M1.6 earthquake 11km E of Ridgecrest, CA

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sat, Mar 7, 2020, 9:15 AM PST

UTC

2020-03-07 17:15:10 UTC

Depth

1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

35.632° N, 117.558° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.7 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

348°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

3

• Ridgecrest, CaliforniaPopulation 28,780. Forecast10 kmE
• Lancaster, CaliforniaPopulation 161,103. Forecast116 kmNNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast187 kmNNE

After

1. 1.611km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 7, 9:38 AM PST · 2400 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
2. 2.414km SSW of Searles Valley, CASat, Mar 7, 9:53 AM PST · 2400 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
3. 2.224km NNW of Searles Valley, CASat, Mar 7, 11:08 AM PST · 2400 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
4. 1.811km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 7, 3:52 PM PST · 2400 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
5. 3.811km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 7, 4:33 PM PST · 2400 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 15
6. 1.723km NNW of Tehachapi, CASat, Mar 7, 4:38 PM PST · 2400 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
7. 1.612km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 7, 8:11 PM PST · 2400 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
8. 2.010km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 7, 11:06 PM PST · 2400 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
9. 1.726km WNW of Inyokern, CASun, Mar 8, 1:08 AM PST · 2400 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
10. 1.611km NE of Coso Junction, CASun, Mar 8, 3:34 AM PDT · 2400 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
11. 1.513km SW of Searles Valley, CASun, Mar 8, 5:52 AM PDT · 2400 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
12. 1.621km ESE of Little Lake, CASun, Mar 8, 8:51 AM PDT · 2399 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
13. 1.616km S of Searles Valley, CASun, Mar 8, 10:25 AM PDT · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
14. 1.514km ENE of Ridgecrest, CASun, Mar 8, 10:41 AM PDT · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
15. 1.716km E of Little Lake, CASun, Mar 8, 11:00 AM PDT · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
16. 2.010km S of Searles Valley, CASun, Mar 8, 11:48 AM PDT · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
17. 1.818km S of Trona, CASun, Mar 8, 11:49 AM PDT · 2399 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
18. 2.316km SSW of Searles Valley, CASun, Mar 8, 7:05 PM PDT · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
19. 1.624km SE of Bodfish, CASun, Mar 8, 11:31 PM PDT · 2399 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
20. 1.917km SE of Olancha, CAMon, Mar 9, 9:44 AM PDT · 2398 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
21. 2.016km NE of Little Lake, CAMon, Mar 9, 11:18 PM PDT · 2398 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
22. 1.722km NNW of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 10, 12:36 AM PDT · 2398 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
23. 1.940km SSW of Stovepipe Wells, CATue, Mar 10, 1:49 AM PDT · 2398 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
24. 2.215km SW of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 10, 1:49 AM PDT · 2398 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
25. 1.517km ESE of Little Lake, CATue, Mar 10, 7:56 AM PDT · 2397 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
26. 1.517km W of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 10, 7:59 AM PDT · 2397 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
27. 1.610km NE of Coso Junction, CATue, Mar 10, 8:00 AM PDT · 2397 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
28. 1.617km S of Trona, CATue, Mar 10, 10:53 AM PDT · 2397 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
29. 1.623km N of Ridgecrest, CATue, Mar 10, 11:36 AM PDT · 2397 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
30. 2.213km SSW of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 10, 5:52 PM PDT · 2397 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
31. 1.614km S of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 10, 5:54 PM PDT · 2397 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
32. 1.619km S of Searles Valley, CATue, Mar 10, 6:45 PM PDT · 2397 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
33. 2.818km S of Trona, CATue, Mar 10, 9:55 PM PDT · 2397 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
34. 1.510km NE of Coso Junction, CATue, Mar 10, 11:39 PM PDT · 2397 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
35. 1.517km S of Searles Valley, CAWed, Mar 11, 4:28 AM PDT · 2397 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
36. 1.58km ESE of Ridgecrest, CAWed, Mar 11, 9:23 AM PDT · 2396 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
37. 1.713km SSW of Searles Valley, CAWed, Mar 11, 1:25 PM PDT · 2396 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
38. 2.740km SSW of Stovepipe Wells, CAWed, Mar 11, 2:02 PM PDT · 2396 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
39. 1.710km NE of Coso Junction, CAWed, Mar 11, 4:53 PM PDT · 2396 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
40. 2.420km E of Little Lake, CAThu, Mar 12, 8:48 AM PDT · 2395 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
41. 1.824km NNW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Mar 12, 1:34 PM PDT · 2395 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
42. 1.816km SSW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Mar 12, 2:32 PM PDT · 2395 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
43. 2.010km SSW of Olancha, CAThu, Mar 12, 7:17 PM PDT · 2395 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
44. 1.913km SW of Searles Valley, CAThu, Mar 12, 8:01 PM PDT · 2395 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
45. 1.612km WSW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 13, 12:22 AM PDT · 2395 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
46. 2.020km NNW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 13, 1:16 AM PDT · 2395 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
47. 1.516km SSW of Olancha, CAFri, Mar 13, 2:09 AM PDT · 2395 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
48. 1.612km SSW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 13, 4:11 AM PDT · 2395 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
49. 1.818km S of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 13, 8:29 AM PDT · 2394 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
50. 1.819km S of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 13, 8:29 AM PDT · 2394 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
51. 1.615km SSW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 13, 12:21 PM PDT · 2394 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
52. 1.711km NE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Mar 13, 1:27 PM PDT · 2394 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
53. 1.523km NNW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 13, 1:35 PM PDT · 2394 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
54. 1.623km N of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Mar 13, 3:51 PM PDT · 2394 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
55. 1.813km SSW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 13, 4:54 PM PDT · 2394 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
56. 1.616km W of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 13, 9:26 PM PDT · 2394 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
57. 1.924km NNW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 13, 10:29 PM PDT · 2394 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
58. 1.724km NNW of Searles Valley, CASat, Mar 14, 12:49 AM PDT · 2394 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
59. 1.818km NNE of Ridgecrest, CASat, Mar 14, 5:20 AM PDT · 2394 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
60. 1.615km SSW of Searles Valley, CASat, Mar 14, 10:51 AM PDT · 2393 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

1. 1.918km W of Searles Valley, CASat, Mar 7, 9:15 AM PST · 2400 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
2. 1.718km SW of Olancha, CASat, Mar 7, 6:47 AM PST · 2400 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
3. 1.911km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 7, 5:22 AM PST · 2401 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
4. 3.711km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 7, 4:51 AM PST · 2401 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
5. 2.310km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 7, 2:24 AM PST · 2401 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
6. 3.411km NE of Coso Junction, CASat, Mar 7, 12:49 AM PST · 2401 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
7. 1.610km NE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Mar 6, 11:06 PM PST · 2401 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
8. 1.512km SSW of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 6, 8:58 PM PST · 2401 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
9. 2.521km N of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Mar 6, 5:40 PM PST · 2401 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
10. 2.118km W of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 6, 4:01 PM PST · 2401 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
11. 2.112km NE of Ridgecrest, CAFri, Mar 6, 3:29 PM PST · 2401 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
12. 1.519km S of Trona, CAFri, Mar 6, 3:17 PM PST · 2401 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
13. 1.610km NE of Coso Junction, CAFri, Mar 6, 8:59 AM PST · 2401 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
14. 2.017km W of Searles Valley, CAFri, Mar 6, 4:21 AM PST · 2402 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
15. 1.619km ESE of Little Lake, CAThu, Mar 5, 7:05 PM PST · 2402 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
16. 1.517km E of Ridgecrest, CAThu, Mar 5, 2:13 PM PST · 2402 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
17. 2.218km SW of Olancha, CAThu, Mar 5, 10:27 AM PST · 2402 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
18. 1.618km SW of Olancha, CAThu, Mar 5, 6:45 AM PST · 2402 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
19. 1.818km SW of Olancha, CAThu, Mar 5, 6:32 AM PST · 2402 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
20. 1.818km SW of Olancha, CAThu, Mar 5, 6:31 AM PST · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci37481908. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC.