May 7, 4:07 PM PDT · 8917 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
15. 1.611km N of Cabazon, CATue, May 7, 9:40 AM PDT · 8917 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
16. 1.97km NNW of Big Bear Lake, CATue, May 7, 1:05 AM PDT · 8917 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
17. 1.914km WSW of Ludlow, CAMon, May 6, 2:18 PM PDT · 8918 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
18. 1.810km WNW of Big Bear Lake, CAMon, May 6, 9:15 AM PDT · 8918 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
19. 1.836km WSW of Ludlow, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 7:44 PM PDT · 8918 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
20. 2.35km N of Big Bear City, CASun, May 5, 7:37 PM PDT · 8918 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci13071448. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.