M2.2 earthquake 13km WNW of Mojave, CA

Magnitude

2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Thu, Sep 5, 2002, 2:08 PM PDT

UTC

2002-09-05 21:08:20 UTC

Depth

6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.077° N, 118.310° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.24

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

28°

Stations used

43

• Mojave, CaliforniaPopulation 4,238. Forecast13 kmWNW
• Tehachapi, CaliforniaPopulation 13,021. Forecast14 kmESE
• Lancaster, CaliforniaPopulation 161,103. Forecast45 kmNNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast114 kmN

After

1. 1.617km N of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Sep 6, 6:48 AM PDT · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
2. 1.614km NW of Grapevine, CaliforniaSun, Sep 8, 4:21 PM PDT · 8792 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
3. 2.410km WNW of Johannesburg, CAMon, Sep 9, 3:55 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
4. 1.69km W of Johannesburg, CAMon, Sep 9, 5:29 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
5. 1.98km NW of Granada Hills, CAMon, Sep 9, 5:40 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
6. 1.61km S of San Fernando, CAMon, Sep 9, 8:14 PM PDT · 8791 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
7. 1.618km N of Ridgecrest, CATue, Sep 10, 1:20 AM PDT · 8791 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
8. 2.114km SSW of Tehachapi, CATue, Sep 10, 3:32 PM PDT · 8790 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
9. 1.524km NNW of Tehachapi, CAWed, Sep 11, 4:16 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
10. 1.87km NNE of Lamont, CAWed, Sep 11, 7:03 PM PDT · 8789 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
11. 2.618km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 12:35 PM PDT · 8786 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
12. 1.718km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 12:39 PM PDT · 8786 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
13. 1.921km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 14, 2:04 PM PDT · 8786 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
14. 1.55km NNE of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:40 AM PDT · 8785 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
15. 1.94km N of Valencia, CASun, Sep 15, 11:40 AM PDT · 8785 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
16. 1.73km NNW of Valencia, CASun, Sep 15, 11:43 AM PDT · 8785 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
17. 1.74km NNE of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:43 AM PDT · 8785 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
18. 1.53km N of Valencia, CaliforniaSun, Sep 15, 11:52 AM PDT · 8785 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
19. 1.74km W of Northridge, CASun, Sep 15, 7:43 PM PDT · 8785 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
20. 1.625km S of Bodfish, CaliforniaMon, Sep 16, 9:47 AM PDT · 8784 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
21. 1.522km SSW of Little Lake, CATue, Sep 17, 6:42 AM PDT · 8784 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
22. 1.510km NNE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Sep 20, 10:11 AM PDT · 8780 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
23. 1.519km NNW of Tehachapi, CaliforniaSun, Sep 22, 4:04 AM PDT · 8779 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
24. 1.710km SSW of Arvin, CATue, Sep 24, 9:14 PM PDT · 8776 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
25. 1.926km SSW of Bodfish, CAThu, Sep 26, 7:09 PM PDT · 8774 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
26. 1.62km E of Pacoima, CAFri, Sep 27, 11:09 PM PDT · 8773 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
27. 1.924km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Sep 28, 8:23 PM PDT · 8772 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
28. 1.519km NE of Arvin, CASun, Sep 29, 3:23 PM PDT · 8771 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
29. 1.93km WNW of Pacoima, CaliforniaTue, Oct 1, 9:51 AM PDT · 8769 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
30. 1.613km N of Castaic, CAWed, Oct 2, 11:53 AM PDT · 8768 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
31. 1.516km NNW of California City, CAThu, Oct 3, 11:47 AM PDT · 8767 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
32. 1.716km NNW of California City, CAThu, Oct 3, 12:56 PM PDT · 8767 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
33. 1.825km NNW of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 6, 12:26 PM PDT · 8764 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
34. 2.02km NNE of Northridge, CAFri, Oct 11, 7:24 AM PDT · 8759 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
35. 1.77km SSE of Piru, CaliforniaSat, Oct 12, 2:39 PM PDT · 8758 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
36. 1.511km SW of Lamont, CaliforniaSun, Oct 13, 11:48 PM PDT · 8757 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
37. 1.98km N of Pacoima, CAMon, Oct 14, 11:53 PM PDT · 8756 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
38. 2.327km E of Johannesburg, CAThu, Oct 17, 7:19 AM PDT · 8754 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
39. 1.65km S of Lamont, CaliforniaSat, Oct 19, 3:57 AM PDT · 8752 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
40. 1.62km W of Chatsworth, CASun, Oct 20, 10:14 AM PDT · 8750 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
41. 1.517km N of Ridgecrest, CASun, Oct 20, 3:26 PM PDT · 8750 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
42. 1.525km WNW of Inyokern, CAMon, Oct 21, 11:27 PM PDT · 8749 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
43. 1.64km ESE of Vincent, CATue, Oct 22, 5:31 AM PDT · 8749 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
44. 1.912km NNW of Grapevine, CaliforniaFri, Oct 25, 4:49 PM PDT · 8745 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
45. 2.14km WNW of Lebec, CASat, Oct 26, 8:49 PM PDT · 8744 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
46. 1.619km N of Ridgecrest, CASat, Oct 26, 9:33 PM PDT · 8744 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
47. 1.611km S of Tehachapi, CASun, Oct 27, 3:44 PM PST · 8743 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
48. 1.54km W of Northridge, CAMon, Oct 28, 5:50 AM PST · 8743 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
49. 1.727km NE of Boron, CaliforniaTue, Oct 29, 3:05 PM PST · 8741 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
50. 1.812km NNW of Chatsworth, CATue, Oct 29, 3:40 PM PST · 8741 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
51. 1.820km NE of Arvin, CASat, Nov 2, 5:56 PM PST · 8737 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away

