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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Barstow Heights, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Barstow Heights in the 24 hours to 6:58 am PST (14:58 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 6 km (4 mi) NNE, at 3:18 pm PDT on 17 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Barstow Heights
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 37 km (23 mi) northwest of Barstow Heights, CA, at 8:44 pm PDT on 21 June 2024 (03:44 UTC), 2.0 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 34 km ENE of Boron, CA
- When
- 8:44 pm PDT on 21 June 2024 ()
- Where
- 37 km (23 mi) northwest of Barstow Heights, CA · earthquakes near Barstow Heights
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- San Bernardino County, 107 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Harper fault, 3 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 804 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Barstow Heights, CA
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 33 km (21 mi) from the epicentre. In Barstow Heights, 37 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 720 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 21,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 15,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 720 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 350 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 20km ENE of Barstow, California · 48 km ESE 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 35.1302, -117.3113. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bernardino County, CA | 107 km (67 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 135 km (84 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 4 km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.6 11 km W of Johannesburg, CA
- 1.7 15 km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 1.7 16 km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 1.7 16 km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 1.8 4 km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.6 16 km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 2.0 16 km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 2.9 16 km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 1.6 16 km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 1.9 4 km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.7 12 km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 2.7 12 km NNE of Barstow, CA
- 1.6 5 km NW of Boron, CA
- 1.5 16 km NNE 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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