M3.4 earthquake 19km ESE of Anza, CA
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 19km ESE of Anza, CA on Tue, Feb 5, 1946, 8:04 AM GMT-8 (16:04 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
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
- 1946-02-05 16:04:34 UTC
- Depth
- 2.2 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.476° N, 116.486° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 281°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.219km ESE of Anza, CA · 29460 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.57km NNE of Moreno Valley, CA · 29458 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.913km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 29458 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.816km E of Julian, CA · 29450 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.011km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 29445 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.86km SSW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 29441 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.98km NE of Cabazon, CA · 29428 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.311km NW of Borrego Springs, CA · 29406 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 2.815km E of Twentynine Palms, CA · 29464 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.910km NE of Cabazon, CA · 29470 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.012km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 29480 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.916km WNW of Morongo Valley, CA · 29484 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.713km ENE of Julian, CA · 29486 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.96km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 29486 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.313km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 29488 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3360149. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.