M2.5 earthquake 5km S of Devore, CA
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5km S of Devore, CA on Thu, Feb 6, 1936, 1:58 PM GMT-8 (21:58 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 1km WSW of Grand Terrace, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1936-02-06 21:58:38 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.179° N, 117.400° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 258°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.13km ENE of Anza, CA · 33110 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.11km N of Signal Hill, CA · 33110 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.06km ESE of Morongo Valley, CA · 33109 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.73km SSE of Rossmoor, CA · 33108 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.18km ESE of Idyllwild, CA · 33105 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.44km SSE of Long Beach, CA · 33102 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.410km N of Anza, CA · 33101 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.516km N of Cabazon, CA · 33099 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.71km WSW of Grand Terrace, CA · 33096 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.03km NNE of Muscoy, CA · 33094 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.92km WSW of Fontana, CA · 33092 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.09km SW of Woodcrest, CA · 33092 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.34km W of Rossmoor, CA · 33091 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.03km NE of Culver City, CA · 33090 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.34km NW of Florence-Graham, CA · 33090 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.02km NE of Inglewood, CA · 33090 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.81km NNW of Inglewood, CA · 33090 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.45km NW of Willowbrook, CA · 33090 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.31km SSE of Baldwin Hills, CA · 33090 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.91km NNE of Inglewood, CA · 33090 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.12km SSE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 33089 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.410km WSW of Dana Point, CA · 33089 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.65km S of Idyllwild, CA · 33084 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.02km ENE of Granada Hills, CA · 33083 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.28km SE of San Clemente, CA · 33079 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.99km NE of Aguanga, CA · 33074 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.59km SW of Anza, CA · 33074 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.29km WSW of Anza, CA · 33070 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.318km E of Big Bear City, CA · 33062 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.44km W of Barstow, CA · 33057 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.04km E of Long Beach, CA · 33055 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.91km SSW of Lakewood, CA · 33054 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 2.95km N of Aguanga, CA · 33114 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.58km N of Lake Arrowhead, CA · 33116 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.010km W of Lakeland Village, CA · 33116 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.311km SE of Yucca Valley, CA · 33117 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.97km E of Idyllwild, CA · 33119 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.03km NNW of Seal Beach, CA · 33123 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.23km NNW of Seal Beach, CA · 33123 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.14km NNE of Woodcrest, CA · 33124 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.36km ESE of Yorba Linda, CA · 33125 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.03km SSE of Rossmoor, CA · 33126 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.67km ESE of San Pedro, CA · 33130 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.56km NNW of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 33132 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.19km N of Big Bear Lake, CA · 33138 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.35km WSW of Anza, CA · 33139 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.53km ESE of Anza, CA · 33140 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.96km W of Huntington Beach, CA · 33141 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3363446. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.