M3.4 earthquake 11km N of Cabazon, CA
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 11km N of Cabazon, CA on Wed, Nov 20, 1935, 8:16 AM GMT-8 (16:16 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 5km SW of Thermal, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1935-11-20 16:16:48 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.017° N, 116.775° 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 8.1 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 346°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 3
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.58km ESE of Idyllwild, CA · 33187 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.34km NNE of Anza, CA · 33186 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.96km NNE of Idyllwild, CA · 33185 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.66km WSW of Anza, CA · 33184 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.69km SSE of Hemet, CA · 33183 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.37km NE of Valle Vista, CA · 33183 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.04km NE of Fontana, CA · 33178 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.85km W of Fontana, CA · 33178 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.75km SW of Thermal, CA · 33178 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.41km SSE of March Air Reserve Base, CA · 33175 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.64km N of Warner Springs, CA · 33172 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.39km SW of Anza, CA · 33168 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.98km NNW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 33164 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.012km NNE of Thousand Palms, CA · 33164 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.93km SSW of Cathedral City, CA · 33162 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.54km WSW of Cathedral City, CA · 33161 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.18km ESE of Oasis, CA · 33160 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.19km W of Corona, CA · 33153 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.55km S of Idyllwild, CA · 33151 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.59km SW of Thermal, CA · 33149 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.28km ENE of Idyllwild, CA · 33148 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.83km S of Anza, CA · 33146 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.12km ESE of Muscoy, CA · 33142 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.610km SSW of Anza, CA · 33140 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.87km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 33139 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.53km ESE of Anza, CA · 33138 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.35km WSW of Anza, CA · 33137 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.19km N of Big Bear Lake, CA · 33135 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.56km NNW of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 33130 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 2.212km ESE of Idyllwild, CA · 33190 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.213km ESE of Idyllwild, CA · 33190 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.910km E of Idyllwild, CA · 33190 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.911km N of Foothill Ranch, CA · 33194 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.515km WNW of Morongo Valley, CA · 33194 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.926km NE of North Shore, CA · 33195 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.22km SE of Anza, CA · 33197 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.13km WNW of Wrightwood, CA · 33197 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.56km WNW of Anza, CA · 33198 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.28km S of Anza, CA · 33198 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.212km N of Cabazon, CA · 33198 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.510km SSW of Anza, CA · 33198 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.910km NE of Aguanga, CA · 33199 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.34km NNE of Anza, CA · 33200 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.22km NW of Anza, CA · 33202 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.116km WNW of Morongo Valley, CA · 33202 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.411km ENE of Aguanga, CA · 33203 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.810km E of Aguanga, CA · 33204 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.68km SW of Anza, CA · 33204 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.48km NNE of Aguanga, CA · 33205 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
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