M3.0 earthquake 3km ENE of Devore, CA
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 3km ENE of Devore, CA on Sat, May 26, 1951, 11:19 PM GMT-7 (06:19 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 14km NNE of Thousand Palms, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1951-05-27 06:19:51 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.231° N, 117.370° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 160°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.612km N of Morongo Valley, CA · 27498 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.812km N of Morongo Valley, CA · 27498 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.510km W of Morongo Valley, CA · 27498 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.51km WNW of Florence-Graham, CA · 27498 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.61km NE of Hollywood, CA · 27491 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.62km N of Fullerton, CA · 27487 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.114km NNE of Thousand Palms, CA · 27483 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.32km SSW of Devore, CA · 27483 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.911km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 27478 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.24km ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 27461 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3322510. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:15 PM UTC.