California earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 5km N of Brawley, CA

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5km N of Brawley, CA on Mon, Mar 13, 1978, 3:30 AM PST (11:30 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 14km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (Mh), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1978-03-13 11:30:43 UTC
Depth
9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.025° N, 115.536° W
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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
90°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 193 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.24km NW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.84km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.25km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.24km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.24km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.96km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.23km NNE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.82km WNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.85km WNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.04km WNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.74km SW of Brawley, CA · 17736 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.94km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.82km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.85km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.05km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.810km NNE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.12km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.46km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.95km SE of Delta, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.14km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.92km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.96km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.74km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 2.79km NE of Delta, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 3.23km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.24km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 3.02km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 2.17km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 1.85km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 2.83km NNE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.812km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 2.34km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.74km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 2.72km NW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.44km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.15km ESE of Delta, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 1.66km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 1.73km NNE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 2.23km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  40. 1.62km SSE of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 2.27km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17735 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 2.07km NNE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 2.52km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.36km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  45. 1.53km ESE of El Centro, CA · 17734 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 2.52km SE of El Centro, CA · 17734 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 2.91km NE of El Centro, CA · 17734 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 1.92km SSE of El Centro, CA · 17734 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 2.37km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  50. 1.74km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 2.14km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.14km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 2.45km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 1.84km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  55. 1.92km ESE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 1.96km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 2.42km SW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.81km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.26km E of Delta, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 3.18km ENE of Delta, B.C., MX · 17734 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 182.

Before

  1. 3.06km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.95km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.72km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.17km E of Delta, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.77km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.85km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.56km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.87km E of Delta, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 3.53km NW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.66km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.87km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 2.15km NW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.05km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.24km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.13km WSW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.15km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.77km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.34km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.714km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 17736 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.75km NW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17736 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3337985. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:33 AM UTC.