California earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 5km WSW of Brawley, CA

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5km WSW of Brawley, CA on Sat, Nov 24, 1979, 5:27 AM PST (13:27 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 7km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

Brawley forecastMore in California

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (mh), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-11-24 13:27:36 UTC
Depth
5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.968° N, 115.587° 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, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.37km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17091 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.47km ESE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17091 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.45km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17090 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.72km WSW of Brawley, CA · 17090 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.16km SSE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17090 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.621km ESE of Anza, CA · 17088 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.58km ENE of Imperial, CA · 17088 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.34km W of Brawley, CA · 17088 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.47km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17088 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.82km ESE of Mexicali, B.C., MX · 17088 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.93km S of Brawley, CA · 17087 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 1.522km SSW of La Quinta, CA · 17086 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.412km E of Calipatria, CA · 17086 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.02km ESE of Bombay Beach, CA · 17086 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.42km ESE of Bombay Beach, CA · 17086 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.46km SSE of Brawley, CA · 17086 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.62km ESE of Bombay Beach, CA · 17086 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.56km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 17086 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 4.113km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 17085 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.22km WNW of Brawley, CA · 17085 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 2.04km S of Brawley, CA · 17085 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 2.038km S of Progreso, B.C., MX · 17085 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.312km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 17084 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.111km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 17084 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 1.64km S of Brawley, CA · 17084 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 1.610km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 17084 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.210km SW of Heber, CA · 17084 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 2.42km WSW of Brawley, CA · 17084 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.53km WSW of Brawley, CA · 17084 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 2.34km SSW of Brawley, CA · 17083 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 1.96km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 17082 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 1.739km SSE of Campo, CA · 17082 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.66km ENE of Imperial, CA · 17082 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 2.28km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17082 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 1.739km SSE of Campo, CA · 17081 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 1.66km E of Westmorland, CA · 17081 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 2.512km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 17080 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 2.44km SE of Brawley, CA · 17080 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 2.010km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 17080 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.914km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 17079 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.27km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 17079 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 2.14km E of Westmorland, CA · 17078 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  43. 2.014km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17078 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 2.24km S of Brawley, CA · 17077 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 1.98km S of Calipatria, CA · 17077 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 4.810km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 17077 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.213km E of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17077 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 3.58km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 17077 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 1.814km NNE of Delta, B.C., MX · 17077 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 2.16km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 17077 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  51. 2.05km NE of Westmorland, CA · 17077 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  52. 2.25km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 17077 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  53. 2.21km ESE of Brawley, CA · 17076 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 2.113km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 17076 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 2.314km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 17076 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 1.54km NNE of El Centro, CA · 17076 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 1.510km ENE of Mexicali, B.C., MX · 17076 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 2.45km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 17076 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  59. 2.14km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 17076 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 2.05km NE of Westmorland, CA · 17076 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Earthquakes todayCalifornia earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3354136. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.