California earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 10km ESE of Anza, CA

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 10km ESE of Anza, CA on Thu, Oct 24, 2002, 10:18 AM PDT (17:18 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.8 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: Southern California Seismic Network
Local time: Thu, Oct 24, 2002, 10:18 AM PDT
UTC: 2002-10-24 17:18:32 UTC
Depth: 13.3 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 33.506° N, 116.581° W
Region: California
Felt reports: 86
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.83	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.341 · 114 stations
3.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at Anza, Palm Desert, La Quinta and Rancho Mirage; (II) at Cathedral City, Escondido and Palm Springs.

From the USGS event page for ci9853417. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

86 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.34
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 22°
Stations used: 73

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 112 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 194.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9853417 (also filed as ci09853417, usp000bf8y). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:21 PM UTC.