M2.4 earthquake 8km ESE of Valle Vista, CA

Magnitude

2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Mon, Dec 17, 1979, 7:30 AM PST

UTC

1979-12-17 15:30:00 UTC

Depth

15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.711° N, 116.822° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.14

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

34°

Stations used

45

• Valle Vista, CaliforniaPopulation 14,578. Forecast8 kmESE
• Temecula, CaliforniaPopulation 110,003. Forecast39 kmNE
• San Diego, CaliforniaPopulation 1,404,452. Forecast115 kmNNE

After

1. 1.922km NNW of Yucca Valley, CAMon, Dec 17, 11:50 AM PST · 17092 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
2. 2.04km S of Mentone, CAMon, Dec 17, 9:12 PM PST · 17091 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
3. 2.24km SSE of Mentone, CATue, Dec 18, 12:54 AM PST · 17091 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
4. 2.512km NNE of Pine Valley, CATue, Dec 18, 2:04 AM PST · 17091 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
5. 2.34km S of Mentone, CATue, Dec 18, 3:59 AM PST · 17091 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
6. 2.84km S of Mentone, CATue, Dec 18, 3:59 AM PST · 17091 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
7. 3.04km S of Mentone, CATue, Dec 18, 4:00 AM PST · 17091 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
8. 1.54km SSE of Mentone, CATue, Dec 18, 4:30 AM PST · 17091 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
9. 3.35km S of Mentone, CATue, Dec 18, 7:37 AM PST · 17091 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
10. 2.24km S of Mentone, CATue, Dec 18, 8:31 AM PST · 17091 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
11. 1.64km S of Mentone, CATue, Dec 18, 10:24 AM PST · 17091 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
12. 1.53km S of Mentone, CATue, Dec 18, 11:09 AM PST · 17091 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
13. 1.94km S of Mentone, CATue, Dec 18, 1:45 PM PST · 17091 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
14. 1.84km SSE of Mentone, CATue, Dec 18, 2:03 PM PST · 17091 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
15. 2.010km NNE of Borrego Springs, CATue, Dec 18, 10:54 PM PST · 17090 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
16. 2.04km S of Mentone, CAWed, Dec 19, 5:37 AM PST · 17090 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
17. 2.24km S of Mentone, CAWed, Dec 19, 5:42 AM PST · 17090 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
18. 1.54km S of Mentone, CAWed, Dec 19, 10:08 AM PST · 17090 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
19. 1.84km S of Mentone, CAWed, Dec 19, 10:10 AM PST · 17090 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
20. 2.84km S of Mentone, CAWed, Dec 19, 10:11 AM PST · 17090 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
21. 1.54km S of Mentone, CAWed, Dec 19, 10:54 AM PST · 17090 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
22. 1.523km NNW of Joshua Tree, CAWed, Dec 19, 2:29 PM PST · 17090 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
23. 1.824km NNW of Joshua Tree, CAWed, Dec 19, 2:30 PM PST · 17090 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
24. 2.44km S of Mentone, CAWed, Dec 19, 3:03 PM PST · 17090 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
25. 2.27km NNE of Borrego Springs, CAWed, Dec 19, 3:17 PM PST · 17090 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
26. 1.54km S of Mentone, CAWed, Dec 19, 4:10 PM PST · 17090 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
27. 1.54km S of Mentone, CAThu, Dec 20, 6:47 AM PST · 17089 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
28. 3.13km NE of Lytle Creek, CAThu, Dec 20, 12:31 PM PST · 17089 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
29. 1.54km S of Banning, CASat, Dec 22, 4:00 AM PST · 17087 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
30. 2.212km SE of Anza, CASat, Dec 22, 12:37 PM PST · 17087 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
31. 1.513km SE of Anza, CASat, Dec 22, 6:02 PM PST · 17087 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
32. 1.721km N of Yucca Valley, CASat, Dec 22, 9:33 PM PST · 17086 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
33. 1.531km SE of Twentynine Palms, CASun, Dec 23, 4:35 AM PST · 17086 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
34. 2.312km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CASun, Dec 23, 2:03 PM PST · 17086 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
35. 2.116km NE of Thousand Palms, CASun, Dec 23, 3:11 PM PST · 17086 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
36. 2.36km NW of Mira Loma, CAMon, Dec 24, 4:27 AM PST · 17085 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
37. 1.716km NE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, Dec 24, 7:50 AM PST · 17085 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
38. 2.26km NNW of Mira Loma, CAMon, Dec 24, 9:00 AM PST · 17085 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
39. 2.36km NW of Mira Loma, CATue, Dec 25, 1:57 AM PST · 17084 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
40. 1.62km NNE of Morongo Valley, CATue, Dec 25, 9:10 AM PST · 17084 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
41. 1.722km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Dec 27, 5:15 AM PST · 17082 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
42. 2.15km ESE of Lake Henshaw, CAThu, Dec 27, 5:10 PM PST · 17082 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
43. 1.94km SSE of Lytle Creek, CAFri, Dec 28, 6:00 AM PST · 17081 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
44. 1.63km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CASat, Dec 29, 2:07 PM PST · 17080 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
45. 1.518km ESE of Anza, CASat, Dec 29, 6:01 PM PST · 17080 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
46. 2.024km N of Yucca Valley, CASun, Dec 30, 5:28 AM PST · 17079 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
47. 1.68km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Dec 31, 5:53 PM PST · 17078 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
48. 2.37km SSW of Salton City, CAMon, Dec 31, 8:13 PM PST · 17077 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
49. 1.59km NE of Aguanga, CAMon, Dec 31, 10:17 PM PST · 17077 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
50. 1.87km NE of Aguanga, CATue, Jan 1, 1:39 AM PST · 17077 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
51. 1.74km S of Mentone, CATue, Jan 1, 2:00 AM PST · 17077 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
52. 1.611km ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Jan 1, 2:37 AM PST · 17077 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
53. 2.320km N of Borrego Springs, CATue, Jan 1, 3:58 AM PST · 17077 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
54. 1.613km NNE of Cabazon, CATue, Jan 1, 1:14 PM PST · 17077 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
55. 1.53km NW of Big Bear City, CAWed, Jan 2, 12:33 AM PST · 17076 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
56. 1.723km N of Yucca Valley, CAWed, Jan 2, 2:17 AM PST · 17076 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
57. 1.53km WNW of Beaumont, CAWed, Jan 2, 3:06 AM PST · 17076 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
58. 2.110km WNW of Garnet, CAThu, Jan 3, 4:01 AM PST · 17075 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
59. 2.516km NNE of Thousand Palms, CAThu, Jan 3, 2:37 PM PST · 17075 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
60. 1.816km NNE of Thousand Palms, CAThu, Jan 3, 2:51 PM PST · 17075 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 158.

Before

1. 1.910km SW of Idyllwild, CASun, Dec 16, 7:24 AM PST · 17093 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
2. 2.523km NNW of Yucca Valley, CASat, Dec 15, 1:42 AM PST · 17094 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
3. 1.87km NE of Running Springs, CAFri, Dec 14, 12:15 PM PST · 17095 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
4. 1.92km N of San Jacinto, CAThu, Dec 13, 2:07 PM PST · 17096 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
5. 2.011km S of Idyllwild, CAThu, Dec 13, 1:05 PM PST · 17096 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
6. 2.614km N of Warner Springs, CAThu, Dec 13, 7:09 AM PST · 17096 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
7. 1.54km E of Lake Arrowhead, CAWed, Dec 12, 11:05 PM PST · 17096 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
8. 1.623km NNW of Joshua Tree, CAWed, Dec 12, 3:55 PM PST · 17097 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
9. 1.522km SSW of La Quinta, CAWed, Dec 12, 8:24 AM PST · 17097 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
10. 1.91km NW of Loma Linda, CAWed, Dec 12, 8:20 AM PST · 17097 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
11. 1.54km ENE of Lake Arrowhead, CAWed, Dec 12, 3:55 AM PST · 17097 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
12. 2.11km NE of Loma Linda, CAWed, Dec 12, 2:55 AM PST · 17097 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
13. 1.623km N of Yucca Valley, CATue, Dec 11, 4:40 PM PST · 17098 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
14. 1.618km ESE of Anza, CATue, Dec 11, 9:26 AM PST · 17098 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
15. 1.719km ESE of Anza, CATue, Dec 11, 2:07 AM PST · 17098 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
16. 2.55km SW of Calimesa, CATue, Dec 11, 12:08 AM PST · 17098 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
17. 2.07km NNE of Pala, CAMon, Dec 10, 2:31 PM PST · 17099 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
18. 2.420km ESE of Anza, CAMon, Dec 10, 9:34 AM PST · 17099 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
19. 2.621km ESE of Anza, CAMon, Dec 10, 9:34 AM PST · 17099 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
20. 1.74km ESE of Lake Henshaw, CASat, Dec 8, 6:15 PM PST · 17100 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3354607. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC.