M2.2 earthquake 9km NNE of Cabazon, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 9km NNE of Cabazon, CA on Sun, Dec 25, 1983, 11:48 AM PST (19:48 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 20km NNE of Indio, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-12-25 19:48:43 UTC
- Depth
- 16.5 km (10.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.998° N, 116.755° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- 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: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 136 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77km ESE of Running Springs, CA · 15621 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.82km E of Banning, CA · 15620 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.77km SW of Lucerne Valley, CA · 15620 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.77km SW of Lucerne Valley, CA · 15620 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.93km WSW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 15620 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.73km S of Idyllwild, CA · 15620 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.97km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 15619 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.118km NNE of Thousand Palms, CA · 15619 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.16km NE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 15619 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.810km NNE of Big Bear City, CA · 15619 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.40km ENE of Loma Linda, CA · 15619 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.211km NE of Indio, CA · 15619 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.718km NNE of Indio, CA · 15619 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.02km NW of Muscoy, CA · 15618 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.934km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 15618 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.42km WNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 15618 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.210km NE of Indio, CA · 15617 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.711km WSW of Lucerne Valley, CA · 15617 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.62km NNW of Muscoy, CA · 15617 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.92km NW of Muscoy, CA · 15617 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.92km N of Muscoy, CA · 15617 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.12km NW of Muscoy, CA · 15617 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.61km NW of Muscoy, CA · 15617 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.32km N of Muscoy, CA · 15617 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.56km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 15617 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.66km ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 15617 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.81km NW of Muscoy, CA · 15617 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.22km NW of Muscoy, CA · 15617 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.92km NNW of Muscoy, CA · 15616 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.73km NW of Muscoy, CA · 15616 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.73km NW of Muscoy, CA · 15616 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.61km NNW of Muscoy, CA · 15616 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Lucerne Valley, CA · 15615 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.611km ESE of Anza, CA · 15615 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.91km ENE of Loma Linda, CA · 15615 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.06km WSW of Borrego Springs, CA · 15614 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.91km SW of Colton, CA · 15614 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.99km NNW of Idyllwild, CA · 15614 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.110km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 15614 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.68km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA · 15614 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.118km NNE of Thousand Palms, CA · 15614 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.12km SW of Colton, CA · 15614 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.67km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA · 15614 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.95km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA · 15614 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.822km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 15613 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.63km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15613 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.513km NW of Anza, CA · 15613 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.96km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA · 15613 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.919km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 15613 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.720km SSW of La Quinta, CA · 15613 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.612km ENE of Palomar Observatory, CA · 15613 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.912km SE of Anza, CA · 15613 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.99km S of Idyllwild, CA · 15612 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.113km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 15612 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.78km E of Cabazon, CA · 15612 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.04km SSE of Chino Hills, CA · 15611 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.010km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 15611 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.310km NW of Morongo Valley, CA · 15611 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.711km NE of Coachella, CA · 15611 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.026km NE of Indio, CA · 15611 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 183.
Before
- 2.310km W of Corona, CA · 15621 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.717km NNE of Thousand Palms, CA · 15621 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.610km NW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 15621 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.919km NNE of Indio, CA · 15621 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.76km NW of Anza, CA · 15622 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.610km ENE of Cabazon, CA · 15622 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.82km SSE of Loma Linda, CA · 15622 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.226km WNW of Ludlow, CA · 15622 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.79km NNE of Nuevo, CA · 15622 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.63km WNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 15623 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.816km SW of Wrightwood, CA · 15623 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.92km W of Borrego Springs, CA · 15623 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.88km S of Lytle Creek, CA · 15623 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.61km SE of Phelan, CA · 15623 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.87km WSW of Idyllwild, CA · 15623 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.45km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 15623 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.225km WNW of Ludlow, CA · 15624 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.32km SSW of San Dimas, CA · 15624 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.45km S of Idyllwild, CA · 15624 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.911km NE of Indio, CA · 15624 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci27782. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC.