M1.7 earthquake 14km NW of Ludlow, California

Magnitude

1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sat, Sep 7, 2002, 7:30 PM PDT

UTC

2002-09-08 02:30:19 UTC

Depth

6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.819° N, 116.259° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

172°

Stations used

16

• Yermo, CaliforniaPopulation 623. Forecast52 kmE
• Barstow, CaliforniaPopulation 23,692. Forecast70 kmE
• Victorville, CaliforniaPopulation 122,225. Forecast99 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast201 kmENE

After

1. 1.526km SSW of Ludlow, CASat, Sep 7, 9:51 PM PDT · 8793 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
2. 2.229km N of Yucca Valley, CASun, Sep 8, 2:22 PM PDT · 8792 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
3. 1.913km NW of Ludlow, CASun, Sep 8, 8:53 PM PDT · 8792 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
4. 1.631km S of Ludlow, CAMon, Sep 9, 10:30 AM PDT · 8791 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
5. 2.413km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaMon, Sep 9, 7:03 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
6. 1.612km SSE of Big Bear City, CAMon, Sep 9, 11:41 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
7. 1.88km S of Joshua Tree, CATue, Sep 10, 12:04 AM PDT · 8791 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
8. 1.712km SSE of Big Bear City, CATue, Sep 10, 6:45 AM PDT · 8791 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
9. 2.718km SW of Ludlow, CATue, Sep 10, 10:26 AM PDT · 8790 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
10. 1.618km N of Yucca Valley, CAWed, Sep 11, 2:39 AM PDT · 8790 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
11. 2.423km SSW of Ludlow, CAWed, Sep 11, 1:18 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
12. 2.011km SSE of Big Bear City, CAWed, Sep 11, 5:21 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
13. 2.110km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Sep 12, 1:22 PM PDT · 8788 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
14. 1.713km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaThu, Sep 12, 7:39 PM PDT · 8788 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
15. 1.530km NNW of Twentynine Palms, CaliforniaSat, Sep 14, 6:37 AM PDT · 8787 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
16. 1.67km SE of Big Bear Lake, CASat, Sep 14, 5:47 PM PDT · 8786 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
17. 1.613km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaSat, Sep 14, 8:38 PM PDT · 8786 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
18. 3.39km S of Joshua Tree, CASun, Sep 15, 2:15 PM PDT · 8785 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
19. 2.29km S of Joshua Tree, CAMon, Sep 16, 4:43 AM PDT · 8785 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
20. 1.713km WSW of Ludlow, CaliforniaMon, Sep 16, 4:44 AM PDT · 8785 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
21. 1.714km WSW of Ludlow, CaliforniaMon, Sep 16, 2:52 PM PDT · 8784 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
22. 1.66km SE of Big Bear Lake, CATue, Sep 17, 2:46 AM PDT · 8784 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
23. 1.514km WSW of Ludlow, CaliforniaTue, Sep 17, 8:23 AM PDT · 8784 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
24. 2.034km N of Yucca Valley, CAWed, Sep 18, 1:17 AM PDT · 8783 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
25. 1.76km SSW of Big Bear City, CAWed, Sep 18, 8:34 AM PDT · 8783 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
26. 1.68km S of Yucca Valley, CAWed, Sep 18, 8:58 AM PDT · 8783 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
27. 1.632km ENE of Big Bear City, CaliforniaWed, Sep 18, 8:47 PM PDT · 8782 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
28. 3.827km NW of Ludlow, CAWed, Sep 18, 11:21 PM PDT · 8782 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
29. 1.626km WNW of Ludlow, CaliforniaThu, Sep 19, 1:00 AM PDT · 8782 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
30. 1.615km SW of Ludlow, CAThu, Sep 19, 10:00 PM PDT · 8781 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
31. 2.221km ENE of Big Bear City, CAFri, Sep 20, 8:12 AM PDT · 8781 days ago · -1 km deep · 64 km away
32. 2.121km ENE of Big Bear City, CAFri, Sep 20, 12:09 PM PDT · 8780 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
33. 1.631km NNW of Twentynine Palms, CaliforniaSat, Sep 21, 6:35 AM PDT · 8780 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
34. 1.533km N of Yucca Valley, CaliforniaSun, Sep 22, 11:25 AM PDT · 8778 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
35. 1.725km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaTue, Sep 24, 7:57 AM PDT · 8777 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
36. 1.812km NE of Barstow, CATue, Sep 24, 5:57 PM PDT · 8776 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
37. 1.614km NW of Ludlow, CAWed, Sep 25, 10:56 AM PDT · 8775 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
38. 1.616km S of Joshua Tree, CAWed, Sep 25, 12:03 PM PDT · 8775 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
39. 1.522km N of Yucca Valley, CAWed, Sep 25, 6:58 PM PDT · 8775 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
40. 2.112km NNE of Barstow, CAWed, Sep 25, 10:31 PM PDT · 8775 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
41. 1.912km WSW of Morongo Valley, CAThu, Sep 26, 7:01 AM PDT · 8775 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
42. 1.625km NNW of Twentynine Palms, CAThu, Sep 26, 7:36 PM PDT · 8774 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
43. 1.621km N of Yucca Valley, CAFri, Sep 27, 4:16 AM PDT · 8774 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
44. 1.913km NW of Ludlow, CAFri, Sep 27, 11:00 AM PDT · 8773 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
45. 1.513km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaFri, Sep 27, 4:46 PM PDT · 8773 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
46. 2.431km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, Sep 28, 4:50 PM PDT · 8772 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
47. 2.66km SE of Big Bear Lake, CASat, Sep 28, 7:39 PM PDT · 8772 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
48. 1.517km WSW of Ludlow, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 7:57 AM PDT · 8772 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
49. 1.619km SSW of Ludlow, CASun, Sep 29, 10:45 AM PDT · 8771 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
50. 2.819km SSW of Ludlow, CASun, Sep 29, 10:45 AM PDT · 8771 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
51. 3.119km SSW of Ludlow, CASun, Sep 29, 10:46 AM PDT · 8771 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
52. 2.212km NNE of Barstow, CASun, Sep 29, 12:45 PM PDT · 8771 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
53. 1.713km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 9:43 PM PDT · 8771 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
54. 1.940km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CAMon, Sep 30, 11:56 AM PDT · 8770 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
55. 2.413km E of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Oct 1, 8:36 AM PDT · 8770 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
56. 2.116km SW of Ludlow, CATue, Oct 1, 2:36 PM PDT · 8769 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
57. 2.516km SW of Ludlow, CATue, Oct 1, 3:40 PM PDT · 8769 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
58. 1.527km N of Yucca Valley, CAWed, Oct 2, 9:27 AM PDT · 8769 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
59. 3.413km W of Ludlow, CAFri, Oct 4, 7:23 AM PDT · 8767 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
60. 1.812km W of Ludlow, CaliforniaFri, Oct 4, 7:33 AM PDT · 8767 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 179.

Before

1. 2.833km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, Sep 7, 8:59 AM PDT · 8794 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
2. 2.013km NW of Ludlow, CASat, Sep 7, 12:06 AM PDT · 8794 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
3. 2.432km N of Yucca Valley, CAFri, Sep 6, 1:37 AM PDT · 8795 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
4. 1.727km N of Yucca Valley, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 9:03 PM PDT · 8795 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
5. 1.625km N of Yucca Valley, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 3:35 PM PDT · 8795 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
6. 1.726km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Sep 5, 3:35 PM PDT · 8795 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
7. 2.726km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Sep 5, 3:25 PM PDT · 8795 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
8. 1.615km WSW of Ludlow, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 9:20 AM PDT · 8796 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
9. 2.027km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Sep 5, 1:47 AM PDT · 8796 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
10. 1.714km NE of Yucaipa, CAWed, Sep 4, 4:47 PM PDT · 8796 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
11. 2.04km ESE of Big Bear City, CAWed, Sep 4, 11:40 AM PDT · 8796 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
12. 2.530km N of Yucca Valley, CAMon, Sep 2, 6:59 AM PDT · 8799 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
13. 2.431km SSE of Fort Irwin, CASun, Sep 1, 6:50 AM PDT · 8800 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
14. 1.630km SE of Fort Irwin, CaliforniaSun, Sep 1, 5:01 AM PDT · 8800 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
15. 1.715km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaSun, Sep 1, 1:53 AM PDT · 8800 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
16. 1.515km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, Aug 31, 9:12 PM PDT · 8800 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
17. 1.86km NW of Big Bear City, CASat, Aug 31, 5:38 AM PDT · 8801 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
18. 1.76km NW of Big Bear City, CAFri, Aug 30, 1:17 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
19. 1.66km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Aug 29, 7:57 PM PDT · 8802 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
20. 1.536km NNW of Yucca Valley, CaliforniaWed, Aug 28, 3:43 PM PDT · 8803 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9821241. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC.