M2.6 earthquake 6km NNE of Cabazon, CA
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6km NNE of Cabazon, CA on Wed, Nov 17, 1965, 12:10 PM GMT-8 (20:10 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 10km NW of Ocotillo Wells, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Mh), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1965-11-17 20:10:31 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.962° N, 116.755° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 177°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.014km E of Julian, CA · 22223 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.64km NNE of Running Springs, CA · 22217 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.112km NE of Cabazon, CA · 22209 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.935km SW of Ludlow, CA · 22203 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.69km NNE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 22194 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.513km ENE of Anza, CA · 22190 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.010km NW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 22182 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.312km NNE of Julian, CA · 22181 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.413km NE of Coachella, CA · 22178 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.19km NE of North Tustin, CA · 22175 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 2.337km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 22233 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.033km NNW of Joshua Tree, CA · 22233 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.038km NE of Big Bear City, CA · 22233 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.121km NW of Yucca Valley, CA · 22233 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.826km N of North Shore, CA · 22243 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.715km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 22248 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.838km SW of Ludlow, CA · 22249 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.44km SE of Devore, CA · 22250 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.24km E of Fontana, CA · 22250 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.89km N of Cabazon, CA · 22251 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.410km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 22258 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.15km NNE of Fontana, CA · 22259 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.611km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 22260 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.99km N of Cabazon, CA · 22260 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.711km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 22260 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.59km N of Cabazon, CA · 22261 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.710km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 22262 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3330402. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC.