M2.1 earthquake 4km WNW of Willowbrook, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 4km WNW of Willowbrook, CA on Wed, Mar 9, 1983, 11:21 PM PST (07:21 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 7km NNW of Granada Hills, 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 07:21:40 UTC
- Depth
- 12.7 km (7.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.934° N, 118.293° 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, 1.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 88 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.924km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 15915 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.517km S of Camarillo, CA · 15909 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.63km N of Corona, CA · 15909 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.45km S of Castaic, CA · 15908 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.05km N of Fontana, CA · 15908 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.211km WSW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 15908 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.37km SSW of Littlerock, CA · 15907 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.711km N of Castaic, CA · 15906 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.08km WSW of Oak Hills, CA · 15905 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.14km NE of La Verne, CA · 15905 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.56km S of Lytle Creek, CA · 15904 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.24km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15903 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.33km SW of Valencia, CA · 15902 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.04km SE of Devore, CA · 15902 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.67km SSW of Littlerock, CA · 15901 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.50km NW of Silver Lake, CA · 15901 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.74km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 15901 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.53km SSW of South Whittier, CA · 15900 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.11km E of Loma Linda, CA · 15900 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.78km NE of Phelan, CA · 15899 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.22km NNE of Loma Linda, CA · 15898 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.12km WNW of Lennox, CA · 15898 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.711km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA · 15897 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.17km SSW of Devore, CA · 15896 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.92km ENE of Malibu, CA · 15896 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.46km SSW of Devore, CA · 15896 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.77km SSW of Devore, CA · 15895 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.72km SE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 15895 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.32km N of Loma Linda, CA · 15895 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.610km ENE of Villa Park, CA · 15895 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.628km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 15895 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.625km WSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 15895 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.76km SE of Seal Beach, CA · 15894 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.07km WNW of Lytle Creek, CA · 15894 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.04km NNE of Muscoy, CA · 15893 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.52km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 15893 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.219km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 15891 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.82km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 15890 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.010km W of Lytle Creek, CA · 15890 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.85km WSW of Valencia, CA · 15889 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.65km SW of Valencia, CA · 15889 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.44km SW of Valencia, CA · 15889 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.75km SW of Valencia, CA · 15889 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.04km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15887 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.56km NE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 15886 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.87km W of Malibu, CA · 15885 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.09km W of Malibu, CA · 15885 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.75km N of Fontana, CA · 15885 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.25km N of Fontana, CA · 15885 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.35km NNW of Fontana, CA · 15885 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.34km W of El Segundo, CA · 15884 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.75km SW of Valencia, CA · 15880 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.92km NNW of South El Monte, CA · 15880 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.120km S of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 15880 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.35km N of Fontana, CA · 15880 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.76km E of Las Flores, CA · 15880 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.53km WNW of Seal Beach, CA · 15880 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.80km NNE of Muscoy, CA · 15879 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.32km NNE of La Mirada, CA · 15879 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.58km NW of Granada Hills, CA · 15878 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 88.
Before
- 1.510km S of Lake Hughes, CA · 15915 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.73km E of Colton, CA · 15916 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.83km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15916 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.93km SW of Valencia, CA · 15918 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.219km SW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 15919 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.58km NW of Malibu, CA · 15919 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.99km NW of Malibu, CA · 15920 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.12km NNW of Huntington Beach, CA · 15920 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.74km N of Fontana, CA · 15920 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.72km NW of Willowbrook, CA · 15924 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.62km E of Inglewood, CA · 15924 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.611km ENE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 15924 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.44km NW of Willowbrook, CA · 15925 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.15km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 15926 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.55km W of Devore, CA · 15927 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.911km NW of Malibu, CA · 15929 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.08km NW of Malibu, CA · 15929 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.521km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 15930 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.217km WSW of El Segundo, CA · 15930 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.86km W of Ventura, CA · 15931 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci1102766. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC.