M2.2 earthquake 8km WNW of Fallbrook, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 8km WNW of Fallbrook, CA on Sat, Feb 23, 1935, 10:11 PM GMT-8 (06:11 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 0km NW of Hawaiian Gardens, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (mh), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1935-02-24 06:11:41 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.393° N, 117.337° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 353°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 2
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.50km NW of Hawaiian Gardens, CA · 33448 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.65km NNE of Loma Linda, CA · 33446 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.28km S of Avalon, CA · 33445 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.72km WNW of Upland, CA · 33443 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.510km SSW of Cathedral City, CA · 33442 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.84km SSW of San Joaquin Hills, CA · 33437 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.43km WNW of Rossmoor, CA · 33437 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.54km WSW of Seal Beach, CA · 33435 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.15km ESE of Seal Beach, CA · 33434 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.93km WSW of San Joaquin Hills, CA · 33433 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.16km SSE of Idyllwild, CA · 33432 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.23km NE of Lake Elsinore, CA · 33430 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.15km SSE of Huntington Beach, CA · 33428 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.57km NE of North Tustin, CA · 33427 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.34km N of Lake Elsinore, CA · 33427 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.09km SSW of Newport Beach, CA · 33426 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.821km ESE of Avalon, CA · 33424 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.419km ESE of Avalon, CA · 33421 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.312km S of Avalon, CA · 33421 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.66km W of Signal Hill, CA · 33413 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.915km S of Newport Beach, CA · 33410 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.010km SW of Laguna Beach, CA · 33408 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.523km ESE of Anza, CA · 33406 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.94km E of Lomita, CA · 33402 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.711km SSE of Newport Beach, CA · 33401 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.53km E of Buena Park, CA · 33401 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.14km SSE of Carson, CA · 33400 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.45km SSE of Huntington Beach, CA · 33396 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.87km SSE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 33395 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.98km SSW of Laguna Beach, CA · 33394 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.98km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 33394 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.85km NW of Norco, CA · 33391 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.26km S of Compton, CA · 33389 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 1.87km SE of Ladera Ranch, CA · 33449 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.98km SSW of Laguna Beach, CA · 33450 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.217km S of Newport Beach, CA · 33450 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.62km E of Buena Park, CA · 33450 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.416km E of Murrieta Hot Springs, CA · 33455 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.56km SSE of Redlands, CA · 33457 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.86km NE of Moreno Valley, CA · 33457 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.55km ESE of Seal Beach, CA · 33458 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.46km WNW of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 33459 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Fontana, CA · 33461 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.86km W of Mira Loma, CA · 33462 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.11km SE of Home Gardens, CA · 33464 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.03km W of Lakewood, CA · 33468 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.026km SW of Dana Point, CA · 33470 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.13km W of Costa Mesa, CA · 33471 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.92km WSW of Yorba Linda, CA · 33472 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.411km SSE of Valle Vista, CA · 33472 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.06km SE of San Pedro, CA · 33476 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.811km SSW of Laguna Beach, CA · 33476 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.49km E of Yorba Linda, CA · 33479 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3362773. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.