California earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 24 km NE of Fort Irwin, California

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 24 km NE of Fort Irwin, California on Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 9:09 PM PST (05:09 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 21km N of Searles Valley, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2020-02-26 05:09:23 UTC
Depth
14.1 km (8.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.423° N, 116.494° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.00
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.911 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2410 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.611 km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 2410 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.613km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2410 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.619 km S of Trona, CA · 2409 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.820km S of Trona, CA · 2409 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.619 km SSW of Trona, CA · 2409 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.69 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2409 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.713 km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 2409 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.522km NE of Johannesburg, CA · 2408 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.113 km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 2408 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.814 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2407 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.215km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2407 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.210km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2407 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 2.614km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2407 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.315km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.715km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.814km WSW of Ludlow, CA · 2405 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.614km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2405 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.538km E of Johannesburg, CA · 2405 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.113km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 2404 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.610km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 1.914km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2403 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.714km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 2403 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.519km S of Trona, CA · 2403 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.517km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 2402 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.519km S of Trona, CA · 2401 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.512km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2401 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 1.611km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 2400 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.414km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2400 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.513km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 2400 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.616km S of Searles Valley, CA · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 1.514km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 2.010km S of Searles Valley, CA · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 1.818km S of Trona, CA · 2399 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.316km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.215km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 2398 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 1.617km S of Trona, CA · 2397 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  38. 2.213km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2397 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 1.614km S of Searles Valley, CA · 2397 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 1.619km S of Searles Valley, CA · 2397 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.818km S of Trona, CA · 2397 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.517km S of Searles Valley, CA · 2397 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 1.713km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2396 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 1.816km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2395 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.913km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 2395 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.612km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2395 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.612km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2395 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.818km S of Searles Valley, CA · 2395 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 1.819km S of Searles Valley, CA · 2395 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.615km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2394 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.813km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2394 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 1.615km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2393 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.512km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2392 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.713km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2392 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.513km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2392 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 1.712km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 2392 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 3.521km N of Searles Valley, CA · 2391 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 15
  58. 1.921km N of Searles Valley, CA · 2391 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  59. 1.621km N of Searles Valley, CA · 2391 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.721km N of Searles Valley, CA · 2391 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 164.

Before

  1. 1.729 km SW of Tecopa, California · 2411 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 3.211km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2411 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 14
  3. 1.715km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 2412 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.525 km SSW of Tecopa, California · 2412 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 1.621km NE of Boron, CA · 2412 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.614 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2412 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.714 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2412 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.320km S of Trona, CA · 2413 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.512km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 2414 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.114km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 2415 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 25
  11. 1.917km S of Searles Valley, CA · 2416 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.911km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2416 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.111km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2416 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.418km S of Trona, CA · 2416 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.916 km S of Searles Valley, CA · 2416 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 3.217km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2417 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 13
  17. 1.911km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 2417 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.113 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2418 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.322km NNE of Barstow, CA · 2418 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.112 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 2420 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00717841. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.