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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Fort Irwin, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Fort Irwin in the 24 hours to 2:40 am PST (10:40 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 103 km (64 mi) W, at 9:40 am PDT on 13 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fort Irwin
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) east-northeast of Fort Irwin, CA, at 10:29 am PDT on 24 March 2020 (17:29 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 13km ENE of Fort Irwin, CA
- When
- 10:29 am PDT on 24 March 2020 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) east-northeast of Fort Irwin, CA · earthquakes near Fort Irwin
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Bernardino County, 63 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Red Pass fault, 22 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2421 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Fort Irwin, 13 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Fort Irwin 13 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.6 on 2020-01-25 — about 13,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.5 The 1947 Manix, California Earthquake · 38 km S of this epicentre
- 5.3 20km ENE of Barstow, California · 46 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.0 27km S of Fort Irwin, CA · 37 km SSW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 35.3262, -116.5632. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bernardino County, CA | 63 km (39 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
47 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 29km E of Barstow, CA
- 1.9 28km S of Tecopa, CA
- 2.4 16km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 1.5 29km E of Barstow, CA
- 3.6 16km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 1.6 40km SE of Trona, CA
- 1.7 18km S of Fort Irwin, CA
- 2.0 23km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 2.0 35km SSE of Fort Irwin, CA
- 1.8 16km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 2.0 40km WSW of Tecopa, CA
- 1.6 22km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 2.1 39km SSE of Fort Irwin, CA
- 2.6 20km S of Fort Irwin, CA
- 1.8 28km E of Barstow, CA
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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