M1.5 earthquake 8km ENE of Indio, CA

Magnitude

1.5 (mh), micro

Local time

Thu, Jul 23, 1981, 10:19 AM PDT

UTC

1981-07-23 17:19:44 UTC

Depth

3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.760° N, 116.145° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

57°

Stations used

14

• Indio, CaliforniaPopulation 87,533. Forecast8 kmENE
• Temecula, CaliforniaPopulation 110,003. Forecast97 kmENE
• Mexicali, MexicoPopulation 1,032,686. Forecast141 kmNNW

After

1. 1.86km WSW of Salton City, CAThu, Jul 23, 1:14 PM PDT · 16503 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
2. 2.410km NE of Aguanga, CAThu, Jul 23, 1:31 PM PDT · 16503 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
3. 1.610km NE of Aguanga, CAThu, Jul 23, 7:17 PM PDT · 16502 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
4. 1.710km NNE of Borrego Springs, CAFri, Jul 24, 4:16 PM PDT · 16502 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
5. 2.68km ENE of Aguanga, CAFri, Jul 24, 11:24 PM PDT · 16501 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
6. 2.07km NE of Aguanga, CAFri, Jul 24, 11:28 PM PDT · 16501 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
7. 1.65km NE of Anza, CASat, Jul 25, 11:03 PM PDT · 16500 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
8. 1.65km NE of Anza, CASun, Jul 26, 3:36 AM PDT · 16500 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
9. 2.012km SSW of Idyllwild, CASun, Jul 26, 5:24 PM PDT · 16499 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
10. 1.67km SSW of Salton City, CAMon, Jul 27, 3:17 AM PDT · 16499 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
11. 1.618km N of Borrego Springs, CAMon, Jul 27, 9:52 AM PDT · 16499 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
12. 2.811km SW of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 27, 11:22 AM PDT · 16499 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
13. 1.511km SW of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 27, 12:29 PM PDT · 16499 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
14. 1.55km E of Palomar Observatory, CATue, Jul 28, 2:17 AM PDT · 16498 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
15. 1.525km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CAWed, Jul 29, 6:34 AM PDT · 16497 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
16. 3.411km ENE of Julian, CAWed, Jul 29, 2:28 PM PDT · 16497 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
17. 1.911km NE of Julian, CAWed, Jul 29, 4:11 PM PDT · 16497 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
18. 1.610km NE of Aguanga, CAThu, Jul 30, 2:49 AM PDT · 16496 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
19. 1.711km WSW of Anza, CAThu, Jul 30, 5:09 AM PDT · 16496 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
20. 1.810km NE of Aguanga, CAThu, Jul 30, 9:58 AM PDT · 16496 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
21. 2.05km WSW of Ocotillo Wells, CAThu, Jul 30, 10:51 AM PDT · 16496 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
22. 1.510km WSW of Anza, CAThu, Jul 30, 11:03 AM PDT · 16496 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
23. 1.54km WSW of Ocotillo Wells, CAThu, Jul 30, 3:01 PM PDT · 16496 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
24. 1.56km S of Salton City, CAFri, Jul 31, 5:10 PM PDT · 16494 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
25. 1.734km NNE of North Shore, CASat, Aug 1, 1:55 AM PDT · 16494 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
26. 1.622km NNW of Yucca Valley, CASat, Aug 1, 3:57 AM PDT · 16494 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
27. 1.612km SW of Westmorland, CASat, Aug 1, 9:08 AM PDT · 16494 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
28. 1.634km NNE of North Shore, CASun, Aug 2, 1:51 AM PDT · 16493 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
29. 1.534km NNE of North Shore, CASun, Aug 2, 3:17 AM PDT · 16493 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
30. 1.62km NW of Palomar Observatory, CASun, Aug 2, 8:36 PM PDT · 16492 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
31. 1.825km NW of Desert Center, CATue, Aug 4, 3:39 AM PDT · 16491 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
32. 2.522km N of Yucca Valley, CATue, Aug 4, 6:23 AM PDT · 16491 days ago · -1 km deep · 68 km away
33. 1.810km NNE of Borrego Springs, CATue, Aug 4, 8:59 AM PDT · 16491 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
34. 2.011km NNE of Julian, CATue, Aug 4, 3:41 PM PDT · 16491 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
35. 1.626km NE of Thermal, CATue, Aug 4, 7:28 PM PDT · 16490 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
36. 1.713km SW of Westmorland, CAWed, Aug 5, 8:40 AM PDT · 16490 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
37. 2.89km ENE of Aguanga, CAWed, Aug 5, 7:18 PM PDT · 16489 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
38. 1.510km NNE of Julian, CAThu, Aug 6, 12:20 AM PDT · 16489 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
39. 1.621km ESE of Anza, CAThu, Aug 6, 10:28 AM PDT · 16489 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
40. 1.813km NNE of Pine Valley, CAThu, Aug 6, 2:46 PM PDT · 16489 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
41. 1.616km NE of Thousand Palms, CAFri, Aug 7, 7:45 AM PDT · 16488 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
42. 1.56km NNE of Joshua Tree, CAFri, Aug 7, 9:52 AM PDT · 16488 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
43. 1.56km NNE of Joshua Tree, CASat, Aug 8, 10:18 AM PDT · 16487 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
44. 1.511km SW of Anza, CASun, Aug 9, 2:28 AM PDT · 16486 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
45. 1.96km NE of Cabazon, CASun, Aug 9, 10:31 PM PDT · 16485 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
46. 1.66km NE of Cabazon, CASun, Aug 9, 10:33 PM PDT · 16485 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
47. 1.68km SW of Salton City, CAMon, Aug 10, 1:31 PM PDT · 16485 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
48. 1.811km ENE of Julian, CATue, Aug 11, 3:28 AM PDT · 16484 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
49. 2.86km ENE of Aguanga, CAWed, Aug 12, 10:09 PM PDT · 16482 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
50. 1.512km S of Salton City, CAThu, Aug 13, 9:29 AM PDT · 16482 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
51. 1.634km NNE of North Shore, CAFri, Aug 14, 4:15 AM PDT · 16481 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
52. 1.75km S of Idyllwild, CAFri, Aug 14, 11:50 AM PDT · 16481 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
53. 1.825km NNW of Yucca Valley, CAFri, Aug 14, 1:09 PM PDT · 16481 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
54. 1.68km NE of Aguanga, CAFri, Aug 14, 5:17 PM PDT · 16480 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
55. 2.47km NNW of Anza, CAFri, Aug 14, 7:48 PM PDT · 16480 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
56. 1.80km NW of Beaumont, CASat, Aug 15, 1:37 AM PDT · 16480 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
57. 1.54km SSW of Salton City, CASat, Aug 15, 4:01 AM PDT · 16480 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
58. 1.921km ESE of Anza, CASat, Aug 15, 7:48 AM PDT · 16480 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
59. 1.735km NNE of North Shore, CASat, Aug 15, 9:46 AM PDT · 16480 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
60. 1.815km S of Salton City, CASat, Aug 15, 10:56 AM PDT · 16480 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 183.

Before

1. 1.511km NE of Aguanga, CAWed, Jul 22, 6:04 PM PDT · 16503 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
2. 1.76km S of Salton City, CAWed, Jul 22, 2:40 PM PDT · 16504 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
3. 1.511km NW of Julian, CAWed, Jul 22, 10:44 AM PDT · 16504 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
4. 2.010km NE of Aguanga, CAWed, Jul 22, 9:03 AM PDT · 16504 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
5. 2.218km ESE of Julian, CAWed, Jul 22, 7:04 AM PDT · 16504 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
6. 1.710km ENE of Borrego Springs, CAWed, Jul 22, 4:08 AM PDT · 16504 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
7. 1.511km NE of Aguanga, CATue, Jul 21, 6:42 PM PDT · 16504 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
8. 1.631km SE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, Jul 20, 7:30 PM PDT · 16505 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
9. 2.46km S of Salton City, CAMon, Jul 20, 8:46 AM PDT · 16506 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
10. 1.511km NNW of Borrego Springs, CASun, Jul 19, 1:08 PM PDT · 16507 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
11. 2.811km ENE of Coachella, CASat, Jul 18, 11:57 PM PDT · 16507 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
12. 1.56km SSW of Salton City, CASat, Jul 18, 10:35 PM PDT · 16507 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
13. 1.513km W of Niland, CASat, Jul 18, 3:12 PM PDT · 16508 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
14. 2.012km ENE of Coachella, CASat, Jul 18, 2:36 PM PDT · 16508 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
15. 1.816km S of Amboy, CASat, Jul 18, 11:16 AM PDT · 16508 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
16. 2.121km W of Westmorland, CASat, Jul 18, 9:10 AM PDT · 16508 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
17. 1.69km NE of Aguanga, CASat, Jul 18, 8:54 AM PDT · 16508 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
18. 3.11km SW of Anza, CASat, Jul 18, 5:48 AM PDT · 16508 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
19. 1.57km SW of Salton City, CAFri, Jul 17, 4:46 PM PDT · 16508 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
20. 1.58km NE of Borrego Springs, CAFri, Jul 17, 10:42 AM PDT · 16509 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci519839. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC.