M1.9 earthquake 3km SW of Brawley, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Fri, May 23, 2003, 11:57 PM PDT

UTC

2003-05-24 06:57:33 UTC

Depth

13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.958° N, 115.553° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

72°

Stations used

26

• Brawley, CaliforniaPopulation 25,897. Forecast3 kmSW
• Mexicali, MexicoPopulation 1,032,686. Forecast38 kmNNW

After

1. 2.74km SSW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 11:58 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.63km SW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 12:00 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away
3. 2.63km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 12:01 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
4. 2.33km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 12:11 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
5. 2.13km SW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 12:13 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 16 km deep · 0 km away
6. 1.53km SSW of Brawley, CaliforniaSat, May 24, 12:47 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
7. 1.64km SW of Brawley, CaliforniaSat, May 24, 12:48 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
8. 1.64km SW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 12:51 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
9. 1.73km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 1:04 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
10. 1.54km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 1:20 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
11. 2.33km SW of Brawley, CaliforniaSat, May 24, 1:25 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 16 km deep · 0 km away
12. 1.64km W of Brawley, CaliforniaSat, May 24, 1:39 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
13. 1.52km SW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 1:57 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
14. 1.63km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 2:49 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
15. 1.83km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 2:50 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
16. 2.24km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 3:01 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
17. 1.73km W of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 5:47 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
18. 1.84km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 7:04 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
19. 1.73km SW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 7:22 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
20. 2.02km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 7:30 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
21. 1.73km SW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 8:36 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 0 km away
22. 1.72km SW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 9:08 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
23. 1.73km SSW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 10:22 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
24. 1.83km WSW of Brawley, CaliforniaSat, May 24, 11:13 AM PDT · 8535 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
25. 1.64km SW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 12:19 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
26. 1.74km WSW of Brawley, CaliforniaSat, May 24, 12:19 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
27. 1.88km NE of Mexicali, B.C., MXSat, May 24, 2:09 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 23 km deep · 32 km away
28. 1.69km NE of Mexicali, B.C., MXSat, May 24, 2:17 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
29. 1.73km W of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 3:14 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
30. 1.74km SW of Brawley, CASat, May 24, 3:28 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
31. 1.93km SW of Brawley, CaliforniaSat, May 24, 3:31 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 0 km away
32. 1.72km SW of Brawley, CASun, May 25, 1:12 AM PDT · 8534 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
33. 1.64km SW of Brawley, CASun, May 25, 6:39 AM PDT · 8534 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
34. 1.716km ENE of Coachella, CASun, May 25, 7:30 PM PDT · 8533 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
35. 1.94km SW of Brawley, CASun, May 25, 8:30 PM PDT · 8533 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
36. 1.58km SW of Holtville, CaliforniaSun, May 25, 9:27 PM PDT · 8533 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
37. 2.241km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXMon, May 26, 12:58 AM PDT · 8533 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
38. 2.441km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXMon, May 26, 5:32 AM PDT · 8533 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
39. 1.92km WSW of Brawley, CAMon, May 26, 9:09 PM PDT · 8532 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
40. 1.58km SW of Niland, CATue, May 27, 1:30 AM PDT · 8532 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
41. 1.79km NNE of Delta, B.C., MXTue, May 27, 7:53 PM PDT · 8531 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
42. 1.74km SSW of Brawley, CaliforniaTue, May 27, 9:40 PM PDT · 8531 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
43. 2.13km WSW of Brawley, CAWed, May 28, 3:22 AM PDT · 8531 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
44. 2.116km ENE of Coachella, CAWed, May 28, 12:54 PM PDT · 8531 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
45. 1.516km ENE of Coachella, CAWed, May 28, 3:07 PM PDT · 8531 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
46. 1.710km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MXWed, May 28, 5:40 PM PDT · 8530 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
47. 2.242km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXThu, May 29, 6:52 AM PDT · 8530 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
48. 1.810km N of Delta, B.C., MXThu, May 29, 4:35 PM PDT · 8529 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
49. 2.19km N of Delta, B.C., MXThu, May 29, 4:57 PM PDT · 8529 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
50. 2.011km SSE of Borrego Springs, CAThu, May 29, 6:23 PM PDT · 8529 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
51. 1.517km NE of Borrego Springs, CAFri, May 30, 3:27 AM PDT · 8529 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
52. 1.64km SW of Brawley, CaliforniaSat, May 31, 4:08 AM PDT · 8528 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
53. 1.815km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MXSat, May 31, 7:51 AM PDT · 8528 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
54. 1.516km SW of Ocotillo, CASat, May 31, 9:58 AM PDT · 8528 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
55. 2.314km NNW of Ocotillo Wells, CASat, May 31, 7:59 PM PDT · 8527 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
56. 1.84km SSW of Brawley, CaliforniaSun, Jun 1, 12:29 PM PDT · 8527 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
57. 1.96km W of Delta, B.C., MXSun, Jun 1, 1:08 PM PDT · 8527 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
58. 2.353km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MXSun, Jun 1, 2:32 PM PDT · 8527 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
59. 1.616km NW of Progreso, B.C., MXMon, Jun 2, 2:19 AM PDT · 8526 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
60. 1.68km ENE of El Centro, CaliforniaTue, Jun 3, 3:24 PM PDT · 8525 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of 173.

Before

1. 2.03km SSW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 11:55 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
2. 3.82km SW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 11:51 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 24
3. 1.62km SW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 11:47 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
4. 1.83km SSW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 11:44 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
5. 1.73km SW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 11:35 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 0 km away
6. 2.53km SW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 11:30 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 0 km away
7. 1.73km SW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 11:04 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
8. 2.53km SSW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 10:29 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
9. 1.74km SSW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 10:26 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
10. 1.54km SSW of Brawley, CaliforniaFri, May 23, 10:16 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
11. 1.53km SW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 10:06 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 0 km away
12. 1.64km SSW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 9:56 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
13. 2.84km SSW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 9:51 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
14. 2.03km SW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 9:48 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away
15. 2.24km SW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 9:46 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
16. 2.54km SW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 9:29 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
17. 1.65km SW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 9:27 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
18. 1.85km S of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 9:10 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
19. 1.93km SW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 9:04 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 16 km deep · 0 km away
20. 2.13km SSW of Brawley, CAFri, May 23, 9:01 PM PDT · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci13966680. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:31 AM UTC.