M1.7 earthquake 1km NE of Brawley, CA

Magnitude

1.7 (Mc), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sat, May 6, 1978, 9:38 AM PDT

UTC

1978-05-06 16:38:03 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.986° N, 115.522° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

59°

Stations used

17

• Brawley, CaliforniaPopulation 25,897. Forecast1 kmNE
• Mexicali, MexicoPopulation 1,032,686. Forecast40 kmN

After

1. 2.212km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSat, May 6, 9:40 AM PDT · 17681 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
2. 2.814km SW of Delta, B.C., MXSat, May 6, 4:10 PM PDT · 17681 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
3. 4.115km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSat, May 6, 7:41 PM PDT · 17681 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
4. 1.823km WNW of Imperial, CASat, May 6, 8:19 PM PDT · 17681 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
5. 1.713km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSat, May 6, 8:19 PM PDT · 17681 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
6. 2.218km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSat, May 6, 11:18 PM PDT · 17680 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
7. 2.312km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSun, May 7, 12:17 AM PDT · 17680 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
8. 2.813km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSun, May 7, 5:42 AM PDT · 17680 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
9. 1.87km ENE of Imperial, CASun, May 7, 3:24 PM PDT · 17680 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
10. 2.714km SW of Delta, B.C., MXSun, May 7, 4:04 PM PDT · 17680 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
11. 2.04km SSW of Brawley, CASun, May 7, 8:03 PM PDT · 17680 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
12. 2.612km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, May 8, 3:12 AM PDT · 17679 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
13. 2.59km W of Delta, B.C., MXMon, May 8, 12:04 PM PDT · 17679 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
14. 2.814km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, May 8, 3:25 PM PDT · 17679 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
15. 2.313km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, May 8, 3:27 PM PDT · 17679 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
16. 1.910km NNE of Borrego Springs, CATue, May 9, 7:53 AM PDT · 17678 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
17. 2.012km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MXTue, May 9, 5:37 PM PDT · 17678 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
18. 1.57km NE of Imperial, CAWed, May 10, 4:38 AM PDT · 17677 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
19. 2.912km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXWed, May 10, 5:55 AM PDT · 17677 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
20. 2.114km SW of Delta, B.C., MXFri, May 12, 6:58 AM PDT · 17675 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
21. 1.813km W of Niland, CASat, May 13, 8:06 AM PDT · 17674 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
22. 3.112km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSat, May 13, 4:19 PM PDT · 17674 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
23. 2.815km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSat, May 13, 11:12 PM PDT · 17673 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
24. 2.315km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSun, May 14, 12:24 AM PDT · 17673 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
25. 2.711km ENE of Thermal, CASun, May 14, 5:23 AM PDT · 17673 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
26. 1.97km WNW of Calipatria, CASun, May 14, 10:05 AM PDT · 17673 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
27. 2.013km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, May 15, 1:15 AM PDT · 17672 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
28. 1.86km E of Puebla, B.C., MXMon, May 15, 2:44 AM PDT · 17672 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
29. 2.010km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, May 15, 12:04 PM PDT · 17672 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
30. 1.712km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, May 15, 4:43 PM PDT · 17672 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
31. 1.711km SW of Delta, B.C., MXTue, May 16, 7:56 AM PDT · 17671 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
32. 1.610km WNW of Calipatria, CATue, May 16, 8:57 AM PDT · 17671 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
33. 2.31km WNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MXWed, May 17, 4:48 PM PDT · 17670 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
34. 1.813km WSW of Delta, B.C., MXWed, May 17, 6:10 PM PDT · 17670 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
35. 1.74km E of Ocotillo Wells, CAThu, May 18, 6:13 AM PDT · 17669 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
36. 1.75km NE of North Shore, CAThu, May 18, 9:15 AM PDT · 17669 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
37. 1.95km NE of North Shore, CAThu, May 18, 9:16 AM PDT · 17669 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
38. 2.515km WNW of Imperial, CAThu, May 18, 3:39 PM PDT · 17669 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
39. 1.824km NNW of Borrego Springs, CAFri, May 19, 3:00 AM PDT · 17668 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
40. 2.127km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CAFri, May 19, 5:25 AM PDT · 17668 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
41. 2.021km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXFri, May 19, 8:04 PM PDT · 17668 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
42. 2.813km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXFri, May 19, 9:58 PM PDT · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
43. 2.43km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 20, 9:16 AM PDT · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
44. 2.812km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSat, May 20, 10:16 AM PDT · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
45. 2.43km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 20, 2:40 PM PDT · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
46. 1.73km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 20, 2:44 PM PDT · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
47. 2.24km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 20, 2:48 PM PDT · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
48. 2.28km N of Borrego Springs, CASat, May 20, 4:23 PM PDT · 17667 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
49. 1.74km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 20, 5:39 PM PDT · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
50. 2.04km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 20, 5:41 PM PDT · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
51. 1.64km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 20, 5:42 PM PDT · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
52. 1.54km S of Brawley, CASat, May 20, 6:04 PM PDT · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
53. 1.54km S of Brawley, CASat, May 20, 6:51 PM PDT · 17667 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
54. 1.814km S of Borrego Springs, CASat, May 20, 9:35 PM PDT · 17666 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
55. 1.89km N of Borrego Springs, CASat, May 20, 9:52 PM PDT · 17666 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
56. 1.99km N of Borrego Springs, CASat, May 20, 9:54 PM PDT · 17666 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
57. 1.810km NNE of Julian, CASun, May 21, 10:13 PM PDT · 17665 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
58. 1.67km WNW of Westmorland, CAMon, May 22, 5:16 AM PDT · 17665 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
59. 1.92km SE of Borrego Springs, CAMon, May 22, 1:29 PM PDT · 17665 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
60. 2.49km SW of Delta, B.C., MXMon, May 22, 8:13 PM PDT · 17665 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 184.

Before

1. 2.612km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSat, May 6, 5:31 AM PDT · 17681 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
2. 1.912km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSat, May 6, 12:55 AM PDT · 17681 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
3. 2.511km SW of Delta, B.C., MXFri, May 5, 5:52 PM PDT · 17682 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
4. 4.013km WSW of Delta, B.C., MXFri, May 5, 3:42 PM PDT · 17682 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
5. 2.913km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXFri, May 5, 3:04 PM PDT · 17682 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
6. 2.814km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXFri, May 5, 3:00 PM PDT · 17682 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
7. 2.010km WSW of Delta, B.C., MXFri, May 5, 2:56 PM PDT · 17682 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
8. 3.511km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXFri, May 5, 2:44 PM PDT · 17682 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
9. 2.712km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXFri, May 5, 2:37 PM PDT · 17682 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
10. 5.014km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXFri, May 5, 2:03 PM PDT · 17682 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
11. 2.72km E of Delta, B.C., MXThu, May 4, 8:57 AM PDT · 17683 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
12. 1.88km SW of Holtville, CAWed, May 3, 5:36 PM PDT · 17684 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
13. 1.88km N of Borrego Springs, CAWed, May 3, 3:17 PM PDT · 17684 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
14. 1.612km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CAWed, May 3, 12:38 PM PDT · 17684 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
15. 2.47km NE of Borrego Springs, CAWed, May 3, 12:10 PM PDT · 17684 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
16. 2.77km N of Borrego Springs, CAWed, May 3, 11:57 AM PDT · 17684 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
17. 1.724km WSW of Westmorland, CAWed, May 3, 9:42 AM PDT · 17684 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
18. 1.74km NW of Holtville, CATue, May 2, 8:46 PM PDT · 17684 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
19. 1.822km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, May 2, 1:27 PM PDT · 17685 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
20. 2.26km NW of Holtville, CATue, May 2, 11:50 AM PDT · 17685 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3339280. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC.