M1.8 earthquake 33km S of Ludlow, CA

Magnitude

1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Mon, Dec 16, 2002, 12:21 PM PST

UTC

2002-12-16 20:21:28 UTC

Depth

6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.422° N, 116.195° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.24

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

84°

Stations used

12

• Joshua Tree, CaliforniaPopulation 7,414. Forecast34 kmNNE
• Twentynine Palms, CaliforniaPopulation 26,025. Forecast34 kmNNW
• Victorville, CaliforniaPopulation 122,225. Forecast101 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast193 kmENE

After

1. 2.313km NE of Barstow, CAMon, Dec 16, 2:58 PM PST · 8693 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
2. 1.67km SSW of Idyllwild, CAMon, Dec 16, 11:09 PM PST · 8693 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
3. 1.72km S of Yucca Valley, CaliforniaMon, Dec 16, 11:16 PM PST · 8693 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
4. 1.76km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Dec 19, 12:56 PM PST · 8690 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
5. 1.86km N of Yucca Valley, CaliforniaThu, Dec 19, 12:56 PM PST · 8690 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
6. 1.815km SW of Ludlow, CAThu, Dec 19, 1:05 PM PST · 8690 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
7. 1.86km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Dec 19, 2:58 PM PST · 8690 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
8. 1.66km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Dec 19, 4:50 PM PST · 8690 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
9. 1.510km NNE of Cabazon, CaliforniaFri, Dec 20, 3:48 AM PST · 8690 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
10. 2.014km NW of Ludlow, CAFri, Dec 20, 10:37 AM PST · 8689 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
11. 1.520km E of Big Bear City, CAFri, Dec 20, 9:13 PM PST · 8689 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
12. 3.514km ENE of Thousand Palms, CASun, Dec 22, 4:55 AM PST · 8688 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
13. 2.714km ENE of Thousand Palms, CASun, Dec 22, 8:09 AM PST · 8687 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
14. 1.614km ENE of Thousand Palms, CASun, Dec 22, 1:54 PM PST · 8687 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
15. 1.736km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CASun, Dec 22, 2:27 PM PST · 8687 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
16. 2.39km NNE of Banning, CASun, Dec 22, 2:37 PM PST · 8687 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
17. 2.114km NW of Ludlow, CASun, Dec 22, 3:37 PM PST · 8687 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
18. 1.618km WSW of Ludlow, CASun, Dec 22, 8:57 PM PST · 8687 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
19. 2.513km NW of Ludlow, CAMon, Dec 23, 1:11 AM PST · 8687 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
20. 1.512km N of Cabazon, CAMon, Dec 23, 4:06 AM PST · 8687 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
21. 2.020km W of Amboy, CAMon, Dec 23, 5:10 AM PST · 8687 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
22. 2.314km NW of Ludlow, CAMon, Dec 23, 2:28 PM PST · 8686 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
23. 1.913km NW of Ludlow, CAMon, Dec 23, 5:38 PM PST · 8686 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
24. 2.214km NW of Ludlow, CAMon, Dec 23, 6:05 PM PST · 8686 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
25. 1.614km NW of Ludlow, CATue, Dec 24, 10:13 PM PST · 8685 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
26. 1.625km NNW of Twentynine Palms, CaliforniaThu, Dec 26, 6:58 AM PST · 8683 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
27. 1.811km NW of Morongo Valley, CAFri, Dec 27, 10:10 AM PST · 8682 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
28. 2.213km WSW of Ludlow, CAFri, Dec 27, 9:39 PM PST · 8682 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
29. 1.913km NW of Ludlow, CASat, Dec 28, 8:28 AM PST · 8681 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
30. 1.55km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, Dec 28, 11:16 AM PST · 8681 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
31. 1.89km SSE of Big Bear City, CASat, Dec 28, 1:24 PM PST · 8681 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
32. 1.53km SE of Yucaipa, CASun, Dec 29, 12:44 AM PST · 8681 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
33. 1.65km N of Yucca Valley, CASun, Dec 29, 7:42 AM PST · 8680 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
34. 1.714km NW of Ludlow, CASun, Dec 29, 10:32 AM PST · 8680 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
35. 1.726km N of Yucca Valley, CASun, Dec 29, 12:11 PM PST · 8680 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
36. 2.111km ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CAMon, Dec 30, 10:15 PM PST · 8679 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
37. 2.031km NNW of Twentynine Palms, CATue, Dec 31, 2:31 AM PST · 8679 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
38. 1.514km ENE of Thousand Palms, CATue, Dec 31, 4:41 PM PST · 8678 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
39. 1.639km NE of Big Bear City, CaliforniaWed, Jan 1, 12:19 AM PST · 8678 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
40. 1.67km E of Big Bear City, CAWed, Jan 1, 3:09 AM PST · 8678 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
41. 2.016km SW of Ludlow, CAWed, Jan 1, 6:10 AM PST · 8678 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
42. 1.719km N of Twentynine Palms, CAWed, Jan 1, 11:20 AM PST · 8677 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
43. 2.69km NE of Desert Hot Springs, CAWed, Jan 1, 7:45 PM PST · 8677 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
44. 1.86km WNW of Calimesa, CAWed, Jan 1, 11:46 PM PST · 8677 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
45. 1.626km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Jan 2, 12:42 AM PST · 8677 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
46. 2.130km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Jan 2, 5:32 AM PST · 8677 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
47. 2.026km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Jan 2, 7:33 AM PST · 8676 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
48. 1.63km ESE of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Jan 2, 9:57 AM PST · 8676 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
49. 1.537km NE of Lucerne Valley, CAThu, Jan 2, 10:30 AM PST · 8676 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
50. 2.313km NE of Barstow, CAThu, Jan 2, 4:25 PM PST · 8676 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
51. 1.96km NNW of Garnet, CAThu, Jan 2, 5:43 PM PST · 8676 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
52. 1.810km N of Big Bear City, CAFri, Jan 3, 2:05 AM PST · 8676 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
53. 1.913km NE of Indio, CAFri, Jan 3, 8:25 PM PST · 8675 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
54. 1.618km SW of Ludlow, CaliforniaSat, Jan 4, 6:07 AM PST · 8675 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
55. 2.28km SW of Idyllwild, CASat, Jan 4, 4:05 PM PST · 8674 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
56. 2.06km SW of Idyllwild, CASat, Jan 4, 5:28 PM PST · 8674 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
57. 1.66km SSE of Banning, CASun, Jan 5, 10:30 AM PST · 8673 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
58. 1.713km NW of Ludlow, CAMon, Jan 6, 12:55 AM PST · 8673 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
59. 1.84km N of Yucca Valley, CAMon, Jan 6, 3:36 PM PST · 8672 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
60. 1.914km S of Big Bear Lake, CaliforniaMon, Jan 6, 3:51 PM PST · 8672 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

1. 1.813km NW of Ludlow, CAMon, Dec 16, 7:23 AM PST · 8693 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
2. 1.613km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaMon, Dec 16, 5:22 AM PST · 8694 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
3. 1.918km N of Twentynine Palms, CaliforniaSat, Dec 14, 11:54 PM PST · 8695 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
4. 1.814km SW of Ludlow, CASat, Dec 14, 12:36 PM PST · 8695 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
5. 2.040km SW of Ludlow, CASat, Dec 14, 11:15 AM PST · 8695 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
6. 1.722km SSE of Fort Irwin, CaliforniaFri, Dec 13, 4:34 PM PST · 8696 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
7. 1.613km NW of Ludlow, CaliforniaFri, Dec 13, 8:56 AM PST · 8696 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
8. 1.814km WNW of Ludlow, CaliforniaFri, Dec 13, 3:46 AM PST · 8697 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
9. 2.519km N of Indio, CAThu, Dec 12, 11:38 PM PST · 8697 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
10. 1.67km S of Idyllwild, CAThu, Dec 12, 9:44 PM PST · 8697 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
11. 1.711km N of Yucaipa, CAThu, Dec 12, 6:46 PM PST · 8697 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
12. 2.613km W of Ludlow, CAThu, Dec 12, 4:56 AM PST · 8698 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
13. 2.45km SSW of Idyllwild, CAThu, Dec 12, 3:38 AM PST · 8698 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
14. 1.74km SSW of Idyllwild, CAWed, Dec 11, 7:08 PM PST · 8698 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
15. 2.013km NW of Ludlow, CAWed, Dec 11, 4:17 AM PST · 8699 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
16. 2.119km W of Ludlow, CATue, Dec 10, 9:59 AM PST · 8699 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
17. 1.74km NE of Cabazon, CAMon, Dec 9, 11:21 AM PST · 8700 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
18. 1.613km NW of Ludlow, CAMon, Dec 9, 8:03 AM PST · 8700 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
19. 2.017km SSW of Ludlow, CASun, Dec 8, 4:17 PM PST · 8701 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
20. 2.37km ENE of Running Springs, CASun, Dec 8, 7:47 AM PST · 8701 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9870969. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:01 AM UTC.