M1.7 earthquake 11km NNE of Cabazon, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 11km NNE of Cabazon, CA on Thu, May 11, 1978, 1:53 AM PDT (08:53 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 11km SW of Ludlow, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-05-11 08:53:24 UTC
- Depth
- 15.5 km (9.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.003° N, 116.737° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.211km SW of Ludlow, CA · 17644 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.13km N of Colton, CA · 17644 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.74km SW of Yucca Valley, CA · 17644 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.04km NNE of Banning, CA · 17643 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.217km NW of Yucca Valley, CA · 17642 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.85km SSW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 17642 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.816km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 17641 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.414km NNW of Warner Springs, CA · 17641 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.914km S of Anza, CA · 17641 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.914km S of Anza, CA · 17641 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.914km S of Anza, CA · 17641 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.814km S of Anza, CA · 17641 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.913km S of Anza, CA · 17641 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.114km N of Big Bear City, CA · 17641 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.915km S of Anza, CA · 17641 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.211km N of Cabazon, CA · 17641 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.815km S of Anza, CA · 17640 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.516km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 17640 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.618km NNW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 17640 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.814km S of Anza, CA · 17640 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.58km ENE of Cabazon, CA · 17640 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.717km SSE of Big Bear Lake, CA · 17640 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.611km SE of Anza, CA · 17640 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.710km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 17638 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.817km NE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 17638 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.56km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 17638 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.87km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 17637 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.13km NNW of San Jacinto, CA · 17637 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.625km NE of Adelanto, CA · 17637 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.512km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 17637 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.812km ESE of Anza, CA · 17637 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.85km NE of Cabazon, CA · 17637 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.917km NE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 17636 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.816km NE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 17636 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.918km NE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 17636 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.017km NE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 17636 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.816km NE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 17636 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.018km NE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 17636 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.317km NE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 17636 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.111km SE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 17636 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.77km S of Idyllwild, CA · 17636 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.94km SSE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 17636 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.79km ENE of Aguanga, CA · 17636 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.78km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 17635 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.04km WNW of Pomona, CA · 17635 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.68km WSW of Anza, CA · 17635 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.76km SSE of Palomar Observatory, CA · 17635 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.28km SE of Valle Vista, CA · 17635 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.017km NE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 17635 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.917km NE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 17635 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.08km WSW of Anza, CA · 17634 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.67km WSW of Anza, CA · 17634 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.75km SE of Banning, CA · 17633 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.214km SE of Anza, CA · 17633 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.55km SE of Ontario, CA · 17633 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.912km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 17633 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.88km S of Morongo Valley, CA · 17633 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.010km NE of Aguanga, CA · 17632 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.86km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 17632 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.610km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 17632 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
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