M1.9 earthquake 18km WNW of Ocotillo, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sat, Sep 21, 2002, 5:24 PM PDT

UTC

2002-09-22 00:24:57 UTC

Depth

5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.808° N, 116.160° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 24.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.21

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

92°

Stations used

20

• Jacumba Hot Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 561. Forecast21 kmN
• Tecate, MexicoPopulation 64,764. Forecast52 kmENE
• Mexicali, MexicoPopulation 1,032,686. Forecast69 kmWNW

After

1. 2.511km N of Ocotillo Wells, CASat, Sep 21, 5:58 PM PDT · 8779 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
2. 1.511km N of Ocotillo Wells, CASun, Sep 22, 12:57 AM PDT · 8779 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
3. 1.617km SSW of Oasis, CASun, Sep 22, 7:55 AM PDT · 8779 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
4. 1.69km SE of Bombay Beach, CaliforniaSun, Sep 22, 4:32 PM PDT · 8778 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
5. 1.510km N of Ocotillo Wells, CASun, Sep 22, 4:37 PM PDT · 8778 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
6. 2.322km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, Sep 23, 1:20 AM PDT · 8778 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
7. 1.521km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, Sep 23, 1:20 AM PDT · 8778 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
8. 2.219km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, Sep 23, 1:27 AM PDT · 8778 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
9. 1.726km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, Sep 23, 1:30 AM PDT · 8778 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
10. 2.022km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, Sep 23, 1:43 AM PDT · 8778 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
11. 1.922km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, Sep 23, 1:55 AM PDT · 8778 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
12. 2.621km WSW of Delta, B.C., MXMon, Sep 23, 3:08 AM PDT · 8778 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
13. 2.720km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, Sep 23, 5:07 AM PDT · 8778 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
14. 3.120km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, Sep 23, 8:41 AM PDT · 8778 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
15. 2.521km WSW of Delta, B.C., MXMon, Sep 23, 4:25 PM PDT · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
16. 2.512km N of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Sep 23, 4:33 PM PDT · 8777 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
17. 3.021km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXMon, Sep 23, 6:20 PM PDT · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
18. 2.326km SSE of Ocotillo, CaliforniaMon, Sep 23, 6:22 PM PDT · 8777 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
19. 2.921km WSW of Delta, B.C., MXTue, Sep 24, 3:48 AM PDT · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
20. 2.621km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXTue, Sep 24, 5:01 AM PDT · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
21. 2.322km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXTue, Sep 24, 5:39 AM PDT · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
22. 2.111km N of Borrego Springs, CATue, Sep 24, 9:32 AM PDT · 8777 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
23. 1.820km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXWed, Sep 25, 12:30 AM PDT · 8776 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
24. 1.915km WSW of Delta, B.C., MXWed, Sep 25, 4:06 AM PDT · 8776 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
25. 1.822km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXWed, Sep 25, 4:41 PM PDT · 8775 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
26. 2.023km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXThu, Sep 26, 12:25 AM PDT · 8775 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
27. 1.514km ENE of Borrego Springs, CAThu, Sep 26, 11:10 PM PDT · 8774 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
28. 1.916km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXFri, Sep 27, 1:37 AM PDT · 8774 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
29. 2.143km SW of Progreso, B.C., MXFri, Sep 27, 2:20 AM PDT · 8774 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
30. 1.712km N of Delta, B.C., MXFri, Sep 27, 11:01 PM PDT · 8773 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
31. 1.712km S of Salton City, CASat, Sep 28, 1:03 AM PDT · 8773 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
32. 1.816km ESE of Anza, CASat, Sep 28, 2:17 AM PDT · 8773 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
33. 1.537km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MXSat, Sep 28, 5:37 AM PDT · 8773 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
34. 3.66km WNW of Delta, B.C., MXSat, Sep 28, 9:05 AM PDT · 8773 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
35. 1.716km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MXSat, Sep 28, 4:07 PM PDT · 8772 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
36. 1.812km WNW of Calipatria, CaliforniaMon, Sep 30, 11:20 AM PDT · 8771 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
37. 1.612km SSW of Borrego Springs, CATue, Oct 1, 3:20 AM PDT · 8770 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
38. 1.817km ESE of Julian, CATue, Oct 1, 4:49 AM PDT · 8770 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
39. 1.611km N of Borrego Springs, CAWed, Oct 2, 1:48 AM PDT · 8769 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
40. 1.623km NE of Pine Valley, CAWed, Oct 2, 4:31 PM PDT · 8768 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
41. 1.78km NNE of Borrego Springs, CAWed, Oct 2, 6:27 PM PDT · 8768 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
42. 1.87km ESE of Chula Vista, CAThu, Oct 3, 5:01 PM PDT · 8767 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
43. 1.517km ESE of Anza, CAFri, Oct 4, 7:11 AM PDT · 8767 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
44. 1.718km WSW of Westmorland, CAFri, Oct 4, 11:27 PM PDT · 8766 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
45. 1.612km S of Salton City, CASat, Oct 5, 3:02 PM PDT · 8765 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
46. 1.815km WSW of Delta, B.C., MXSun, Oct 6, 7:02 AM PDT · 8765 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
47. 1.614km WSW of Delta, B.C., MXSun, Oct 6, 7:03 AM PDT · 8765 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
48. 2.018km WSW of Delta, B.C., MXSun, Oct 6, 7:41 AM PDT · 8765 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
49. 1.620km NNW of Borrego Springs, CASun, Oct 6, 10:13 AM PDT · 8765 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
50. 1.527km ENE of Pine Valley, CAMon, Oct 7, 2:55 AM PDT · 8764 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
51. 1.56km NNE of Borrego Springs, CAMon, Oct 7, 4:51 AM PDT · 8764 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
52. 1.89km SW of Puebla, B.C., MXMon, Oct 7, 7:20 AM PDT · 8764 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
53. 2.211km SW of Puebla, B.C., MXMon, Oct 7, 7:21 AM PDT · 8764 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
54. 2.113km SW of Puebla, B.C., MXMon, Oct 7, 7:23 AM PDT · 8764 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
55. 1.69km N of Borrego Springs, CATue, Oct 8, 4:48 AM PDT · 8763 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
56. 1.77km NE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 8, 10:09 AM PDT · 8763 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
57. 1.910km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, Oct 8, 11:42 AM PDT · 8763 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
58. 3.214km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MXTue, Oct 8, 8:20 PM PDT · 8762 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
59. 2.123km ESE of Anza, CATue, Oct 8, 11:20 PM PDT · 8762 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
60. 2.612km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MXWed, Oct 9, 1:46 AM PDT · 8762 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 192.

Before

1. 2.111km N of Ocotillo Wells, CASat, Sep 21, 3:01 PM PDT · 8779 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
2. 1.610km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CASat, Sep 21, 2:31 PM PDT · 8779 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
3. 4.39km N of Ocotillo Wells, CASat, Sep 21, 2:26 PM PDT · 8779 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 256
4. 1.73km ENE of Julian, CASat, Sep 21, 12:47 PM PDT · 8779 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
5. 1.519km ESE of Anza, CASat, Sep 21, 7:51 AM PDT · 8780 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
6. 1.613km SE of Anza, CAFri, Sep 20, 2:33 AM PDT · 8781 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
7. 2.110km WNW of Calipatria, CAFri, Sep 20, 1:28 AM PDT · 8781 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
8. 1.811km WNW of Calipatria, CAFri, Sep 20, 12:28 AM PDT · 8781 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
9. 1.811km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CaliforniaThu, Sep 19, 11:26 PM PDT · 8781 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
10. 1.812km WNW of Calipatria, CAThu, Sep 19, 10:52 PM PDT · 8781 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
11. 1.810km WNW of Calipatria, CaliforniaThu, Sep 19, 10:40 PM PDT · 8781 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
12. 1.912km WNW of Calipatria, CAThu, Sep 19, 9:28 AM PDT · 8782 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
13. 2.812km WNW of Calipatria, CAThu, Sep 19, 8:59 AM PDT · 8782 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
14. 2.112km WNW of Calipatria, CAThu, Sep 19, 8:59 AM PDT · 8782 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
15. 2.211km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, Sep 17, 10:23 PM PDT · 8783 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
16. 2.05km W of Delta, B.C., MXTue, Sep 17, 7:25 PM PDT · 8783 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
17. 1.79km SW of Niland, CaliforniaTue, Sep 17, 6:18 PM PDT · 8783 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
18. 2.110km SW of Niland, CATue, Sep 17, 6:04 PM PDT · 8783 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
19. 1.78km WNW of Palomar Observatory, CATue, Sep 17, 4:05 PM PDT · 8783 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
20. 1.810km WSW of Anza, CATue, Sep 17, 12:45 PM PDT · 8783 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9826829. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:06 AM UTC.