M1.7 earthquake 18km NE of Boron, CA

Magnitude

1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sat, Mar 21, 2020, 8:18 AM PDT

UTC

2020-03-21 15:18:28 UTC

Depth

3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.130° N, 117.540° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

46°

Stations used

30

• Boron, CaliforniaPopulation 2,253. Forecast18 kmNE
• California City, CaliforniaPopulation 13,277. Forecast41 kmE
• Victorville, CaliforniaPopulation 122,225. Forecast70 kmNNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast136 kmNNE

After

1. 2.112km SW of Searles Valley, CASat, Mar 21, 9:26 AM PDT · 2387 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
2. 2.18km ENE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Mar 21, 12:14 PM PDT · 2387 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
3. 1.514km WSW of Searles Valley, CASat, Mar 21, 2:20 PM PDT · 2387 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
4. 1.915km NE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Mar 21, 2:22 PM PDT · 2387 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
5. 1.818km E of Little Lake, CASun, Mar 22, 2:11 AM PDT · 2386 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
6. 1.914km SSW of Searles Valley, CASun, Mar 22, 5:38 AM PDT · 2386 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
7. 1.522km ESE of Little Lake, CASun, Mar 22, 8:15 AM PDT · 2386 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
8. 2.519km S of Searles Valley, CASun, Mar 22, 2:08 PM PDT · 2386 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
9. 4.321km N of Searles Valley, CASun, Mar 22, 10:53 PM PDT · 2385 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 188
10. 2.122km N of Searles Valley, CASun, Mar 22, 11:24 PM PDT · 2385 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
11. 1.521km NNE of Searles Valley, CAMon, Mar 23, 12:00 AM PDT · 2385 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
12. 1.720km N of Searles Valley, CAMon, Mar 23, 12:02 AM PDT · 2385 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
13. 1.522km N of Searles Valley, CAMon, Mar 23, 12:03 AM PDT · 2385 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
14. 1.721km N of Searles Valley, CAMon, Mar 23, 1:25 AM PDT · 2385 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
15. 1.721km N of Searles Valley, CAMon, Mar 23, 3:04 AM PDT · 2385 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
16. 2.313km SSW of Searles Valley, CAMon, Mar 23, 4:00 AM PDT · 2385 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
17. 2.117km SSW of Searles Valley, CAMon, Mar 23, 4:20 AM PDT · 2385 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
18. 1.818km ESE of Little Lake, CAMon, Mar 23, 9:18 AM PDT · 2385 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
19. 2.021km N of Trona, CAMon, Mar 23, 12:27 PM PDT · 2385 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
20. 1.624km NNW of Searles Valley, CAMon, Mar 23, 12:46 PM PDT · 2385 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
21. 1.621km N of Searles Valley, CAMon, Mar 23, 12:52 PM PDT · 2385 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
22. 1.521km N of Searles Valley, CAMon, Mar 23, 1:44 PM PDT · 2385 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
23. 1.722km N of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 24, 3:42 AM PDT · 2384 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
24. 2.522km N of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 24, 6:26 AM PDT · 2384 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
25. 1.815km SSW of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 24, 6:48 AM PDT · 2384 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
26. 1.522km N of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 24, 6:56 AM PDT · 2384 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
27. 1.913km ENE of Fort Irwin, CATue, Mar 24, 10:29 AM PDT · 2384 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
28. 1.514km SW of Searles Valley, CAWed, Mar 25, 3:24 AM PDT · 2383 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
29. 1.620km W of Searles Valley, CAWed, Mar 25, 4:32 PM PDT · 2382 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
30. 3.019km S of Trona, CAThu, Mar 26, 1:13 AM PDT · 2382 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
31. 1.721km NNE of Searles Valley, CAThu, Mar 26, 5:00 AM PDT · 2382 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
32. 2.621km ESE of Little Lake, CAThu, Mar 26, 6:22 AM PDT · 2382 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
33. 2.021km N of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Mar 26, 7:33 AM PDT · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
34. 2.616km E of Little Lake, CAThu, Mar 26, 9:30 AM PDT · 2382 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
35. 2.017km W of Searles Valley, CAThu, Mar 26, 3:11 PM PDT · 2382 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
36. 1.920km ESE of Little Lake, CAThu, Mar 26, 4:43 PM PDT · 2381 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
37. 1.512km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Mar 26, 6:34 PM PDT · 2381 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
38. 2.534km E of Barstow, CAThu, Mar 26, 6:46 PM PDT · 2381 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
39. 1.619km ESE of Little Lake, CAThu, Mar 26, 11:41 PM PDT · 2381 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
40. 2.014km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Mar 27, 5:45 AM PDT · 2381 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
41. 1.513km WSW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 27, 8:11 AM PDT · 2381 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
42. 2.324km ESE of Little Lake, CAFri, Mar 27, 1:48 PM PDT · 2381 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
43. 1.78km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Mar 27, 4:31 PM PDT · 2380 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
44. 1.513km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Mar 27, 10:01 PM PDT · 2380 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
45. 1.614km NE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Mar 28, 3:09 PM PDT · 2380 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
46. 1.812km ENE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Mar 28, 6:25 PM PDT · 2379 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
47. 2.517km WSW of Johannesburg, CASat, Mar 28, 8:46 PM PDT · 2379 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
48. 1.614km WSW of Searles Valley, CASun, Mar 29, 5:57 AM PDT · 2379 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
49. 2.514km SSW of Tehachapi, CASun, Mar 29, 6:42 PM PDT · 2378 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
50. 1.921km N of Ridgecrest, CASun, Mar 29, 7:02 PM PDT · 2378 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
51. 2.732km SE of Bodfish, CAMon, Mar 30, 5:56 PM PDT · 2377 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
52. 1.914km ENE of Ridgecrest, CATue, Mar 31, 3:06 AM PDT · 2377 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
53. 2.17km ENE of Ridgecrest, CATue, Mar 31, 4:17 AM PDT · 2377 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
54. 1.722km N of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 31, 2:37 PM PDT · 2377 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
55. 1.614km SW of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 31, 5:53 PM PDT · 2376 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
56. 1.917km E of Little Lake, CATue, Mar 31, 11:26 PM PDT · 2376 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
57. 2.018km E of Little Lake, CAWed, Apr 1, 4:55 AM PDT · 2376 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
58. 2.315km ESE of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Apr 1, 8:43 AM PDT · 2376 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
59. 1.719km S of Searles Valley, CAWed, Apr 1, 10:45 AM PDT · 2376 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
60. 1.821km ESE of Little Lake, CAWed, Apr 1, 11:02 AM PDT · 2376 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

1. 1.717km W of Searles Valley, CASat, Mar 21, 4:11 AM PDT · 2387 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
2. 2.421km N of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Mar 20, 10:44 PM PDT · 2387 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
3. 2.214km S of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 20, 7:07 PM PDT · 2387 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
4. 2.016km NNE of Inyokern, CAFri, Mar 20, 1:39 PM PDT · 2388 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
5. 2.515km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Mar 20, 5:17 AM PDT · 2388 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
6. 3.615km ENE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Mar 20, 4:52 AM PDT · 2388 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 91
7. 1.511km SSW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 20, 2:29 AM PDT · 2388 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
8. 2.29km SSW of Trona, CAThu, Mar 19, 11:42 PM PDT · 2388 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
9. 1.814km E of Little Lake, CAThu, Mar 19, 11:08 PM PDT · 2388 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
10. 1.915km WSW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Mar 19, 10:33 PM PDT · 2388 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
11. 1.66km SSW of Mojave, CAThu, Mar 19, 11:57 AM PDT · 2389 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
12. 1.814km SSW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Mar 19, 1:54 AM PDT · 2389 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
13. 1.616km ESE of Little Lake, CAWed, Mar 18, 9:28 PM PDT · 2389 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
14. 1.814km SW of Searles Valley, CAWed, Mar 18, 6:42 PM PDT · 2389 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
15. 2.814km NE of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Mar 18, 5:49 AM PDT · 2390 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
16. 2.314km NE of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Mar 18, 5:49 AM PDT · 2390 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
17. 1.623km N of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Mar 18, 1:51 AM PDT · 2390 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
18. 1.524km NNW of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 17, 8:35 PM PDT · 2390 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
19. 1.812km SW of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 17, 6:55 PM PDT · 2390 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
20. 2.012km NE of Barstow, CATue, Mar 17, 5:01 PM PDT · 2390 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39110367. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC.