M1.6 earthquake 17km ESE of Anza, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17km ESE of Anza, CA on Wed, Feb 6, 2002, 2:51 AM PST (10:51 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 6km SSE of Lake Henshaw, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-02-06 10:51:34 UTC
- Depth
- 14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.488° N, 116.509° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 174 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.519km ESE of Anza, CA · 9006 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.77km E of Yucaipa, California · 9005 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.94km WNW of Yucaipa, California · 9005 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.415km ESE of Julian, CA · 9005 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.516km SE of Anza, California · 9005 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.520km ESE of Anza, CA · 9005 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.413km WNW of Morongo Valley, CA · 9005 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.813km NNW of Bombay Beach, CA · 9004 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.514km NNW of Bombay Beach, CA · 9004 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.610km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 9004 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.512km NE of Borrego Springs, California · 9004 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.614km NNW of Bombay Beach, CA · 9004 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.613km NNW of Bombay Beach, CA · 9004 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.414km NNW of Bombay Beach, CA · 9003 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.65km WSW of Idyllwild, CA · 9003 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.69km NE of San Jacinto, California · 9003 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.61km SE of Loma Linda, California · 9002 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.65km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 9002 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.510km WSW of Niland, California · 9002 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.610km WNW of Calipatria, California · 9002 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.52km S of Loma Linda, CA · 9001 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.210km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 9001 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.59km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 9001 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.713km E of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 9001 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.116km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 9001 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.94km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 9001 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.83km NW of Loma Linda, CA · 9001 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.526km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 9001 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62km NW of Loma Linda, California · 9000 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.520km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 9000 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.620km ESE of Anza, CA · 9000 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.78km NE of Moreno Valley, California · 8999 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.69km SSE of Idyllwild, CA · 8999 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.827km N of Yucca Valley, California · 8998 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.623km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 8998 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.728km N of Yucca Valley, California · 8998 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.66km SSW of Cabazon, CA · 8998 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.622km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 8998 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.629km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 8997 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.94km ESE of Yucaipa, CA · 8997 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.527km ENE of Big Bear City, California · 8997 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.86km SW of Niland, California · 8997 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.66km WSW of Niland, California · 8997 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.520km ESE of Anza, CA · 8997 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.54km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 8997 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.86km NNW of Cabazon, CA · 8996 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Anza, CA · 8996 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.72km S of Lake Henshaw, CA · 8995 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.75km NE of Banning, CA · 8995 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.720km ESE of Anza, California · 8995 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.112km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 8995 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.726km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 8994 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.77km SW of Niland, California · 8994 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.59km WSW of Niland, California · 8994 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.76km ENE of Big Bear City, CA · 8994 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.63km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 8994 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.921km ESE of Julian, CA · 8993 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.727km N of Yucca Valley, California · 8993 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.68km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 8993 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.67km NW of Calipatria, CA · 8992 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
The first 60 of 186.
Before
- 1.54km SE of Yucca Valley, CA · 9006 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.216km ESE of Julian, CA · 9006 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.014km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 9006 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.612km E of Julian, CA · 9006 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.69km NNW of Big Bear City, CA · 9006 days ago · -2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.714km WNW of Morongo Valley, California · 9006 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.76km ENE of Anza, CA · 9007 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.66km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 9007 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.711km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 9007 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.91km WSW of Yucaipa, CA · 9007 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.98km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, California · 9007 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.627km N of Yucca Valley, California · 9007 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.94km S of Mentone, CA · 9007 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.613km SE of Anza, CA · 9008 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.112km W of Morongo Valley, CA · 9008 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.616km ESE of Julian, CA · 9008 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.62km W of Loma Linda, CA · 9008 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.616km ESE of Julian, CA · 9008 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 875
- 1.916km S of Joshua Tree, CA · 9008 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.616km ESE of Julian, CA · 9009 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
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