M2.1 earthquake 18km NNE of Pine Valley, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 18km NNE of Pine Valley, CA on Sun, Feb 15, 1987, 8:00 AM PST (16:00 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 10km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-02-15 16:00:02 UTC
- Depth
- 0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.971° N, 116.442° 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
- 250°, 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: 174 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.210km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14464 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.211km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14464 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.311km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 14463 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.212km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14463 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.011km ESE of North Shore, CA · 14463 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.117km SSW of Oasis, CA · 14462 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.010km SSW of Salton City, CA · 14462 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.711km W of Anza, CA · 14461 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.022km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 14461 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.213km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14461 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.314km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 14460 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.513km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 14460 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.09km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 14458 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.74km ESE of Brawley, CA · 14458 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.924km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14458 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.34km NW of Borrego Springs, CA · 14458 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.922km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14457 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.04km WSW of Idyllwild, CA · 14457 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.28km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14456 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.34km SE of Idyllwild, CA · 14456 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.410km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14456 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.59km ESE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14456 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.59km WSW of Idyllwild, CA · 14455 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.320km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14455 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.96km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 14454 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.712km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14454 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.118km W of Westmorland, CA · 14454 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.017km ESE of Anza, CA · 14453 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.413km NE of Coachella, CA · 14453 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.212km W of Anza, CA · 14453 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.911km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 14452 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.13km W of Bombay Beach, CA · 14452 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.115km E of Julian, CA · 14452 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.08km NE of Aguanga, CA · 14452 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.911km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14451 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.512km ENE of Coachella, CA · 14451 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.121km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14451 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.523km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14451 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.014km SSE of Anza, CA · 14450 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.35km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14449 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.917km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 14449 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.812km WNW of Aguanga, CA · 14448 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.913km WNW of Aguanga, CA · 14448 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.13km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 14448 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.114km SW of Borrego Springs, CA · 14447 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.514km SW of Borrego Springs, CA · 14447 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.213km SW of Borrego Springs, CA · 14447 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.012km SW of Borrego Springs, CA · 14447 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.313km SW of Borrego Springs, CA · 14447 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.210km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14447 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.93km NW of Borrego Springs, CA · 14445 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.07km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 14445 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.012km SE of Anza, CA · 14445 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.111km W of Anza, CA · 14444 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.424km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14444 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.910km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14444 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.76km NNW of Thousand Palms, CA · 14444 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.113km WNW of Aguanga, CA · 14444 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.811km WNW of Aguanga, CA · 14444 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.514km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14443 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 174.
Before
- 1.89km SW of Salton City, CA · 14464 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.012km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 14465 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.77km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 14465 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.413km W of Niland, CA · 14465 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.113km W of Niland, CA · 14465 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
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