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Max Est. MMI

Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence

Magnitude6.4
Depth10.5 km
Time 2019-07-04T17:33:49Z UTC: 2019-07-04T17:33:49Z
USGS ID ci38443183
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Shaking Animations

Simulated bowling pin shaking at each city’s intensity level. Videos appear as they finish rendering. The ground motion behind each video is under Ground Motion Records.

3 sites
Location Type Intensity at site Animation Ground motion
Decay: Los Angeles direction Decay · Tabletop Simulated Severe(VIII) USGS ShakeMap, 5 km site Download Produced 2026-08-04T18:19:19.956044Z
Lakeland Street, Ridgecrest CA Station · Tabletop Observed Very Strong(VII) station record Download Produced 2026-10-03T23:33:27.159204Z Seismogram of the ground motion behind this animation Data files
Searles Valley City · Tabletop Simulated Very Strong(VII) USGS ShakeMap Download Produced 2026-08-04T19:51:02.246932Z

Ground Motion Records

The shaking each animation was drawn from: acceleration, velocity and displacement in three directions. The shaded band marks the part the animation shows.

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Station · Observed — CI.Q0072 (Lakeland Street, Ridgecrest Ca)

Used by the Tabletop video

Recorded by a seismic station during this earthquake, with the instrument response removed.

Acceleration, velocity and displacement seismograms for station animation
Site PGA (g) PGV (cm/s) PGD (cm) Data files
CI.Q0072 (Lakeland Street, Ridgecrest Ca) 0.2313 33.25 13.68 Acceleration · Velocity · Displacement

Peak values are horizontal (the larger of north–south and east–west) over the whole record. Time zero: earthquake origin time.

About these files

Each file is plain text in the SCEC Broadband Platform layout. Lines starting with # are a header describing the earthquake, the site, where the motion came from, how it was processed, its peak values, and which part the animation shows. Then come four columns: time (s), north–south, east–west, and up–down. North–south comes before east–west.

Units: acceleration in cm/s², velocity in cm/s, displacement in cm. The zip also contains the plots and a README.

To read a file in Python: t, ns, ew, ud = numpy.loadtxt("file.acc.bbp", comments="#", unpack=True). A spreadsheet can open it as whitespace-delimited text.

These records explain what the animations show. A single simulation, one station’s record, or a synthetic scaled to one value is not an engineering estimate of ground motion at a site.

Engineering Ground Motion Parameters

GMPE predictions provide an independent check on the ShakeMap interpolated intensities above. ShakeMap relies on seismic station recordings; in areas with sparse station coverage — or for large teleseismic events and earthquakes outside dense West Coast networks — ShakeMap MMI can be inaccurate. A significant difference between ShakeMap and GMPE estimates is a signal that the ShakeMap result should be treated as preliminary. Also includes site Vs30 values and raw ground motion parameters (PGA/PGV).

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Est. Vs30 Values

Estimated shear-wave velocity in the upper 30 m used in GMPE calculations. Ref. column shows the 760 m/s rock-site reference for comparison.

Location Ref. (760 m/s) Est. Vs30 (m/s)
Searles Valley
CA
760 352
Ridgecrest
CA
760 294
China Lake Acres
CA
760 294
Inyokern
CA
760 294
Weldon
CA
760 294
Lucerne Valley
CA
760 294
Silver Lakes
CA
760 294
Lake Isabella
CA
760 357
Spring Valley Lake
CA
760 346
Lenwood
CA
760 363
Death Valley
CA
760 228
Fort Irwin
CA
760 352
Sun Village
CA
760 294
Apple Valley
CA
760 228
Barstow
CA
760 352
Barstow Heights
CA
760 352
Lancaster
CA
760 294
Piñon Hills
CA
760 352
California City
CA
760 294
Mojave
CA
760 294
Victorville
CA
760 482
Adelanto
CA
760 294
Bodfish
CA
760 710
Littlerock
CA
760 379
Desert View Highlands
CA
760 365
Palmdale
CA
760 358
Kernville
CA
760 352
Golden Hills
CA
760 392
Lamont
CA
760 228
East Porterville
CA
760 343
Lone Pine
CA
760 294

MMI vs Distance — Default Vs30 (760 m/s)

All methods using the 760 m/s rock-site reference. ShakeMap values are independent of Vs30.

MMI vs distance — default Vs30

MMI vs Distance — Est. Vs30

GMPEs use the Est. Vs30 values shown in the table above. ShakeMap values are independent of Vs30.

MMI vs distance — Est. Vs30

GMPE Residual — Observed − Predicted MMI

Signed residual at each seismic station. Positive values mean the GMPE underestimated shaking; negative values mean it overestimated. The dashed line at zero indicates perfect agreement.

GMPE residual plot

GMPE Predicted vs. Observed MMI at Seismic Stations

Each point is one seismic station. Points on the dashed 1:1 line indicate perfect agreement; above the line = GMPE underestimated shaking; below = overestimated.

GMPE predicted vs observed scatter

GMPE Performance — Station Observations

Statistics computed by comparing each GMPE's predicted MMI against ShakeMap observed MMI at seismic stations. Bias = mean(observed − predicted). Lower RMSE indicates better overall agreement with instrumental measurements.

GMPE Bias Sigma RMSE
ASK14 +1.75 0.78 1.92
BSSA14 +1.73 0.78 1.90
CY14 +1.70 0.73 1.85
CB14 +1.83 0.79 2.00
Bias > 0: GMPE underestimated shaking at stations. Bias < 0: GMPE overestimated shaking.

Peak Ground Motion — Seismic Station Observations

Recorded PGA and PGV at seismic stations, sorted by highest PGA. Top 25 stations shown. MMI (PGA) and MMI (PGV) are independent conversions via Worden et al. (2012) GMICE.

Station PGA (g) MMI (PGA) PGV (cm/s) MMI (PGV)
Christmas Canyon China Lake (CI.CCC) 0.3817 Strong(VI) 26.583 Severe(VIII)
Lakeland Street, Ridgecrest Ca (CI.Q0072) 0.2112 Moderate(V) 31.192 Violent(IX)
Laurel Mtn (CI.LRL) 0.1971 Moderate(V) 14.036 Severe(VIII)
Tower 2 (CI.TOW2) 0.1786 Moderate(V) 15.626 Severe(VIII)
Snort (CI.SRT) 0.1577 Moderate(V) 17.745 Severe(VIII)
Volcano Peak 2 (CI.WVP2) 0.0983 Moderate(V) 4.742 Strong(VI)
Nine Mile Canyon (CI.WNM) 0.0931 Moderate(V) 2.214 Moderate(V)
Bird Springs (CI.WBS) 0.0912 Moderate(V) 3.986 Strong(VI)
Lake Isabella - Kern River Valley (CE.34349) 0.0646 Light(IV) 4.189 Strong(VI)
Death Valley - Shoshone (CE.32076) 0.0641 Light(IV) 4.599 Strong(VI)
Lancaster - 15th & W Avenue J (CE.24661) 0.0596 Light(IV) 5.849 Strong(VI)
Onyx Ranch (CI.WOR) 0.0563 Light(IV) 1.659 Moderate(V)
Lucerne Valley 2 (CI.LUC2) 0.0550 Light(IV) 5.471 Strong(VI)
Hanning Flat (CI.WHF) 0.0548 Light(IV) 2.726 Moderate(V)
Palmdale - 30th St West & Ave P (CE.24967) 0.0504 Light(IV) 3.884 Strong(VI)
CA:Palmdale;FS 37 (NP.262) 0.0495 Light(IV) 3.981 Strong(VI)
Shuttle (CI.SHU) 0.0494 Light(IV) 4.643 Strong(VI)
Rose Valley 2 (CI.WRV2) 0.0485 Light(IV) 3.934 Strong(VI)
Pacoima (CE.24088) 0.0456 Light(IV) 3.826 Strong(VI)
Apple Valley - Hwy 18 & Standing Rock Av (CE.23119) 0.0438 Light(IV) 1.755 Moderate(V)
Yermo - Fire Station (CE.22074) 0.0425 Light(IV) 4.632 Strong(VI)
Neenach (CI.NEN) 0.0423 Light(IV) 6.072 Strong(VI)
Shoshone (CI.SHO) 0.0416 Light(IV) 3.639 Strong(VI)
Barstow Service Center (CI.RRX) 0.0413 Light(IV) 5.707 Strong(VI)
Palmdale - 55th St East & Ave R (CE.24965) 0.0405 Light(IV) 2.512 Moderate(V)
Source: USGS ShakeMap station recordings (view ShakeMap). PGA in g (fraction of gravitational acceleration); PGV in cm/s. The observed MMI shown on the map uses ShakeMap's reported instrumental intensity where available, or max(MMI from PGA, MMI from PGV) otherwise.

Ground Shaking Intensities — Interpolated ShakeMap MMI

31 sites
Location MMI Description
Searles Valley
CA
Very Strong(VII)
Ridgecrest
CA
Strong(VI)
China Lake Acres
CA
Strong(VI)
Inyokern
CA
Strong(VI)
Weldon
CA
Light(IV)
Lucerne Valley
CA
Light(IV)
Silver Lakes
CA
Light(IV)
Lake Isabella
CA
Light(IV)
Spring Valley Lake
CA
Light(IV)
Lenwood
CA
Light(IV)
Death Valley
CA
Light(IV)
Fort Irwin
CA
Light(IV)
Sun Village
CA
Light(IV)
Apple Valley
CA
Light(IV)
Barstow
CA
Light(IV)
Barstow Heights
CA
Light(IV)
Lancaster
CA
Light(IV)
Piñon Hills
CA
Light(IV)
California City
CA
Light(IV)
Mojave
CA
Light(IV)
Victorville
CA
Light(IV)
Adelanto
CA
Light(IV)
Bodfish
CA
Light(IV)
Littlerock
CA
Light(IV)
Desert View Highlands
CA
Light(IV)
Palmdale
CA
Light(IV)
Kernville
CA
Light(IV)
Golden Hills
CA
Light(IV)
Lamont
CA
Light(IV)
East Porterville
CA
Light(IV)
Lone Pine
CA
Light(IV)

Seismic Station Observed MMI

MMI values are derived directly from observed ground motion measurements at seismic stations and are not spatially interpolated.

