California earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 19 km WSW of Tecopa, California

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Tecopa, California on Tue, Dec 23, 2025, 12:33 AM PST (08:33 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 14 km SSE of Tecopa, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2025-12-23 08:33:23 UTC
Depth
3.8 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.771° N, 116.422° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.81
Station coverage gap
308°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.811 km WSW of Searles Valley, CA · 279 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.634 km E of Barstow, CA · 277 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.318 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 276 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.925 km SSE of Trona, CA · 272 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.713 km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 269 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.733 km N of Searles Valley, CA · 268 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.19 km NW of Blue Diamond, Nevada · 268 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.66 km N of Mount Charleston, Nevada · 265 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.714 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 265 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.725 km SSE of Trona, CA · 264 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.814 km SSE of Tecopa, California · 260 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.632 km N of Searles Valley, CA · 259 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.88 km SSW of Furnace Creek, CA · 248 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.610 km SW of Furnace Creek, California · 247 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.86 km SW of Furnace Creek, CA · 247 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.26 km SW of Furnace Creek, CA · 246 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.631 km WSW of Furnace Creek, California · 232 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.621 km N of Searles Valley, CA · 227 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.537 km ENE of Trona, CA · 225 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.818 km SSW of Tecopa, California · 224 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 1.721 km E of Johannesburg, CA · 223 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 1.647 km ENE of Trona, CA · 285 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.510 km S of Searles Valley, CA · 287 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.147 km ENE of Trona, CA · 287 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 3.648 km ENE of Trona, CA · 287 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.825 km SSE of Trona, CA · 288 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.015 km NNE of Barstow, CA · 288 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.615 km NNE of Barstow, CA · 289 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.716 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA · 294 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.412 km SW of Searles Valley, CA · 295 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.325 km NW of Ludlow, CA · 295 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.916 km NNE of Barstow, CA · 296 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.021 km N of Barstow, CA · 303 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.421 km N of Barstow, CA · 303 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.315 km NNE of Barstow, CA · 308 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00908847. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:47 PM UTC.