M1.6 earthquake 20km ESE of Anza, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 20km ESE of Anza, CA on Wed, Feb 11, 1981, 4:24 AM PST (12:24 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 8km SSW of Idyllwild, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (mh), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-02-11 12:24:53 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.489° N, 116.475° W
- Region
- California
- 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 0.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.58km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 16649 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.18km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 16649 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.66km SSW of Salton City, CA · 16649 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.56km SSW of Salton City, CA · 16649 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.93km E of Colton, CA · 16648 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.85km NE of Westmorland, CA · 16648 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.95km NE of Westmorland, CA · 16648 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.76km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 16647 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.52km ESE of Loma Linda, CA · 16647 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.323km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16646 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.510km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16645 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.66km E of Westmorland, CA · 16645 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.722km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 16645 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.69km WNW of Twentynine Palms, CA · 16644 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.18km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16644 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.918km SSE of Joshua Tree, CA · 16644 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.911km NE of Trabuco Canyon, CA · 16644 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.322km W of Westmorland, CA · 16644 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.72km SSE of Loma Linda, CA · 16644 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.518km S of Joshua Tree, CA · 16643 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.68km N of Westmorland, CA · 16643 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.910km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16643 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.712km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16643 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.518km NNE of Indio, CA · 16643 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.520km ESE of Anza, CA · 16643 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.99km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16643 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.05km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16642 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.612km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16642 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.69km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16642 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.64km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 16642 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.05km NE of Westmorland, CA · 16642 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.95km NE of Westmorland, CA · 16642 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.010km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16642 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.68km SW of Beaumont, CA · 16640 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.717km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 16640 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.77km SSE of Big Bear Lake, CA · 16640 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.69km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16640 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.98km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16639 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.67km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16639 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.912km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 16639 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.612km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 16639 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.215km WNW of Ocotillo, CA · 16639 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.86km NNE of Beaumont, CA · 16638 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.64km W of Redlands, CA · 16638 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.99km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 16637 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.69km SW of Beaumont, CA · 16637 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.77km SW of Salton City, CA · 16636 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.52km ENE of Banning, CA · 16636 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.82km NE of Banning, CA · 16636 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.010km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16636 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.02km SE of Garnet, CA · 16635 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.05km NE of Westmorland, CA · 16635 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.25km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 16634 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.05km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 16634 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.54km NE of Westmorland, CA · 16634 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.55km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 16634 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.511km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16634 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.15km NE of Westmorland, CA · 16634 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.610km WSW of Anza, CA · 16634 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.410km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16634 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
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