M1.9 earthquake 7km N of Brawley, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (mh), micro

Local time

Tue, Jan 15, 1980, 1:30 AM PST

UTC

1980-01-15 09:30:33 UTC

Depth

10.7 km (6.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.042° N, 115.536° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.31

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

49°

Stations used

21

• Brawley, CaliforniaPopulation 25,897. Forecast7 kmN
• Mexicali, MexicoPopulation 1,032,686. Forecast47 kmN

After

1. 1.67km WSW of Holtville, CATue, Jan 15, 9:21 AM PST · 17052 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
2. 2.13km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Jan 15, 11:07 AM PST · 17052 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
3. 2.03km W of Brawley, CATue, Jan 15, 12:57 PM PST · 17052 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
4. 2.27km NNE of Borrego Springs, CATue, Jan 15, 3:43 PM PST · 17052 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
5. 1.86km SE of Bombay Beach, CAWed, Jan 16, 5:27 AM PST · 17051 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
6. 1.88km NE of Calipatria, CAWed, Jan 16, 9:41 AM PST · 17051 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
7. 2.327km WSW of Westmorland, CAWed, Jan 16, 3:27 PM PST · 17051 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
8. 1.810km NE of Borrego Springs, CAWed, Jan 16, 7:11 PM PST · 17051 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
9. 2.010km NNW of Delta, B.C., MXThu, Jan 17, 12:29 AM PST · 17051 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
10. 2.112km NNW of Delta, B.C., MXThu, Jan 17, 2:49 AM PST · 17051 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
11. 2.36km NE of Westmorland, CAThu, Jan 17, 9:09 AM PST · 17050 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
12. 2.37km NE of Calipatria, CAThu, Jan 17, 6:14 PM PST · 17050 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
13. 2.312km NE of Coachella, CAThu, Jan 17, 9:03 PM PST · 17050 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
14. 2.012km NE of Coachella, CAThu, Jan 17, 9:32 PM PST · 17050 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
15. 2.112km NE of Coachella, CAThu, Jan 17, 10:17 PM PST · 17050 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
16. 1.63km SE of Brawley, CAFri, Jan 18, 1:26 AM PST · 17050 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
17. 2.07km W of Brawley, CAFri, Jan 18, 7:10 AM PST · 17049 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
18. 2.113km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MXFri, Jan 18, 8:24 AM PST · 17049 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
19. 2.06km NE of Imperial, CAFri, Jan 18, 6:24 PM PST · 17049 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
20. 2.524km NW of Desert Center, CAFri, Jan 18, 11:07 PM PST · 17049 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
21. 2.37km SE of Niland, CASun, Jan 20, 5:42 AM PST · 17047 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
22. 2.17km SE of Niland, CASun, Jan 20, 10:03 AM PST · 17047 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
23. 1.77km NE of Calipatria, CASun, Jan 20, 10:06 AM PST · 17047 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
24. 2.77km NNE of Calipatria, CASun, Jan 20, 10:35 AM PST · 17047 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
25. 1.98km NE of Calipatria, CASun, Jan 20, 10:39 AM PST · 17047 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
26. 1.86km NE of Calipatria, CASun, Jan 20, 10:46 AM PST · 17047 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
27. 1.68km SE of Niland, CASun, Jan 20, 10:50 AM PST · 17047 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
28. 1.58km NE of Calipatria, CASun, Jan 20, 11:01 AM PST · 17047 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
29. 1.58km NE of Calipatria, CASun, Jan 20, 12:21 PM PST · 17047 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
30. 1.85km S of Brawley, CAMon, Jan 21, 1:35 AM PST · 17047 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
31. 1.58km SE of Niland, CAMon, Jan 21, 2:18 AM PST · 17047 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
32. 2.010km SW of Salton City, CAMon, Jan 21, 7:02 AM PST · 17046 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
33. 2.93km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Jan 21, 2:30 PM PST · 17046 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
34. 1.98km NE of Calipatria, CAMon, Jan 21, 8:24 PM PST · 17046 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
35. 1.57km NE of Calipatria, CAMon, Jan 21, 10:22 PM PST · 17046 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
36. 2.12km WSW of Brawley, CATue, Jan 22, 3:09 PM PST · 17045 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
37. 2.14km W of Brawley, CATue, Jan 22, 3:11 PM PST · 17045 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
38. 2.18km NNE of Brawley, CATue, Jan 22, 8:34 PM PST · 17045 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
39. 2.04km N of Ocotillo Wells, CAWed, Jan 23, 11:15 AM PST · 17044 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
40. 2.412km N of Delta, B.C., MXWed, Jan 23, 12:30 PM PST · 17044 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
41. 1.523km ENE of Coachella, CAThu, Jan 24, 2:31 AM PST · 17044 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
42. 1.523km ENE of Coachella, CAThu, Jan 24, 3:52 AM PST · 17043 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
43. 2.313km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXThu, Jan 24, 4:12 AM PST · 17043 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
44. 2.07km NE of Heber, CAThu, Jan 24, 8:55 AM PST · 17043 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
45. 2.29km N of Delta, B.C., MXThu, Jan 24, 11:31 AM PST · 17043 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
46. 1.78km E of El Centro, CAThu, Jan 24, 7:56 PM PST · 17043 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
47. 1.711km SW of Salton City, CAFri, Jan 25, 5:45 AM PST · 17042 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
48. 1.67km NNW of Brawley, CAFri, Jan 25, 9:14 PM PST · 17042 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
49. 1.77km S of Salton City, CASat, Jan 26, 3:24 AM PST · 17041 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
50. 2.16km NNW of Imperial, CASat, Jan 26, 11:36 PM PST · 17041 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
51. 2.34km W of Brawley, CATue, Jan 29, 3:57 AM PST · 17038 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
52. 1.94km W of Brawley, CATue, Jan 29, 4:01 AM PST · 17038 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
53. 2.012km SW of Ocotillo, CATue, Jan 29, 7:21 PM PST · 17038 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
54. 1.817km ENE of Borrego Springs, CAWed, Jan 30, 2:03 AM PST · 17038 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
55. 1.67km ENE of Imperial, CAWed, Jan 30, 8:12 PM PST · 17037 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
56. 2.347km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXThu, Jan 31, 1:40 PM PST · 17036 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
57. 2.23km NNW of Brawley, CAFri, Feb 1, 12:28 AM PST · 17036 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
58. 1.724km NW of Desert Center, CAFri, Feb 1, 4:36 AM PST · 17035 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
59. 1.75km NNW of Brawley, CAFri, Feb 1, 6:14 PM PST · 17035 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
60. 1.65km NE of Westmorland, CAFri, Feb 1, 7:52 PM PST · 17035 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 169.

Before

1. 2.16km ENE of Westmorland, CATue, Jan 15, 1:18 AM PST · 17053 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.023km NW of Desert Center, CATue, Jan 15, 12:12 AM PST · 17053 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3325317. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC.