M1.5 earthquake 2km NNE of Muscoy, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 2km NNE of Muscoy, CA on Mon, Aug 16, 1982, 5:03 AM PDT (12:03 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 5km N of Yorba Linda, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-16 12:03:33 UTC
- Depth
- 2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.170° N, 117.337° 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
- 79°
- 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: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.92km N of Muscoy, CA · 16115 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.07km S of Idyllwild, CA · 16115 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.91km ENE of Anza, CA · 16115 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.27km ENE of Villa Park, CA · 16114 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.929km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 16114 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Garnet, CA · 16114 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.511km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 16114 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.78km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 16113 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.31km S of Artesia, CA · 16112 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.11km N of Anza, CA · 16110 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.77km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 16109 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.31km N of Long Beach, CA · 16109 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.736km SW of Ludlow, CA · 16108 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.55km N of Banning, CA · 16108 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.518km N of Joshua Tree, CA · 16108 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.09km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 16108 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.97km SSW of Pearblossum, CA · 16107 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.99km NNE of Banning, CA · 16107 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.111km NE of Aguanga, CA · 16107 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.62km ENE of Lake Arrowhead, CA · 16107 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.35km NNE of Murrieta, CA · 16107 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.88km SSW of Lucerne Valley, CA · 16107 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.410km SE of Big Bear City, CA · 16106 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.90km SE of Signal Hill, CA · 16106 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.67km NW of Aguanga, CA · 16106 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.619km S of Joshua Tree, CA · 16106 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.95km W of Fontana, CA · 16106 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.912km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 16106 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.61km NW of Colton, CA · 16105 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.94km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 16105 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.44km N of Yorba Linda, CA · 16105 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.45km N of Yorba Linda, CA · 16105 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.65km E of Cabazon, CA · 16104 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.612km S of Barstow, CA · 16104 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.03km SW of San Bernardino, CA · 16104 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.93km W of Lytle Creek, CA · 16103 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.12km SSE of Costa Mesa, CA · 16103 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.72km ESE of Ontario, CA · 16102 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.37km S of Idyllwild, CA · 16102 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.03km NNE of Moreno Valley, CA · 16102 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.08km NE of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 16101 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.914km NNE of Bradbury, CA · 16101 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.816km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 16101 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.11km NE of Wrightwood, CA · 16100 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.76km S of Idyllwild, CA · 16100 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.610km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 16099 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.07km WNW of Lytle Creek, CA · 16099 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.714km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 16099 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.840km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 16099 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.724km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 16098 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.44km W of Anza, CA · 16097 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.01km NNE of Yucaipa, CA · 16097 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.115km ENE of Barstow, CA · 16096 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.54km NE of Yucaipa, CA · 16096 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.57km SSE of Big Bear City, CA · 16096 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.04km W of Aguanga, CA · 16096 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.93km W of Aguanga, CA · 16095 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.93km WNW of Aguanga, CA · 16094 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.915km ENE of Barstow, CA · 16094 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.611km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 16094 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
The first 60 of 188.
Before
- 2.50km SE of Anza, CA · 16116 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.71km WSW of Garnet, CA · 16116 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.712km E of Yucaipa, CA · 16117 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.91km ENE of Anza, CA · 16117 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.75km ENE of Banning, CA · 16118 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.92km N of Muscoy, CA · 16118 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.69km SSW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 16118 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.97km SSW of Littlerock, CA · 16119 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.87km SSW of Pearblossum, CA · 16119 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.14km NE of San Bernardino, CA · 16119 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.04km NE of San Bernardino, CA · 16119 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.81km NE of Anza, CA · 16120 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.216km S of Joshua Tree, CA · 16120 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65km N of Moreno Valley, CA · 16120 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.310km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 16120 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.13km S of Idyllwild, CA · 16121 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.95km NNW of Mira Loma, CA · 16121 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.97km SSW of Pearblossum, CA · 16121 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.84km S of Anaheim, CA · 16122 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.07km WNW of San Jacinto, CA · 16122 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci506621. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:42 PM UTC.