California earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 6km W of Brawley, CA

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 6km W of Brawley, CA on Sun, Nov 4, 1979, 1:30 AM PST (09:30 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 2km SW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-11-04 09:30:30 UTC
Depth
14.5 km (9.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.982° N, 115.592° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.312km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 17110 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.88km SSW of Holtville, CA · 17110 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 3.05km SSW of Brawley, CA · 17109 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.46km N of Imperial, CA · 17109 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.89km NE of Calexico, CA · 17109 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 3.42km SW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17109 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.17km WNW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 17109 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.12km NW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17109 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.58km WSW of Holtville, CA · 17109 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.522km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 17108 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 1.917km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 17108 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.84km S of Brawley, CA · 17108 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.710km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 17108 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.613km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 17107 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.95km E of Westmorland, CA · 17107 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.25km NE of Imperial, CA · 17107 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.213km NNW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 17106 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.05km NE of Imperial, CA · 17105 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.68km NE of Imperial, CA · 17105 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.58km SW of Holtville, CA · 17105 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 1.86km S of Brawley, CA · 17105 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 1.95km WSW of Brawley, CA · 17104 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 1.99km N of Westmorland, CA · 17104 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 1.516km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 17104 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 1.721km ESE of Anza, CA · 17104 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.712km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 17104 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 1.95km ESE of Imperial, CA · 17104 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 3.44km WSW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17104 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 2.28km SW of Holtville, CA · 17104 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 1.917km W of Westmorland, CA · 17103 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 2.02km W of Brawley, CA · 17102 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 2.04km SSW of Brawley, CA · 17101 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 1.76km ENE of Imperial, CA · 17101 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 2.610km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 17101 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 1.57km SSW of Calipatria, CA · 17100 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 1.55km ESE of Borrego Springs, CA · 17100 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 2.28km WSW of Holtville, CA · 17099 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 1.511km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 17099 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 1.520km ESE of Anza, CA · 17099 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 1.89km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 17098 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 2.37km ENE of Delta, B.C., MX · 17098 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.111km SW of Westmorland, CA · 17098 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 3.31km ENE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17098 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.511km SW of Westmorland, CA · 17098 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 2.611km SW of Westmorland, CA · 17098 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 2.47km N of Imperial, CA · 17098 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 2.63km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17098 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 1.87km E of Imperial, CA · 17098 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 2.212km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 17097 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 3.913km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 17097 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 2.514km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 17097 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 2.710km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 17097 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 2.12km E of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17097 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.54km S of Brawley, CA · 17097 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.24km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17096 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.111km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 17096 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 2.312km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 17096 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 1.521km E of Julian, CA · 17096 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.28km WSW of Holtville, CA · 17096 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 1.512km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 17096 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 196.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3353608 (also filed as usp00013um). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.