M2.0 earthquake 21km ESE of Anza, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 21km ESE of Anza, CA on Sun, Nov 27, 1983, 12:23 PM PST (20:23 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 26km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, 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
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-11-27 20:23:59 UTC
- Depth
- 12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.483° N, 116.461° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 38°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 195 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.85km WSW of Idyllwild, CA · 15652 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.79km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 15652 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.20km SSE of Loma Linda, CA · 15652 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.71km SSW of Loma Linda, CA · 15652 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.926km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 15652 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.82km S of Garnet, CA · 15651 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.934km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 15651 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.634km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 15651 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.67km N of Cabazon, CA · 15651 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.531km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 15650 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.211km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15650 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.530km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 15650 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.15km S of Salton City, CA · 15650 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.632km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 15650 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.331km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 15649 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.611km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 15649 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.911km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 15649 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.112km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 15648 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.02km NE of Anza, CA · 15648 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.15km NW of Banning, CA · 15648 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.86km SSE of Loma Linda, CA · 15648 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.73km S of Salton City, CA · 15647 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.911km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 15646 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.712km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15646 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.312km ESE of Anza, CA · 15646 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.625km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 15646 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.617km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 15645 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.76km E of Westmorland, CA · 15645 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.88km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 15645 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.612km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.812km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.211km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.011km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.011km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.112km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.512km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.811km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.111km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.811km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.010km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.69km NE of Moreno Valley, CA · 15644 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.012km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.710km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.511km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.612km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.04km NNW of Brawley, CA · 15644 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.111km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.111km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15644 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.211km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15643 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.77km E of Cabazon, CA · 15643 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.112km WNW of Lakeland Village, CA · 15643 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.818km NNE of Thousand Palms, CA · 15643 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.222km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 15643 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.15km S of Salton City, CA · 15643 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.111km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15643 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.012km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15643 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.912km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15643 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.712km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15643 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.412km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15643 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.212km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15643 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of 194.
Before
- 2.110km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 15652 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.01km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 15653 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.722km ESE of Anza, CA · 15653 days ago · 12 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.29km NE of Indio, CA · 15654 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.210km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15654 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.41km ESE of Loma Linda, CA · 15655 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.627km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 15655 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.827km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15655 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.628km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15655 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.911km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15655 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.811km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15655 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Westmorland, CA · 15655 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.67km SSW of Redlands, CA · 15657 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.326km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 15658 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.926km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 15658 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.83km W of Banning, CA · 15659 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.72km SW of San Jacinto, CA · 15660 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.025km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 15660 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.525km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 15660 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.926km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 15660 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
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