M1.8 earthquake 5km S of Brawley, CA

Magnitude

1.8 (mh), micro

Local time

Sun, Aug 28, 1983, 3:06 PM PDT

UTC

1983-08-28 22:06:43 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.936° N, 115.536° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

108°

Stations used

0

• Brawley, CaliforniaPopulation 25,897. Forecast5 kmS
• Mexicali, MexicoPopulation 1,032,686. Forecast35 kmNNW

After

1. 2.34km S of Brawley, CASun, Aug 28, 4:16 PM PDT · 15735 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
2. 2.28km E of Puebla, B.C., MXTue, Aug 30, 6:01 AM PDT · 15733 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
3. 1.86km E of Puebla, B.C., MXTue, Aug 30, 6:06 AM PDT · 15733 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
4. 2.98km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MXTue, Aug 30, 6:12 AM PDT · 15733 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
5. 1.523km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, Aug 30, 6:19 AM PDT · 15733 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
6. 2.67km E of Puebla, B.C., MXTue, Aug 30, 6:57 AM PDT · 15733 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
7. 2.39km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MXTue, Aug 30, 7:02 AM PDT · 15733 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
8. 2.215km N of Borrego Springs, CATue, Aug 30, 10:57 PM PDT · 15733 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
9. 2.84km S of Brawley, CAWed, Aug 31, 4:58 AM PDT · 15732 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
10. 2.326km SSE of Campo, CAThu, Sep 1, 2:24 AM PDT · 15731 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
11. 2.126km SSE of Campo, CAThu, Sep 1, 2:26 AM PDT · 15731 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
12. 2.112km NE of Julian, CAThu, Sep 1, 7:52 AM PDT · 15731 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
13. 2.46km NE of Borrego Springs, CAThu, Sep 1, 7:08 PM PDT · 15731 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
14. 2.049km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXFri, Sep 2, 2:19 PM PDT · 15730 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
15. 1.922km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CAFri, Sep 2, 8:17 PM PDT · 15730 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
16. 2.014km E of Ocotillo, CASat, Sep 3, 4:40 AM PDT · 15729 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
17. 2.56km NE of Borrego Springs, CASat, Sep 3, 11:00 AM PDT · 15729 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
18. 2.318km N of Borrego Springs, CASun, Sep 4, 11:56 AM PDT · 15728 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
19. 1.750km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXMon, Sep 5, 4:53 AM PDT · 15727 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
20. 1.924km WSW of Westmorland, CAWed, Sep 7, 12:03 AM PDT · 15725 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
21. 1.812km N of Ocotillo Wells, CAThu, Sep 8, 6:49 PM PDT · 15724 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
22. 1.78km SSW of Holtville, CAFri, Sep 9, 2:22 PM PDT · 15723 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
23. 2.112km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MXSat, Sep 10, 2:09 PM PDT · 15722 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
24. 1.59km SSW of Holtville, CASun, Sep 11, 11:08 AM PDT · 15721 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
25. 1.923km WSW of Westmorland, CASun, Sep 11, 2:31 PM PDT · 15721 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
26. 1.96km E of Westmorland, CAMon, Sep 12, 4:59 AM PDT · 15720 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
27. 2.113km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXTue, Sep 13, 12:40 AM PDT · 15719 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
28. 2.026km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, Sep 13, 4:05 AM PDT · 15719 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
29. 2.59km WNW of Westmorland, CATue, Sep 13, 3:33 PM PDT · 15719 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
30. 2.945km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXTue, Sep 13, 10:52 PM PDT · 15719 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
31. 1.847km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXWed, Sep 14, 2:10 AM PDT · 15718 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
32. 2.110km ENE of Mexicali, B.C., MXWed, Sep 14, 6:18 AM PDT · 15718 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
33. 1.911km SE of Bombay Beach, CAWed, Sep 14, 1:28 PM PDT · 15718 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
34. 2.049km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXThu, Sep 15, 1:39 AM PDT · 15717 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
35. 2.656km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXThu, Sep 15, 2:02 PM PDT · 15717 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
36. 2.41km S of Brawley, CASat, Sep 17, 6:35 AM PDT · 15715 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
37. 2.113km WNW of Westmorland, CASat, Sep 17, 9:08 AM PDT · 15715 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
38. 2.813km NE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MXSat, Sep 17, 9:30 AM PDT · 15715 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
39. 1.620km WSW of Westmorland, CASun, Sep 18, 9:14 AM PDT · 15714 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
40. 1.512km WSW of Westmorland, CASun, Sep 18, 3:58 PM PDT · 15714 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
41. 2.125km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CASun, Sep 18, 9:15 PM PDT · 15714 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
42. 1.512km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Sep 19, 6:23 AM PDT · 15713 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
43. 2.012km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Sep 19, 7:05 AM PDT · 15713 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
44. 2.016km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Sep 19, 12:13 PM PDT · 15713 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
45. 2.06km SSW of North Shore, CAMon, Sep 19, 2:59 PM PDT · 15713 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
46. 3.412km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Sep 19, 5:08 PM PDT · 15713 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
47. 1.912km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Sep 19, 6:27 PM PDT · 15713 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
48. 1.849km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXMon, Sep 19, 9:30 PM PDT · 15713 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
49. 1.711km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, Sep 20, 3:37 AM PDT · 15712 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
50. 1.911km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, Sep 20, 6:24 AM PDT · 15712 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
51. 1.510km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, Sep 20, 7:54 AM PDT · 15712 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
52. 2.211km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, Sep 20, 10:46 AM PDT · 15712 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
53. 1.620km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MXTue, Sep 20, 5:06 PM PDT · 15712 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
54. 1.59km S of Bombay Beach, CAWed, Sep 21, 10:18 PM PDT · 15711 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
55. 2.08km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CAFri, Sep 23, 5:18 AM PDT · 15709 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
56. 1.77km ENE of Westmorland, CAFri, Sep 23, 3:14 PM PDT · 15709 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
57. 1.58km ENE of El Centro, CAFri, Sep 23, 4:10 PM PDT · 15709 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
58. 1.85km NNE of Puebla, B.C., MXFri, Sep 23, 5:14 PM PDT · 15709 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
59. 1.82km NE of Julian, CAFri, Sep 23, 8:28 PM PDT · 15709 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
60. 2.218km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CASat, Sep 24, 9:32 AM PDT · 15708 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 134.

Before

1. 3.02km S of Brawley, CASun, Aug 28, 2:04 PM PDT · 15735 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
2. 2.615km NW of Ocotillo, CAFri, Aug 26, 10:52 PM PDT · 15737 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
3. 1.910km N of Westmorland, CAFri, Aug 26, 4:03 PM PDT · 15737 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
4. 2.024km NE of Pine Valley, CATue, Aug 23, 8:17 AM PDT · 15740 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
5. 1.916km WNW of Ocotillo, CAMon, Aug 22, 2:33 AM PDT · 15741 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
6. 1.68km SSE of Bombay Beach, CASun, Aug 21, 8:43 AM PDT · 15742 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
7. 1.69km SSE of Bombay Beach, CASun, Aug 21, 8:33 AM PDT · 15742 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
8. 2.58km SSE of Bombay Beach, CASun, Aug 21, 8:27 AM PDT · 15742 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
9. 2.08km SSE of Bombay Beach, CASun, Aug 21, 7:48 AM PDT · 15742 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
10. 2.47km SSE of Bombay Beach, CASun, Aug 21, 7:42 AM PDT · 15742 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
11. 1.927km NNE of Ocotillo, CASat, Aug 20, 7:01 PM PDT · 15743 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
12. 1.78km SE of Bombay Beach, CASat, Aug 20, 3:10 AM PDT · 15743 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
13. 1.98km SE of Bombay Beach, CAFri, Aug 19, 6:57 PM PDT · 15744 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
14. 1.96km S of Brawley, CAFri, Aug 19, 12:56 AM PDT · 15744 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
15. 2.048km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXThu, Aug 18, 11:17 PM PDT · 15745 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
16. 1.822km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CAThu, Aug 18, 3:22 PM PDT · 15745 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
17. 2.011km N of Delta, B.C., MXThu, Aug 18, 11:03 AM PDT · 15745 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
18. 2.111km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CAThu, Aug 18, 8:00 AM PDT · 15745 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
19. 1.722km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CAWed, Aug 17, 5:39 AM PDT · 15746 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
20. 2.222km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, Aug 16, 10:24 AM PDT · 15747 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci20821. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC.