M1.8 earthquake 12km ENE of Cabazon, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 12km ENE of Cabazon, CA on Sat, Mar 14, 1987, 7:04 AM PST (15:04 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 19km E of Big Bear City, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-14 15:04:03 UTC
- Depth
- 16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.964° N, 116.671° 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
- 87°
- 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: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.419km E of Big Bear City, CA · 14406 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.02km E of Muscoy, CA · 14406 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.027km NNW of Joshua Tree, CA · 14405 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.15km SSE of Morongo Valley, CA · 14405 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.912km NE of Julian, CA · 14405 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.01km NNW of Colton, CA · 14405 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.08km SSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 14405 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.19km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 14405 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.09km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 14405 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.311km ESE of Anza, CA · 14405 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.111km SE of Anza, CA · 14404 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.813km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14404 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.623km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 14404 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.024km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 14404 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.06km ENE of Wildomar, CA · 14404 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.517km S of Joshua Tree, CA · 14404 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.97km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 14404 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.24km NNE of Fontana, CA · 14403 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.09km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 14403 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.66km SSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 14403 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.98km WNW of Garnet, CA · 14403 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.013km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 14402 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.810km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 14402 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.46km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 14402 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.020km E of Anza, CA · 14402 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.03km SW of Muscoy, CA · 14401 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.01km SE of Mentone, CA · 14401 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 14401 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.19km ENE of Villa Park, CA · 14401 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.110km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 14400 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.07km WNW of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 14400 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.119km ESE of Anza, CA · 14400 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.36km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 14399 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.58km SSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 14399 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.02km SSE of Morongo Valley, CA · 14399 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.28km S of Redlands, CA · 14399 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.86km SSE of Loma Linda, CA · 14399 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.012km ENE of Cabazon, CA · 14398 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.213km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 14398 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.910km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14398 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.010km NE of Joshua Tree, CA · 14397 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.112km ENE of Joshua Tree, CA · 14397 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.412km W of Anza, CA · 14397 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.25km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 14397 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.19km N of Cabazon, CA · 14397 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.016km ESE of Anza, CA · 14397 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.912km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14396 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.312km ENE of Trabuco Canyon, CA · 14396 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.24km N of Loma Linda, CA · 14396 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.13km N of Loma Linda, CA · 14396 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.25km N of Beaumont, CA · 14396 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.311km WNW of Lakeland Village, CA · 14396 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.719km ESE of Anza, CA · 14395 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.13km NNE of Big Bear City, CA · 14395 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.06km W of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 14395 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.421km ENE of Coachella, CA · 14395 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.912km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14395 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.110km S of Idyllwild, CA · 14395 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.01km S of Loma Linda, CA · 14395 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.18km NE of Aguanga, CA · 14395 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
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