M1.5 earthquake 6km SW of Barstow, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6km SW of Barstow, CA on Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 11:54 AM PDT (18:54 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 4km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-29 18:54:17 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.861° N, 117.065° W
- Region
- California
- 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.03km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1984 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.61km N of Yucaipa, CA · 1983 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 44
- 1.53km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1983 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.66km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.75km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1982 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.66km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1979 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.53km E of Fontana, CA · 1978 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.85km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 1978 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 22
- 2.114km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1978 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.616km N of Fort Irwin, CA · 1977 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.715km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1977 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.02km N of Lytle Creek, CA · 1977 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.614km S of Searles Valley, CA · 1977 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.615km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1976 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.917km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1975 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.716km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1975 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.217km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1975 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.04km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1974 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 187
- 1.713km S of Searles Valley, CA · 1973 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.59km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 1973 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.014km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1973 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.14km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1972 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.916km S of Trona, CA · 1972 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.66km W of Big Bear Lake, CA · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.85km E of Yucaipa, CA · 1971 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.54km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1971 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.64km NNE of San Bernardino, CA · 1970 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.86km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1970 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.07km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1970 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 1.57km SSE of Littlerock, CA · 1970 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.110km NNE of Banning, CA · 1970 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.64km ENE of Big Bear City, CA · 1968 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.520km S of Trona, CA · 1968 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.120km S of Trona, CA · 1968 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.128km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1967 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.913km S of Searles Valley, CA · 1967 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.64km SW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1966 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.012km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1966 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.628km ENE of Barstow, CA · 1965 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.839km NE of Big Bear City, CA · 1965 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.29km S of Searles Valley, CA · 1964 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.51km NNE of Loma Linda, CA · 1963 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.929km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 1963 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.615km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1963 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.515km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1962 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.715km S of Searles Valley, CA · 1962 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.97km SW of Pearblossom, CA · 1961 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.119km S of Trona, CA · 1960 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.919km S of Trona, CA · 1960 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.613km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1957 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.95km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.015km SSW of Trona, CA · 1956 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 1.54km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 1956 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.013km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1955 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.34km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 1955 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.817km W of Johannesburg, CA · 1955 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.67km E of Calimesa, CA · 1954 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.27km SW of Pearblossom, CA · 1953 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 1.612km NW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 1953 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of 109.
Before
- 3.113km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1984 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 9
- 2.210km NW of Fort Irwin, CA · 1984 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.519km E of Ridgecrest, CA · 1985 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.59km N of Banning, CA · 1985 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.720km S of Trona, CA · 1985 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.513km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1987 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.14km NE of Running Springs, CA · 1988 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 1.713km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 1988 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.612km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1989 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.915km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1990 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.915km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1990 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.123km SSE of Fort Irwin, CA · 1990 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.023km SSE of Fort Irwin, CA · 1990 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.84km NNW of Wrightwood, CA · 1991 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94km SE of Yucaipa, CA · 1992 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.66km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1992 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.614km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 1992 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.73km WSW of Redlands, CA · 1993 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 27
- 1.78km ESE of Big Bear City, CA · 1996 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.68km ESE of Ridgecrest, CA · 1998 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39635143. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC.