M1.8 earthquake 4km NNW of Palomar Observatory, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 4km NNW of Palomar Observatory, CA on Sat, Jun 12, 1982, 4:12 PM PDT (23:12 UTC), 2 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 1km SSW of Anza, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (Mh), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-06-12 23:12:43 UTC
- Depth
- 2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.385° N, 116.887° 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
- 118°
- 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: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.37km NE of Running Springs, CA · 16183 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.18km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 16183 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.94km E of Yucca Valley, CA · 16183 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.811km W of Anza, CA · 16182 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.85km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 16182 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.617km NNE of Indio, CA · 16182 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.712km ESE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.81km SSW of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.00km SW of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.31km N of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.81km NNE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.91km NE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.91km NNE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.22km NNE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.01km S of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.50km WNW of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.91km E of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.84km ENE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.81km NNE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.62km NNE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.41km S of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.72km NE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.92km E of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.71km NNE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.00km NNE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.91km N of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.91km ENE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.61km ENE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.51km NE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.52km NNE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.92km ENE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.52km NNE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.41km SE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.91km ESE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.81km NNE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.61km NE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.51km NE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.61km E of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.81km ENE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.61km E of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.94km ENE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.81km NNW of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.61km SE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.42km SE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.16km WSW of Beaumont, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.16km WSW of Beaumont, CA · 16181 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.71km NE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.61km NE of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.51km E of Anza, CA · 16181 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.52km NE of Anza, CA · 16180 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.71km ENE of Anza, CA · 16180 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.61km NE of Anza, CA · 16180 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.33km ENE of Anza, CA · 16180 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.60km NNE of Anza, CA · 16180 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.11km SE of Anza, CA · 16180 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.80km E of Anza, CA · 16180 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.72km ESE of Anza, CA · 16180 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.71km NNE of Anza, CA · 16180 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.60km ESE of Anza, CA · 16180 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.62km NNE of Anza, CA · 16180 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 2.03km N of Imperial Beach, CA · 16184 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.618km N of Indio, CA · 16185 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.621km NE of Thermal, CA · 16186 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.012km N of Banning, CA · 16186 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.82km SW of Loma Linda, CA · 16186 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.717km E of Anza, CA · 16186 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.79km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 16186 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.68km NNE of Banning, CA · 16187 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.014km E of Julian, CA · 16187 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.67km S of Idyllwild, CA · 16187 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.615km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16187 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.02km S of Loma Linda, CA · 16187 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.711km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16187 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.711km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16187 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.12km NNW of Banning, CA · 16188 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.84km NW of Julian, CA · 16188 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.09km WSW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 16188 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.522km SSW of La Quinta, CA · 16188 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.715km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 16189 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.813km NE of Thousand Palms, CA · 16189 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
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