M1.6 earthquake 13km SE of Anza, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13km SE of Anza, CA on Thu, Sep 12, 1985, 2:56 PM PDT (21:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.6 4km S of Idyllwild, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-12 21:56:07 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.467° N, 116.583° 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.
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64km S of Idyllwild, CA · 14951 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.78km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14951 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.98km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14951 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.58km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14951 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.08km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14951 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.78km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14951 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.78km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14951 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.910km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14951 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.54km S of Idyllwild, CA · 14951 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.08km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14951 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.97km SSW of Cabazon, CA · 14951 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.05km WSW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 14951 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.61km SE of Cabazon, CA · 14951 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.86km NE of Moreno Valley, CA · 14950 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.07km SSE of Big Bear City, CA · 14950 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.54km SE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 14950 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.49km S of Idyllwild, CA · 14950 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.913km E of Julian, CA · 14949 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.611km W of Anza, CA · 14949 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.99km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14949 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.85km NE of Cabazon, CA · 14949 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.617km N of Morongo Valley, CA · 14949 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.78km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 14949 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.611km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 14949 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.714km ENE of Indio, CA · 14949 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.56km SSW of Redlands, CA · 14948 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.616km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14948 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.612km W of Anza, CA · 14948 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.25km NW of Highland, CA · 14948 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.93km SSE of Loma Linda, CA · 14948 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.63km NW of Cabazon, CA · 14948 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.63km SSW of Banning, CA · 14948 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.66km WNW of Calimesa, CA · 14947 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.813km ENE of Indio, CA · 14947 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.78km ESE of Valle Vista, CA · 14947 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.626km NE of Indio, CA · 14947 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.726km NE of Indio, CA · 14947 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.03km NNE of Loma Linda, CA · 14947 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.618km ESE of Anza, CA · 14947 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.99km S of Idyllwild, CA · 14947 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.82km ESE of Loma Linda, CA · 14946 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.61km E of Loma Linda, CA · 14946 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Highland, CA · 14946 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.74km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 14946 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.88km W of Big Bear Lake, CA · 14945 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.514km ENE of Indio, CA · 14945 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.67km SSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 14945 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.811km W of Anza, CA · 14945 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.62km SE of Garnet, CA · 14945 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.58km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 14945 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.521km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14944 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.84km SE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 14944 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.89km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14944 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.117km ESE of Anza, CA · 14944 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.84km SSE of Cabazon, CA · 14944 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.612km W of Niland, CA · 14944 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.616km SSW of Oasis, CA · 14944 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.13km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 14944 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.83km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 14944 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.81km S of Loma Linda, CA · 14943 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
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