M1.9 earthquake 17km ESE of Anza, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 17km ESE of Anza, CA on Sat, Aug 13, 1983, 6:19 AM PDT (13:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 0km E of Loma 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
- 1.9 (Mh), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-08-13 13:19:49 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.501° N, 116.498° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.033km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 15756 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.613km SSE of Joshua Tree, CA · 15756 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.818km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 15756 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.96km WNW of Anza, CA · 15755 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.96km WNW of Anza, CA · 15755 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.024km SSW of La Quinta, CA · 15754 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.65km E of Yucaipa, CA · 15754 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.716km ESE of Julian, CA · 15753 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.012km NNE of Aguanga, CA · 15753 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.222km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15753 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.815km ENE of Coachella, CA · 15753 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.722km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15752 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.08km SSE of Big Bear Lake, CA · 15752 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.87km S of Yucca Valley, CA · 15751 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.111km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15751 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.822km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15751 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.98km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15750 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.310km NNW of Cabazon, CA · 15749 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.76km NE of Banning, CA · 15749 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.78km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15749 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.72km NE of Temecula, CA · 15749 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.56km ESE of Yucaipa, CA · 15749 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.927km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 15749 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.47km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15748 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.08km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15748 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.58km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15748 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.69km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15748 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.68km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15748 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.122km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 15748 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.916km WNW of Ocotillo, CA · 15747 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.811km WNW of Morongo Valley, CA · 15747 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.024km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 15746 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.14km NNE of Moreno Valley, CA · 15746 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.816km S of Joshua Tree, CA · 15746 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.010km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 15746 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.918km NNW of Morongo Valley, CA · 15745 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.35km ENE of Morongo Valley, CA · 15744 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.51km SSE of Redlands, CA · 15743 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.86km ENE of Running Springs, CA · 15743 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.61km N of Colton, CA · 15743 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.11km ESE of Redlands, CA · 15743 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.31km ESE of Redlands, CA · 15743 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.22km SE of Redlands, CA · 15743 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.81km ESE of Redlands, CA · 15743 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.119km NNE of Indio, CA · 15743 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.910km N of Westmorland, CA · 15743 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.09km NNW of Cabazon, CA · 15743 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.819km NNE of Indio, CA · 15743 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.615km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 15742 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.25km NNW of Banning, CA · 15742 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.95km N of Banning, CA · 15742 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.68km NE of Cabazon, CA · 15741 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.07km S of Yucca Valley, CA · 15740 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.18km S of Yucca Valley, CA · 15740 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.815km NNE of Thousand Palms, CA · 15739 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.523km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15739 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.215km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 15738 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.112km NE of Julian, CA · 15737 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.115km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 15737 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.46km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 15737 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
The first 60 of 176.
Before
- 2.51km NNW of Anza, CA · 15757 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.724km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 15757 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.617km ESE of Anza, CA · 15757 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.418km ESE of Anza, CA · 15757 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.75km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 15758 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.821km SSW of La Quinta, CA · 15758 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.86km SSW of Banning, CA · 15758 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.66km WNW of Anza, CA · 15758 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.86km N of Beaumont, CA · 15758 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.74km S of Idyllwild, CA · 15758 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.75km NW of San Jacinto, CA · 15758 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.95km N of Beaumont, CA · 15760 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.93km ENE of Loma Linda, CA · 15760 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.56km N of Beaumont, CA · 15761 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.935km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 15761 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.724km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15762 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.77km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 15762 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.14km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 15762 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.09km S of Big Bear Lake, CA · 15764 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.918km ESE of Anza, CA · 15764 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci18655. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.