Before

1. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAThu, Sep 5, 11:40 AM PDT · 8795 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
2. 1.518km NW of Grapevine, CaliforniaThu, Sep 5, 5:27 AM PDT · 8796 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
3. 1.82km W of San Fernando, CAThu, Sep 5, 3:00 AM PDT · 8796 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
4. 1.67km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Sep 4, 8:14 PM PDT · 8796 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
5. 1.513km SSW of Lamont, CaliforniaFri, Aug 30, 11:39 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
6. 1.74km NW of Lamont, CAFri, Aug 30, 5:29 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
7. 1.53km WSW of Lebec, CAFri, Aug 30, 5:20 PM PDT · 8801 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
8. 1.624km NNW of Tehachapi, CAFri, Aug 30, 11:02 AM PDT · 8801 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
9. 1.75km W of Kernville, CAWed, Aug 28, 7:58 AM PDT · 8803 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
10. 2.01km SE of San Fernando, CAWed, Aug 28, 3:34 AM PDT · 8804 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
11. 1.717km NW of Tehachapi, CATue, Aug 27, 1:56 AM PDT · 8805 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
12. 1.57km WSW of Wrightwood, CAMon, Aug 26, 11:25 PM PDT · 8805 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
13. 1.55km ESE of Santa Clarita, CaliforniaMon, Aug 26, 1:20 PM PDT · 8805 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
14. 1.54km W of Kernville, CAMon, Aug 26, 8:01 AM PDT · 8805 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
15. 1.823km W of Inyokern, CAFri, Aug 23, 8:14 PM PDT · 8808 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
16. 2.56km W of Kernville, CAFri, Aug 23, 1:57 AM PDT · 8809 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
17. 2.26km W of Kernville, CaliforniaFri, Aug 23, 1:57 AM PDT · 8809 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
18. 1.95km W of Kernville, CAThu, Aug 22, 10:58 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
19. 1.85km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CaliforniaThu, Aug 22, 9:01 PM PDT · 8809 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
20. 1.52km NNW of Simi Valley, CAWed, Aug 21, 2:37 AM PDT · 8811 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9819693. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC.