M2.4 earthquake 35km WSW of Tecopa, CA

Magnitude

2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sun, May 26, 2002, 7:25 AM PDT

UTC

2002-05-26 14:25:15 UTC

Depth

10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.696° N, 116.566° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

92°

Stations used

18

• Fort Irwin, CaliforniaPopulation 8,845. Forecast49 kmNNE
• Pahrump, NevadaPopulation 36,441. Forecast77 kmSW
• Enterprise, NevadaPopulation 108,481. Forecast125 kmWSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast238 kmNE

After

1. 1.934km ENE of Boron, CaliforniaFri, May 31, 12:37 PM PDT · 8892 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
2. 1.913km NE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Jun 7, 3:28 AM PDT · 8886 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
3. 1.814km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Jun 10, 1:21 PM PDT · 8882 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
4. 1.621km N of Ridgecrest, CaliforniaFri, Jun 14, 12:11 AM PDT · 8879 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
5. 1.830km E of Barstow, CASat, Jun 22, 9:03 AM PDT · 8870 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
6. 2.323km WNW of Ludlow, CATue, Jun 25, 3:12 AM PDT · 8868 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
7. 1.722km WNW of Ludlow, CaliforniaTue, Jun 25, 10:12 AM PDT · 8867 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
8. 1.517km N of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Jun 26, 4:14 AM PDT · 8867 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
9. 1.936km SSW of Tecopa, CaliforniaThu, Jun 27, 12:59 AM PDT · 8866 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
10. 1.625km NNE of Trona, CAWed, Jul 3, 9:52 PM PDT · 8859 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
11. 1.512km NNE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Jul 5, 2:23 AM PDT · 8858 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
12. 2.017km N of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Jul 5, 9:12 AM PDT · 8857 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
13. 2.317km N of Ridgecrest, CASat, Jul 6, 4:37 AM PDT · 8857 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
14. 2.021km NW of Ludlow, CASat, Jul 6, 10:11 PM PDT · 8856 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
15. 2.121km NW of Ludlow, CASun, Jul 7, 11:21 AM PDT · 8855 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
16. 1.721km NW of Ludlow, CASun, Jul 7, 12:11 PM PDT · 8855 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
17. 2.424km WNW of Ludlow, CAMon, Jul 8, 6:31 PM PDT · 8854 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
18. 1.917km NNE of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Jul 10, 10:16 AM PDT · 8852 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
19. 2.226km WNW of Ludlow, CAThu, Jul 11, 10:05 PM PDT · 8851 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
20. 2.226km WNW of Ludlow, CAThu, Jul 11, 11:31 PM PDT · 8851 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
21. 1.618km NNE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Jul 14, 1:51 AM PDT · 8849 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
22. 2.518km N of Ridgecrest, CASun, Jul 21, 7:37 AM PDT · 8842 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
23. 1.618km N of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Jul 22, 2:31 AM PDT · 8841 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
24. 2.418km N of Ridgecrest, CATue, Jul 23, 9:56 PM PDT · 8839 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
25. 2.932km WNW of Pahrump, NVWed, Jul 24, 8:15 AM PDT · 8839 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
26. 2.327km NW of Ludlow, CAWed, Jul 24, 3:46 PM PDT · 8838 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
27. 2.112km NE of Barstow, CAThu, Jul 25, 5:34 AM PDT · 8838 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away

Before

1. 2.730km SSW of Tecopa, CAFri, May 24, 5:05 PM PDT · 8899 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
2. 1.729km SSW of Tecopa, CaliforniaFri, May 24, 10:36 AM PDT · 8899 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
3. 1.616km NNE of Ridgecrest, CATue, May 21, 3:55 PM PDT · 8902 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
4. 2.728km SSW of Tecopa, CaliforniaMon, May 20, 7:58 PM PDT · 8903 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
5. 1.524km WNW of Ludlow, CaliforniaMon, May 20, 7:12 PM PDT · 8903 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
6. 2.530km SSW of Tecopa, CaliforniaMon, May 20, 9:14 AM PDT · 8903 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
7. 1.621km WNW of Searles Valley, CAFri, May 17, 3:21 PM PDT · 8906 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
8. 1.619km W of Searles Valley, CAThu, May 16, 9:31 AM PDT · 8907 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
9. 2.014 km E of Shoshone, CaliforniaMon, May 13, 8:47 AM PDT · 8910 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
10. 1.818km NNE of Barstow, CaliforniaSun, May 5, 5:02 PM PDT · 8918 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
11. 2.117km ESE of Ridgecrest, CAMon, Apr 29, 1:53 AM PDT · 8925 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
12. 2.012km NE of Barstow, CASat, Apr 27, 1:41 AM PDT · 8927 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci13419428. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:57 AM UTC.