M2.0 earthquake 11km SW of Pine Valley, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 11km SW of Pine Valley, CA on Fri, May 31, 2002, 1:26 PM PDT (20:26 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 34km SW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-05-31 20:26:17 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.761° N, 116.623° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.43
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.715km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 8891 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.524km ESE of Anza, CA · 8889 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.624km ESE of Anza, CA · 8888 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.77km NE of Rancho Santa Fe, CA · 8887 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.57km SSW of Ocotillo, California · 8887 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.68km W of Ocotillo Wells, California · 8886 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.610km SW of Salton City, CA · 8886 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.015km WSW of Imperial Beach, CA · 8886 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.611km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8885 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.722km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8885 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.715km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 8885 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.45km NNE of Anza, CA · 8885 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.56km NE of Anza, CA · 8885 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.85km NE of Anza, CA · 8885 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.711km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA · 8884 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.85km SW of Palomar Observatory, CA · 8884 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.343km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 8883 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.85km SW of Imperial, CA · 8883 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.023km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8882 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.913km ENE of Julian, CA · 8881 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.87km NE of Rancho Santa Fe, California · 8880 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.87km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 8879 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.77km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 8879 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.011km NE of Julian, CA · 8878 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.819km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 8878 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.722km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8878 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.722km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8878 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.66km NE of Anza, CA · 8877 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.56km ENE of Pine Valley, California · 8877 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.66km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 8877 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.922km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8876 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.515km SE of Anza, CA · 8875 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.58km SSW of Salton City, California · 8874 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.519km ESE of Ocotillo, California · 8874 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.624km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8873 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.813km WSW of El Centro, CA · 8872 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.823km SE of Campo, CA · 8869 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.76km SW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 8869 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.520km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8868 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.949km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 8868 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.53km ESE of Palomar Observatory, CA · 8867 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.526km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8866 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.126km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8866 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.713km SE of Anza, CA · 8866 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.035km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8865 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.64km NNW of Ocotillo Wells, California · 8865 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.27km NNW of Anza, CA · 8864 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.316km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8864 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.926km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8864 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.134km SW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 8863 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.58km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 8862 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.610km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 8860 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.610km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 8859 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.516km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 8858 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.034km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8857 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.717km W of Oasis, CA · 8856 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.714km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 8856 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.96km NNW of Lake Henshaw, CA · 8855 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.614km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 8855 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.514km ESE of Anza, CA · 8855 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 98.
Before
- 1.622km W of Westmorland, CA · 8892 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.06km E of Ocotillo, CA · 8893 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.66km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 8893 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.535km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8893 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.618km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 8894 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.617km ESE of Julian, CA · 8894 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.56km NE of Fallbrook, CA · 8895 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Anza, CA · 8895 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.811km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, California · 8895 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.518km WSW of Oasis, CA · 8897 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.613km NE of Julian, CA · 8898 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.936km WSW of Encinitas, CA · 8898 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.97km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 8898 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.713km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 8899 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.610km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8899 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.716km S of Salton City, California · 8900 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.914km E of Ocotillo Wells, California · 8901 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.714km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8901 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.720km WSW of Westmorland, California · 8901 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.816km S of Salton City, CA · 8901 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci13563464. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.