M2.5 earthquake 5km S of Brawley, CA

Magnitude

2.5 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Tue, Oct 16, 1979, 5:42 AM PDT

UTC

1979-10-16 12:42:14 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.934° N, 115.536° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

80°

Stations used

20

• Brawley, CaliforniaPopulation 25,897. Forecast5 kmS
• Mexicali, MexicoPopulation 1,032,686. Forecast35 kmNNW

After

1. 2.25km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:43 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.27km E of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:46 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
3. 2.04km NNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:47 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
4. 1.56km ENE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:48 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
5. 3.34km WNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:49 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
6. 1.83km NW of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:51 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
7. 2.77km NNE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:51 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
8. 3.18km S of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:54 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
9. 3.75km NNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:58 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
10. 2.47km NNE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 6:06 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
11. 2.55km S of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:07 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
12. 1.86km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:11 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
13. 2.63km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:12 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
14. 2.75km SSE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:14 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
15. 3.12km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:14 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
16. 2.64km SW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:17 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
17. 2.43km NNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:26 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
18. 2.816km ESE of Calipatria, CATue, Oct 16, 6:30 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
19. 3.04km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:33 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
20. 1.63km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:35 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
21. 2.66km N of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 6:35 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
22. 2.45km S of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:37 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 15 km deep · 0 km away
23. 2.64km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:39 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
24. 2.03km NW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:41 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
25. 2.73km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:43 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
26. 2.16km NE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:47 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
27. 2.85km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:53 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
28. 2.57km WSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:00 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
29. 2.24km ENE of Westmorland, CATue, Oct 16, 7:06 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
30. 2.23km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:07 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
31. 3.37km NE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:08 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
32. 2.75km E of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:09 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
33. 2.17km NE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:12 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
34. 2.53km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:13 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
35. 2.36km WSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:18 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
36. 3.32km SW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:20 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
37. 1.74km SE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:28 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
38. 1.63km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:38 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
39. 2.36km ENE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:41 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
40. 1.78km NE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:49 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
41. 1.97km NNE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:50 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
42. 4.07km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:00 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
43. 2.45km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:04 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
44. 3.36km NNE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:05 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
45. 2.37km SW of Holtville, CATue, Oct 16, 8:08 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
46. 3.16km SSE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:09 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
47. 1.57km NNE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:12 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
48. 2.96km NNE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:13 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
49. 3.36km W of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:16 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
50. 2.16km NNE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:20 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
51. 1.66km NNE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:20 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
52. 2.16km WSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:24 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
53. 1.53km NW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:28 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
54. 1.98km E of Westmorland, CATue, Oct 16, 8:28 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
55. 1.512km SE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:29 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
56. 1.55km NE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:29 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
57. 1.84km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:34 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
58. 1.63km NW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:36 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
59. 2.16km NE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:36 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
60. 1.63km WNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:40 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 2.73km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:38 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
2. 2.68km ENE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:37 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
3. 2.63km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:32 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
4. 2.32km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:32 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
5. 2.33km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:29 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
6. 2.35km N of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:27 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
7. 1.74km ENE of El Centro, CATue, Oct 16, 5:27 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
8. 3.36km ENE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:25 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
9. 2.514km W of Niland, CATue, Oct 16, 5:25 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
10. 1.76km N of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:21 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
11. 2.23km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:19 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
12. 2.55km ENE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:15 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
13. 2.25km NE of Westmorland, CATue, Oct 16, 5:13 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
14. 3.55km NNE of Westmorland, CATue, Oct 16, 5:12 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
15. 2.14km SSE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:11 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
16. 3.412km SE of Progreso, B.C., MXTue, Oct 16, 5:10 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
17. 2.36km N of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:10 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
18. 2.84km NE of Westmorland, CATue, Oct 16, 5:09 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
19. 1.96km NNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:09 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
20. 3.05km NE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:06 AM PDT · 17154 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3352307. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:42 AM UTC.