M2.8 earthquake 6km SW of Morongo Valley, CA

Magnitude

2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Mon, Jul 28, 1986, 2:24 AM PDT

UTC

1986-07-28 09:24:17 UTC

Depth

9.9 km (6.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.006° N, 116.618° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

47°

Stations used

0

• Morongo Valley, CaliforniaPopulation 3,552. Forecast6 kmSW
• Desert Hot Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 28,335. Forecast12 kmWNW
• Moreno Valley, CaliforniaPopulation 204,198. Forecast57 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast150 kmE

After

1. 1.98km SSW of Idyllwild, CAMon, Jul 28, 3:06 AM PDT · 14678 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
2. 2.010km WNW of Garnet, CAMon, Jul 28, 3:28 AM PDT · 14678 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
3. 1.98km E of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 28, 4:19 AM PDT · 14678 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
4. 2.07km S of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 28, 4:22 AM PDT · 14678 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
5. 2.26km W of Desert Hot Springs, CAMon, Jul 28, 7:22 AM PDT · 14678 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
6. 1.98km E of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 28, 7:38 AM PDT · 14678 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
7. 2.017km SW of Oasis, CAMon, Jul 28, 7:40 AM PDT · 14678 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
8. 2.410km ENE of Indio, CAMon, Jul 28, 8:17 AM PDT · 14678 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
9. 2.06km W of Desert Hot Springs, CAMon, Jul 28, 8:49 AM PDT · 14678 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
10. 1.75km W of Desert Hot Springs, CAMon, Jul 28, 9:14 AM PDT · 14678 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
11. 1.88km E of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 28, 11:00 AM PDT · 14678 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
12. 2.78km S of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 28, 1:37 PM PDT · 14677 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
13. 1.96km W of Desert Hot Springs, CAMon, Jul 28, 5:49 PM PDT · 14677 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
14. 2.210km WSW of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 28, 6:05 PM PDT · 14677 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
15. 2.110km WSW of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 28, 8:04 PM PDT · 14677 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
16. 2.06km S of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 28, 8:08 PM PDT · 14677 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
17. 2.16km WSW of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 28, 9:16 PM PDT · 14677 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
18. 2.04km W of Desert Hot Springs, CAMon, Jul 28, 10:15 PM PDT · 14677 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
19. 1.97km WSW of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Jul 28, 11:17 PM PDT · 14677 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
20. 3.38km NNW of Garnet, CAMon, Jul 28, 11:43 PM PDT · 14677 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
21. 2.05km WSW of Morongo Valley, CATue, Jul 29, 12:32 AM PDT · 14677 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
22. 2.16km W of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Jul 29, 12:52 AM PDT · 14677 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
23. 1.910km WNW of Garnet, CATue, Jul 29, 2:00 AM PDT · 14677 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
24. 2.07km W of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Jul 29, 4:07 AM PDT · 14677 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
25. 3.17km W of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Jul 29, 5:03 AM PDT · 14677 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
26. 2.06km S of Morongo Valley, CATue, Jul 29, 6:43 AM PDT · 14677 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
27. 2.28km WNW of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Jul 29, 9:39 AM PDT · 14677 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
28. 2.116km ENE of Yucaipa, CATue, Jul 29, 9:50 AM PDT · 14677 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
29. 2.515km ENE of Yucaipa, CATue, Jul 29, 11:08 AM PDT · 14677 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
30. 2.016km ENE of Yucaipa, CATue, Jul 29, 11:26 AM PDT · 14677 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
31. 2.27km W of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Jul 29, 11:32 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
32. 2.17km WNW of Garnet, CATue, Jul 29, 12:58 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
33. 2.29km WSW of Morongo Valley, CATue, Jul 29, 1:22 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
34. 2.112km ENE of Yucaipa, CATue, Jul 29, 2:09 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
35. 2.27km W of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Jul 29, 2:18 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
36. 1.95km NNE of Morongo Valley, CATue, Jul 29, 2:43 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
37. 2.015km ENE of Yucaipa, CATue, Jul 29, 2:58 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
38. 2.06km W of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Jul 29, 4:21 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
39. 1.911km NE of Cabazon, CATue, Jul 29, 6:29 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
40. 2.012km WSW of Morongo Valley, CATue, Jul 29, 6:42 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
41. 1.99km SW of Morongo Valley, CATue, Jul 29, 7:13 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
42. 1.96km S of Morongo Valley, CATue, Jul 29, 7:13 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
43. 2.010km SSW of Morongo Valley, CATue, Jul 29, 8:01 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
44. 2.03km N of Colton, CATue, Jul 29, 10:38 PM PDT · 14676 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
45. 2.115km N of Borrego Springs, CAWed, Jul 30, 12:27 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
46. 2.06km SSW of Morongo Valley, CAWed, Jul 30, 12:39 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
47. 1.97km SSW of Morongo Valley, CAWed, Jul 30, 1:19 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
48. 1.910km SW of Morongo Valley, CAWed, Jul 30, 2:28 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
49. 1.94km WNW of Palm Springs, CAWed, Jul 30, 2:55 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
50. 2.09km NW of Garnet, CAWed, Jul 30, 5:26 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
51. 1.95km W of Desert Hot Springs, CAWed, Jul 30, 5:33 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
52. 2.221km NNW of Twentynine Palms, CAWed, Jul 30, 5:53 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
53. 2.58km SSW of Morongo Valley, CAWed, Jul 30, 6:09 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
54. 2.117km SSE of Big Bear Lake, CAWed, Jul 30, 8:04 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
55. 2.317km SSE of Big Bear Lake, CAWed, Jul 30, 9:13 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
56. 2.210km SW of Morongo Valley, CAWed, Jul 30, 9:53 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
57. 2.58km NNE of Borrego Springs, CAWed, Jul 30, 10:53 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
58. 2.610km NE of Aguanga, CAWed, Jul 30, 11:16 AM PDT · 14676 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
59. 2.07km NNW of Garnet, CAWed, Jul 30, 12:20 PM PDT · 14675 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
60. 2.17km SSW of Morongo Valley, CAWed, Jul 30, 12:50 PM PDT · 14675 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

1. 1.86km SSW of Morongo Valley, CASun, Jul 27, 11:49 PM PDT · 14678 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
2. 2.27km NE of Cabazon, CASun, Jul 27, 9:57 PM PDT · 14678 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
3. 2.17km SSW of Morongo Valley, CASun, Jul 27, 9:52 PM PDT · 14678 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
4. 2.18km WSW of Morongo Valley, CASun, Jul 27, 7:22 PM PDT · 14678 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
5. 2.411km NE of Cabazon, CASun, Jul 27, 3:21 PM PDT · 14678 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
6. 1.916km ENE of Yucaipa, CASun, Jul 27, 3:01 PM PDT · 14678 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
7. 1.99km NW of Garnet, CASun, Jul 27, 2:38 PM PDT · 14678 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
8. 1.96km W of Desert Hot Springs, CASun, Jul 27, 2:31 PM PDT · 14678 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
9. 2.26km W of Desert Hot Springs, CASun, Jul 27, 2:04 PM PDT · 14678 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
10. 2.07km S of Morongo Valley, CASun, Jul 27, 1:05 PM PDT · 14678 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
11. 1.911km SSW of Morongo Valley, CASun, Jul 27, 11:08 AM PDT · 14679 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
12. 1.96km W of Desert Hot Springs, CASun, Jul 27, 10:03 AM PDT · 14679 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
13. 1.98km W of Desert Hot Springs, CASun, Jul 27, 9:30 AM PDT · 14679 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
14. 1.916km ENE of Yucaipa, CASun, Jul 27, 8:19 AM PDT · 14679 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
15. 1.96km NW of Palomar Observatory, CASun, Jul 27, 8:12 AM PDT · 14679 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
16. 1.85km NNW of Palomar Observatory, CASun, Jul 27, 7:11 AM PDT · 14679 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
17. 1.86km SSW of Morongo Valley, CASun, Jul 27, 5:59 AM PDT · 14679 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
18. 2.06km W of Desert Hot Springs, CASun, Jul 27, 5:55 AM PDT · 14679 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
19. 1.65km W of Desert Hot Springs, CASun, Jul 27, 5:27 AM PDT · 14679 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
20. 2.05km W of Desert Hot Springs, CASun, Jul 27, 5:07 AM PDT · 14679 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci704813. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:58 AM UTC.