M2.1 earthquake 6km SE of Temecula, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 6km SE of Temecula, CA on Wed, Mar 9, 1983, 8:44 PM PST (04:44 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 9km SSE of Yucca Valley, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-03-10 04:44:46 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.458° N, 117.102° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 37
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 129 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.619km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 15912 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.96km S of Big Bear City, CA · 15912 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.86km W of Anza, CA · 15911 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.89km WSW of Aguanga, CA · 15911 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.918km ESE of Julian, CA · 15910 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.66km E of Yucca Valley, CA · 15910 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.95km NW of Calimesa, CA · 15910 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.820km ESE of Anza, CA · 15910 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.66km S of Big Bear Lake, CA · 15909 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.79km W of Morongo Valley, CA · 15909 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.29km NNE of Idyllwild, CA · 15909 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.914km SE of Anza, CA · 15908 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.814km SE of Anza, CA · 15908 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 15908 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.08km SSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 15908 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.310km SSE of Jamul, CA · 15907 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.98km E of Cabazon, CA · 15906 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.22km NNE of Big Bear Lake, CA · 15906 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.58km NE of Nuevo, CA · 15906 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.721km ESE of Anza, CA · 15906 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.920km ESE of Anza, CA · 15906 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.66km WSW of Anza, CA · 15906 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.63km N of Corona, CA · 15906 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.44km SSE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 15905 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.615km SE of Anza, CA · 15905 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.920km ESE of Anza, CA · 15905 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.84km WNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 15905 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.05km N of Fontana, CA · 15905 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.621km ESE of Anza, CA · 15904 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.410km S of Big Bear Lake, CA · 15904 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.710km NE of Indio, CA · 15903 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.14km NE of La Verne, CA · 15902 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.76km SSE of Idyllwild, CA · 15901 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.624km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15901 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.012km SE of Anza, CA · 15901 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.56km S of Lytle Creek, CA · 15901 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.24km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15900 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.614km SE of Anza, CA · 15900 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.012km W of Anza, CA · 15900 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.910km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 15899 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.312km SE of Anza, CA · 15899 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.04km SE of Devore, CA · 15898 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.510km N of Cabazon, CA · 15897 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.214km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 15897 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.11km E of Loma Linda, CA · 15897 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.48km N of Anza, CA · 15896 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.514km SE of Anza, CA · 15896 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.94km WNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 15896 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.817km ESE of Julian, CA · 15895 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.54km SE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 15895 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.511km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 15895 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.22km NNE of Loma Linda, CA · 15895 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.013km SE of Anza, CA · 15895 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.813km SE of Anza, CA · 15895 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.311km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 15895 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.84km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 15894 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.09km NNW of Anza, CA · 15894 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.512km ENE of Julian, CA · 15893 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.612km ENE of Julian, CA · 15893 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.811km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15893 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
The first 60 of 176.
Before
- 1.73km E of Colton, CA · 15912 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.61km N of Anza, CA · 15912 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Anza, CA · 15912 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.09km S of Banning, CA · 15913 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.83km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15913 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.818km ESE of Anza, CA · 15913 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.65km W of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 15913 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.46km S of Big Bear Lake, CA · 15914 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.66km SSW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 15914 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.310km NE of Aguanga, CA · 15914 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.012km NE of Lake Arrowhead, CA · 15915 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.75km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 15916 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.64km WSW of Garnet, CA · 15916 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.77km S of Yucca Valley, CA · 15916 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.44km S of Lake Henshaw, CA · 15916 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.12km NNW of Huntington Beach, CA · 15917 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.74km N of Fontana, CA · 15917 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.04km WNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 15917 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.511km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15917 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.16km SSE of Yucca Valley, CA · 15917 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci1102763. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:41 AM UTC.