214 stations
Station MMI Description
Lakeland Street, Ridgecrest Ca (CI.Q0072) Very Strong(VII)
Christmas Canyon China Lake (CI.CCC) Very Strong(VII)
Snort (CI.SRT) Strong(VI)
Tower 2 (CI.TOW2) Strong(VI)
Laurel Mtn (CI.LRL) Strong(VI)
Lancaster - 15th & W Avenue J (CE.24661) Moderate(V)
Neenach (CI.NEN) Moderate(V)
Lancaster - Lancaster & 30th St East (CE.24062) Moderate(V)
Oxnard - Vineyard & Esplanade (CE.25246) Moderate(V)
Lucerne Valley 2 (CI.LUC2) Moderate(V)
Barstow Service Center (CI.RRX) Moderate(V)
Rodman Mountain (CI.RMM) Light(IV)
Channel Island (CI.CHI) Light(IV)
Fox Airport 2 (CI.FOX2) Light(IV)
Volcano Peak 2 (CI.WVP2) Light(IV)
Yermo - Fire Station (CE.22074) Light(IV)
Lancaster - Fox Airfield Grounds A (CE.24293) Light(IV)
Death Valley - Shoshone (CE.32076) Light(IV)
Adelanto Receiving (CI.ADO) Light(IV)
Mesa Elementary School (CI.MES) Light(IV)
Piute (CI.PUT) Light(IV)
Shuttle (CI.SHU) Light(IV)
Oxnard (CE.25325) Light(IV)
Lake Isabella - Kern River Valley (CE.34349) Light(IV)
Antelope (CI.ALP) Light(IV)
Quigley Station (CI.QUG) Light(IV)
Pacoima (CE.24088) Light(IV)
Palmdale - 30th St West & Ave P (CE.24967) Light(IV)
California City Airport (CI.CCA) Light(IV)
Del Valle (CI.DTC) Light(IV)
Fillmore (CI.FMO) Light(IV)
Bird Springs (CI.WBS) Light(IV)
Rose Valley 2 (CI.WRV2) Light(IV)
CA:Palmdale;FS 37 (NP.262) Light(IV)
Long Beach - Artesia & Orange (CE.14872) Light(IV)
Castaic Valley West (CI.CVW) Light(IV)
Gold Creek Center (CI.GCC) Light(IV)
Lighthipe (CI.LTP) Light(IV)
Shoshone (CI.SHO) Light(IV)
Walnut (CI.WLT) Light(IV)
Fullerton - Valencia & Brookhurst (CE.13879) Light(IV)
Lynwood - Imperial Hwy & Long Beach Blvd (CE.14175) Light(IV)
Northridge - Lassen & Reseda (CE.24051) Light(IV)
Northridge - Parthenia & Lindley (CE.24805) Light(IV)
Camarillo (CE.25282) Light(IV)
Ventura (CE.25340) Light(IV)
Mojave (CE.34093) Light(IV)
Carpinteria Fd (CI.CFD) Light(IV)
Camarillo (CI.CLO) Light(IV)
High Desert Hunt Club (CI.HDH) Light(IV)
Levy (CI.LVY) Light(IV)
Magundon (CI.MAG) Light(IV)
Moorpark (CI.MOP) Light(IV)
Oat Mountain (CI.OAT) Light(IV)
River Street, Fillmore CA 93015 (CI.Q0031) Light(IV)
5030, Palmdale, CA (LT2) (NP.5030) Light(IV)
CA:Los Angeles;FS 39 (NP.5422) Light(IV)
CA:Simi Valley;FS 45 (NP.5432) Light(IV)
South Mountain (CI.SMT) Light(IV)
Compton - Long Beach & Palmer (CE.14058) Light(IV)
Joshua Tree (CE.22170) Light(IV)
Big Bear Lake (CE.22791) Light(IV)
Canoga Park - De Soto & Van Owen (CE.24013) Light(IV)
Newhall - County Fire Sta. (CE.24279) Light(IV)
Palmdale - W Palmdale & Med. Centr Dr (CE.24458) Light(IV)
Palmdale (CE.24545) Light(IV)
Woodland Hills - Victory & Fallbrook (CE.24803) Light(IV)
Los Angeles (CE.24833) Light(IV)
Reseda - Vanowen & Wilbur (CE.24866) Light(IV)
Oxnard - Saviers & Hill (CE.25135) Light(IV)
Lakeview (CE.35511) Light(IV)
Olancha - North Haiwee Reservoir Grounds (CE.43158) Light(IV)
Del Amo (CI.DLA) Light(IV)
Harper Dry Lake bed (CI.HAR) Light(IV)
Lancaster Rd, Gorman (CI.Q0024) Light(IV)
Summit Elementary School (CI.SES) Light(IV)
State Street (CI.STS) Light(IV)
Table Mountain (CI.TA2) Light(IV)
Tejon Ranch (CI.TJR) Light(IV)
Tropico Hills (CI.TPO) Light(IV)
Hanning Flat (CI.WHF) Light(IV)
Wilsona 2 (CI.WLS2) Light(IV)
Watts (CI.WTT2) Light(IV)
CA:Devore;Devore Wtr Co (NP.5265) Light(IV)
CA:Compton;Cressey Prk FS 3 (NP.5429) Light(IV)
Palm Desert (CE.12952) Light(IV)
San Juan Capistrano (CE.13070) Light(IV)
Long Beach - Rancho Los Cerritos (CE.14242) Light(IV)
Hawthorne (CE.14834) Light(IV)
Amboy (CE.21081) Light(IV)
Newberry Springs - I15 & Kathy (CE.22519) Light(IV)
Phelan - Centola & Phelan Rds (CE.23292) Light(IV)
Walnut (CE.23938) Light(IV)
Pinon Hills - Hwy 138 & Mountain Rd (CE.23958) Light(IV)
Tujunga - Foothill & Mt Gleason Ave (CE.24009) Light(IV)
Glendale - Colorado & Columbus (CE.24016) Light(IV)
Los Angeles (CE.24020) Light(IV)
Pasadena - Fair Oaks & Hammond (CE.24023) Light(IV)
Santa Monica - 19th & Wilshire (CE.24048) Light(IV)
Santa Clarita - Seco & Bouguet Cyn Roads (CE.24064) Light(IV)
Encino - Ventura & Libbit (CE.24645) Light(IV)
Los Angeles - La Cienega Geotech Array (CE.24703) Light(IV)
Panorama City (CE.24765) Light(IV)
West Hills - Roscoe & Fallbrook (CE.24804) Light(IV)
Canoga Park - Winnetka & Roscoe (CE.24806) Light(IV)
Los Angeles - Melrose & Western (CE.24811) Light(IV)
Whittier - Workman Mill Rd & Pomona Fwy (CE.24850) Light(IV)
Palmdale - 55th St East & Ave R (CE.24965) Light(IV)
Oxnard - Victoria & Channel Islands Blvd (CE.25130) Light(IV)
Santa Paula - 10th & Main (CE.25132) Light(IV)
Boron - Fire Station (CE.33083) Light(IV)
Bakersfield - Stine & Panama (CE.35480) Light(IV)
Calstate Bakersfield (CI.BAK) Light(IV)
Baldwin Hills (CI.BHP) Light(IV)
Casa Juvan 2 (CI.CJV2) Light(IV)
Cerritos Fire Station aka LACoFD Station 35 (CI.CRF) Light(IV)
Castaic Lake aka LACoFD Station 149 (CI.CSL) Light(IV)
Desert Tortoise Park (CI.DTP) Light(IV)
Furnace Creek (CI.FUR) Light(IV)
North Hollywood (CI.HLL) Light(IV)
Juniper Hills 2 (CI.JNH2) Light(IV)
La Cienega (CI.LCG) Light(IV)
Leduc Ranch (CI.LDR) Light(IV)
Leona Valley (CI.LEO) Light(IV)
Los Angeles (CI.LFP) Light(IV)
Pardee (CI.PDE) Light(IV)
Playa Del Rey (CI.PDR) Light(IV)
East Avenue T4, Palmdale (CI.Q0013) Light(IV)
Ivy Avenue, Barstow Ca (CI.Q0056) Light(IV)
Solemint (CI.SLM) Light(IV)
Santa Monica Field 2 (CI.SMF2) Light(IV)
Yucca Valley (CI.YUC) Light(IV)
Haiwee, Pumping Plant (NP.1809) Light(IV)
CA:Elizabeth Lake Tunnel S (NP.5481) Light(IV)
Coachella - 6th & Palm (CE.12076) Light(IV)
Cathedral City (CE.12108) Light(IV)
Palm Desert - 38th & Washington (CE.12550) Light(IV)
Rancho Mirage (CE.12953) Light(IV)
Anaheim - Brookhurst & Crescent (CE.13066) Light(IV)
Orange - Chapman & Esplanade (CE.13067) Light(IV)
Garden Grove (CE.13884) Light(IV)
Santa Ana - I5 & 4th St (CE.13889) Light(IV)
Orange - I5 & Chapman (CE.13893) Light(IV)
Santa Fe Springs - Carmenita & Alondra (CE.14026) Light(IV)
Compton - Hwy 91 & Wilmington (CE.14059) Light(IV)
Downey - County Maint. Bldg. (CE.14368) Light(IV)
Hawaiian Gardens (CE.14400) Light(IV)
Huntington Park - Saturn & Hood (CE.14825) Light(IV)
Downey - Imperial & Bellflower (CE.14827) Light(IV)
Lakewood (CE.14830) Light(IV)
Gardena - 135th & Van Ness (CE.14988) Light(IV)
Newberry Springs - I40 & Newberry Rd (CE.22506) Light(IV)
Yucca Valley - Avalon & Aberdeen (CE.22520) Light(IV)
Yucca Valley - Hwys 62 & 247 (CE.22960) Light(IV)
Hesperia - 4th & Palm (CE.23583) Light(IV)
Pomona - Orange Grove & Fairplex (CE.23837) Light(IV)
Helendale - Helendale & Vista (CE.23957) Light(IV)
North Hollywood - Hwy 101 & Vineland (CE.24012) Light(IV)
Burbank - Thornton & Catalina (CE.24015) Light(IV)
Pasadena - I210 & Lake (CE.24022) Light(IV)
San Gabriel - Del Mar & Wells (CE.24033) Light(IV)
Tarzana (CE.24103) Light(IV)
El Monte - Valley Blvd & Santa Anita (CE.24114) Light(IV)
El Monte - Peck & Cherrylee (CE.24115) Light(IV)
Los Angeles - Hollywood Storage Grounds (CE.24303) Light(IV)
Burbank - N. Hollywood & Airport (CE.24587) Light(IV)
Los Angeles - City Terrace (CE.24592) Light(IV)
Sherman Oaks - Ventura & Columbus (CE.24722) Light(IV)
Mission Hills - Sepulveda & San Fernando (CE.24800) Light(IV)
Van Nuys - Burbank & Fulton (CE.24808) Light(IV)
Camarillo - Woodcreek & Santa Rosa (CE.24863) Light(IV)
Glendale (CE.24945) Light(IV)
Burbank - Burbank Blvd & Buena Vista (CE.24947) Light(IV)
Los Angeles - 7th & Burlington (CE.24980) Light(IV)
Santa Barbara - UCSB Grounds (CE.25392) Light(IV)
Baker - Fire Station (CE.32075) Light(IV)
Fort Irwin - North Loop & Barstow Rd (CE.32207) Light(IV)
Lone Pine A (CE.44015) Light(IV)
Arvin (CI.ARV) Light(IV)
Alvord Mountain (CI.AVM) Light(IV)
Caltech Athenaeum Cellar (CI.CAC) Light(IV)
Green Verdugo Site (CI.DEC) Light(IV)
5 Dogs Range (CI.FDR) Light(IV)
Kinemetrics (CI.KIK) Light(IV)
Laguna Bell (CI.LGB) Light(IV)
Lone Juniper Ranch (CI.LJR) Light(IV)
Lockwood Valley Maintenance Yard (CI.LMY) Light(IV)
Lugo (CI.LUG) Light(IV)
Mirage (CI.MGE) Light(IV)
Newberry Springs (CI.NBS) Light(IV)
Beverly Hills (CI.Q0002) Light(IV)
Green Mill Ave, Newhall (CI.Q0015) Light(IV)
Ninth Street, Acton CA 93510 (CI.Q0035) Light(IV)
Redwood Blvd, California City CA (CI.Q0068) Light(IV)
QAD Inc. (CI.QAD) Light(IV)
Rose Hills Cemetery 2 (CI.RHC2) Light(IV)
Cattani Ranch (CI.TEH) Light(IV)
Tehachapi (CI.THC) Light(IV)
UC Santa Barbara (CI.USB) Light(IV)
Univ Southern Ca (CI.USC) Light(IV)
Vincent (CI.VCS) Light(IV)
Vestal (CI.VES) Light(IV)
Valley Oaks Golf Course (CI.VOG) Light(IV)
Victorville (CI.VTV) Light(IV)
Nine Mile Canyon (CI.WNM) Light(IV)
West Side (CI.WSS) Light(IV)
CA:Huntington Beach;Springdale (NP.5288) Light(IV)
CA:Arcadia;Chantry Flat Forest (NP.5297) Light(IV)
CA:SBD;FS 04 (NP.5337) Light(IV)
NP.5402, Beverly Hills, previously CI.BVH (NP.5402) Light(IV)
5403, Ojai, Ca (Okv) (NP.5403) Light(IV)
CA:Granada Hls;Porter Rnch FS8 (NP.5425) Light(IV)
CA:Chatsworth;FS 96 (NP.5428) Light(IV)
CA:SBD;SBVC Obs (NP.5438) Light(IV)