M2.0 earthquake 3km SW of Brawley, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 3km SW of Brawley, CA on Thu, Mar 25, 1982, 5:21 AM PST (13:21 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 27km WSW of Westmorland, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-03-25 13:21:09 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.960° N, 115.550° 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.
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 86 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16259 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.68km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16259 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.82km WSW of Brawley, CA · 16259 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.727km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16255 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.714km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16255 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.323km SE of Campo, CA · 16252 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.539km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16251 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.512km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16250 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.014km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 16249 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.84km W of Borrego Springs, CA · 16248 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.924km SW of Westmorland, CA · 16247 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.218km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16246 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.66km E of North Shore, CA · 16245 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.817km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16245 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.016km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16245 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.95km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 16245 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.96km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 16245 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.96km NE of Imperial, CA · 16244 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.218km W of Westmorland, CA · 16244 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.010km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 16244 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.912km SW of Salton City, CA · 16244 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.356km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16244 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.624km WNW of Westmorland, CA · 16243 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.623km NE of Thermal, CA · 16243 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.720km W of Westmorland, CA · 16242 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.427km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 16242 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.620km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 16242 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.715km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16241 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.66km WNW of Ocotillo, CA · 16241 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.315km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16239 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.828km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 16237 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.09km SSW of Holtville, CA · 16235 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.09km ENE of Heber, CA · 16235 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.819km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 16235 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.713km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16235 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.85km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16233 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.130km SE of Campo, CA · 16233 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.06km W of Westmorland, CA · 16232 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.06km NE of Imperial, CA · 16232 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.811km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16230 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.121km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 16230 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.84km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16230 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.210km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 16229 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.916km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16229 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.53km SW of Brawley, CA · 16228 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.55km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 16227 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.010km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16226 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.313km ESE of North Shore, CA · 16225 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.56km SW of Salton City, CA · 16224 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.226km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16224 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.711km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16223 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.68km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 16223 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.318km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16222 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.416km NNW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16222 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.314km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16222 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.57km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 16221 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.634km NNE of North Shore, CA · 16221 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.08km NE of Mexicali, B.C., MX · 16220 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.67km ESE of North Shore, CA · 16219 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.320km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16219 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of 86.
Before
- 1.93km SW of Brawley, CA · 16259 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.922km WNW of Ocotillo, CA · 16260 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.83km SSW of Brawley, CA · 16260 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.83km SW of Brawley, CA · 16260 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.95km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16260 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.512km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16261 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.013km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16261 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.214km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 16262 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.012km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.611km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.112km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.811km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.021km SW of Westmorland, CA · 16262 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.812km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.610km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.912km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.811km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.811km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.57km WSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.513km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci527775. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.