M2.5 earthquake 16km SW of Ludlow, CA

Magnitude

2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Tue, Oct 1, 2002, 3:40 PM PDT

UTC

2002-10-01 22:40:26 UTC

Depth

2.8 km (1.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.617° N, 116.277° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.27

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

70°

Stations used

32

• Joshua Tree, CaliforniaPopulation 7,414. Forecast54 kmN
• Twentynine Palms, CaliforniaPopulation 26,025. Forecast57 kmNNW
• Victorville, CaliforniaPopulation 122,225. Forecast93 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast191 kmENE

After

1. 2.616km ENE of Coachella, CATue, Oct 1, 10:53 PM PDT · 8769 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
2. 1.527km N of Yucca Valley, CAWed, Oct 2, 9:27 AM PDT · 8768 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
3. 3.413km W of Ludlow, CAFri, Oct 4, 7:23 AM PDT · 8766 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
4. 1.812km W of Ludlow, CaliforniaFri, Oct 4, 7:33 AM PDT · 8766 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
5. 1.96km NNW of Big Bear City, CAFri, Oct 4, 11:46 PM PDT · 8766 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
6. 3.312km W of Ludlow, CASat, Oct 5, 12:16 AM PDT · 8766 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
7. 1.612km W of Ludlow, CASat, Oct 5, 1:39 AM PDT · 8765 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
8. 2.711km W of Ludlow, CASat, Oct 5, 1:41 AM PDT · 8765 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
9. 1.812km W of Ludlow, CASat, Oct 5, 1:48 AM PDT · 8765 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
10. 1.925km WNW of Ludlow, CASat, Oct 5, 3:55 AM PDT · 8765 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
11. 1.725km WNW of Ludlow, CASat, Oct 5, 5:58 AM PDT · 8765 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
12. 1.612km W of Ludlow, CASat, Oct 5, 6:45 AM PDT · 8765 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
13. 2.212km W of Ludlow, CASat, Oct 5, 1:21 PM PDT · 8765 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
14. 2.29km ENE of Barstow, CASat, Oct 5, 5:45 PM PDT · 8765 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
15. 1.535km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CASat, Oct 5, 10:11 PM PDT · 8765 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
16. 1.925km WNW of Ludlow, CASun, Oct 6, 3:16 AM PDT · 8764 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
17. 1.610km S of Big Bear City, CASun, Oct 6, 8:37 AM PDT · 8764 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
18. 2.26km SE of Big Bear Lake, CAMon, Oct 7, 4:38 AM PDT · 8763 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
19. 1.836km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CaliforniaMon, Oct 7, 5:45 AM PDT · 8763 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
20. 2.416km ENE of Coachella, CAMon, Oct 7, 10:45 AM PDT · 8763 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
21. 2.335km NE of Lucerne Valley, CAMon, Oct 7, 2:43 PM PDT · 8763 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
22. 1.510km NNW of Big Bear Lake, CAMon, Oct 7, 4:33 PM PDT · 8763 days ago · -2 km deep · 69 km away
23. 1.626km N of Yucca Valley, CAMon, Oct 7, 6:26 PM PDT · 8763 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
24. 1.513km W of Ludlow, CaliforniaMon, Oct 7, 6:33 PM PDT · 8763 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
25. 1.612km W of Ludlow, CaliforniaMon, Oct 7, 6:50 PM PDT · 8763 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
26. 1.510km N of Cabazon, CATue, Oct 8, 6:01 AM PDT · 8762 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
27. 1.824km N of Yucca Valley, CATue, Oct 8, 12:39 PM PDT · 8762 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
28. 1.628km NW of Ludlow, CAWed, Oct 9, 12:15 AM PDT · 8762 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
29. 2.612km WSW of Ludlow, CAWed, Oct 9, 9:48 AM PDT · 8761 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
30. 1.610km N of Cabazon, CAWed, Oct 9, 1:34 PM PDT · 8761 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
31. 2.66km NW of Big Bear City, CAWed, Oct 9, 5:04 PM PDT · 8761 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
32. 1.65km NW of Big Bear City, CAWed, Oct 9, 5:08 PM PDT · 8761 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
33. 1.95km NW of Big Bear City, CAThu, Oct 10, 5:23 AM PDT · 8760 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
34. 2.519km ENE of Big Bear City, CAThu, Oct 10, 9:58 AM PDT · 8760 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
35. 1.65km ENE of Cabazon, CaliforniaThu, Oct 10, 12:57 PM PDT · 8760 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
36. 1.66km SE of Big Bear Lake, CAThu, Oct 10, 6:53 PM PDT · 8760 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
37. 1.613km NNE of Barstow, CaliforniaThu, Oct 10, 11:52 PM PDT · 8760 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
38. 1.68km NNE of Cabazon, CaliforniaFri, Oct 11, 11:32 AM PDT · 8759 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
39. 1.913km NW of Ludlow, CASat, Oct 12, 5:43 AM PDT · 8758 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
40. 3.016km ENE of Coachella, CASat, Oct 12, 8:29 AM PDT · 8758 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
41. 1.533km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, Oct 12, 2:54 PM PDT · 8758 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
42. 1.622km N of Yucca Valley, CASun, Oct 13, 12:40 AM PDT · 8758 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
43. 1.711km N of Banning, CAMon, Oct 14, 1:31 PM PDT · 8756 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
44. 2.323km N of Yucca Valley, CATue, Oct 15, 5:37 AM PDT · 8755 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
45. 1.914km WSW of Ludlow, CATue, Oct 15, 8:40 AM PDT · 8755 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
46. 2.013km WSW of Ludlow, CATue, Oct 15, 10:58 AM PDT · 8755 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
47. 1.613km W of Ludlow, CaliforniaTue, Oct 15, 2:00 PM PDT · 8755 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
48. 1.62km ENE of Yucca Valley, CATue, Oct 15, 8:11 PM PDT · 8755 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
49. 1.920km NNW of Yucca Valley, CATue, Oct 15, 10:28 PM PDT · 8755 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
50. 2.030km NNW of Twentynine Palms, CAWed, Oct 16, 2:50 AM PDT · 8754 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
51. 1.827km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaWed, Oct 16, 2:31 PM PDT · 8754 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
52. 1.58km S of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Oct 17, 1:21 PM PDT · 8753 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
53. 3.012km W of Ludlow, CAFri, Oct 18, 1:04 AM PDT · 8753 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
54. 1.72km ESE of Cabazon, CAFri, Oct 18, 7:45 AM PDT · 8752 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
55. 1.512km W of Ludlow, CaliforniaFri, Oct 18, 9:05 AM PDT · 8752 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
56. 1.813km W of Ludlow, CAFri, Oct 18, 6:14 PM PDT · 8752 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
57. 1.713km WSW of Ludlow, CASat, Oct 19, 8:25 AM PDT · 8751 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
58. 1.69km E of Running Springs, CASat, Oct 19, 3:06 PM PDT · 8751 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
59. 3.66km NW of Big Bear City, CATue, Oct 22, 12:15 AM PDT · 8749 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 101
60. 1.86km NW of Big Bear City, CATue, Oct 22, 12:23 AM PDT · 8749 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 187.

Before

1. 2.116km SW of Ludlow, CATue, Oct 1, 2:36 PM PDT · 8769 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
2. 1.78km ENE of Cabazon, CATue, Oct 1, 8:42 AM PDT · 8769 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
3. 2.413km E of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Oct 1, 8:36 AM PDT · 8769 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
4. 1.940km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CAMon, Sep 30, 11:56 AM PDT · 8770 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
5. 1.611km NE of Cabazon, CAMon, Sep 30, 1:29 AM PDT · 8771 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
6. 1.713km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 9:43 PM PDT · 8771 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
7. 2.212km NNE of Barstow, CASun, Sep 29, 12:45 PM PDT · 8771 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
8. 3.119km SSW of Ludlow, CASun, Sep 29, 10:46 AM PDT · 8771 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
9. 2.819km SSW of Ludlow, CASun, Sep 29, 10:45 AM PDT · 8771 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
10. 1.619km SSW of Ludlow, CASun, Sep 29, 10:45 AM PDT · 8771 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
11. 1.517km WSW of Ludlow, CaliforniaSun, Sep 29, 7:57 AM PDT · 8771 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
12. 1.516km ENE of Coachella, CASun, Sep 29, 12:59 AM PDT · 8772 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
13. 2.66km SE of Big Bear Lake, CASat, Sep 28, 7:39 PM PDT · 8772 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
14. 2.431km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, Sep 28, 4:50 PM PDT · 8772 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
15. 1.91km WSW of Cabazon, CAFri, Sep 27, 9:35 PM PDT · 8773 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
16. 1.513km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaFri, Sep 27, 4:46 PM PDT · 8773 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
17. 1.913km NW of Ludlow, CAFri, Sep 27, 11:00 AM PDT · 8773 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
18. 1.621km N of Yucca Valley, CAFri, Sep 27, 4:16 AM PDT · 8773 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
19. 1.61km E of Cabazon, CAFri, Sep 27, 2:14 AM PDT · 8773 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
20. 1.625km NNW of Twentynine Palms, CAThu, Sep 26, 7:36 PM PDT · 8774 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9830173. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:59 PM UTC.