M2.2 earthquake 25km SSE of Ocotillo, CA
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 25km SSE of Ocotillo, CA on Fri, Jul 12, 1985, 5:36 PM PDT (00:36 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 64km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX. 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
- 1985-07-13 00:36:03 UTC
- Depth
- 2.8 km (1.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.524° N, 115.907° 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
- 223°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 191 in the 60 days after this one and 143 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.910km SE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15057 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.711km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 15057 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.75km SW of Salton City, CA · 15056 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.620km E of Julian, CA · 15056 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.761km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15056 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.411km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15055 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.514km E of Julian, CA · 15055 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.671km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15055 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.212km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15055 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.712km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15055 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.510km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15055 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.671km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15055 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.536km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15055 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.267km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15055 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.271km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15055 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.021km ESE of Julian, CA · 15055 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.821km ESE of Julian, CA · 15055 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.95km N of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15054 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.821km ESE of Julian, CA · 15054 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.521km ESE of Julian, CA · 15054 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.021km ESE of Julian, CA · 15054 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.770km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15054 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.872km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15053 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.913km ESE of Julian, CA · 15053 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.916km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 15052 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.270km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15052 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.89km NE of Delta, B.C., MX · 15052 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.719km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 15051 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.056km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15051 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.015km W of Imperial, CA · 15051 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.615km WNW of Ocotillo, CA · 15051 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.022km E of Julian, CA · 15049 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.714km ESE of Julian, CA · 15048 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.318km SSE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15047 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.821km ESE of Campo, CA · 15046 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.569km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15045 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.668km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15045 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.722km E of Julian, CA · 15044 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.272km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.672km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.470km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.171km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.671km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.271km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.470km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.767km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.771km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.571km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.472km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.667km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15044 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.318km W of Westmorland, CA · 15044 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.55km SSW of Brawley, CA · 15043 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.868km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15043 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.968km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15043 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.948km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15043 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.811km WNW of Niland, CA · 15043 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.611km WNW of Niland, CA · 15043 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.76km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 15042 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.222km ESE of Julian, CA · 15040 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.823km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15040 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of 191.
Before
- 1.626km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 15057 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.824km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15058 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.08km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 15058 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.116km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 15058 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.269km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15059 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.225km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 15059 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.08km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 15059 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.67km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 15060 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.611km SSW of Salton City, CA · 15060 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.066km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15060 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.368km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15060 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.466km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15060 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.772km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15060 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.872km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15060 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.568km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15060 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.76km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15060 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.86km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15060 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.569km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15061 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.866km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15061 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.371km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15061 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
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