M2.4 earthquake 9km SW of Niland, CA

Magnitude

2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Thu, Apr 17, 2003, 10:42 PM PDT

UTC

2003-04-18 05:42:04 UTC

Depth

3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.191° N, 115.594° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

81°

Stations used

39

• Niland, CaliforniaPopulation 1,006. Forecast9 kmSW
• Brawley, CaliforniaPopulation 25,897. Forecast24 kmNNW
• Mexicali, MexicoPopulation 1,032,686. Forecast64 kmNNW

After

1. 2.410km SW of Niland, CAThu, Apr 17, 10:43 PM PDT · 8571 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.89km SW of Niland, CAThu, Apr 17, 10:45 PM PDT · 8571 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
3. 1.99km SW of Niland, CAThu, Apr 17, 10:46 PM PDT · 8571 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
4. 1.89km SW of Niland, CAFri, Apr 18, 1:43 AM PDT · 8571 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
5. 1.523km NNW of Borrego Springs, CAFri, Apr 18, 9:44 AM PDT · 8570 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
6. 2.010km SW of Niland, CAFri, Apr 18, 2:58 PM PDT · 8570 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
7. 1.513km NNW of Westmorland, CAFri, Apr 18, 5:58 PM PDT · 8570 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
8. 1.826km ENE of Pine Valley, CASat, Apr 19, 7:41 AM PDT · 8570 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
9. 2.114km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 19, 10:25 AM PDT · 8569 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
10. 1.814km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 19, 10:47 AM PDT · 8569 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
11. 1.514km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 19, 11:18 AM PDT · 8569 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
12. 2.014km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 19, 11:28 AM PDT · 8569 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
13. 2.015km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 19, 11:56 AM PDT · 8569 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
14. 2.014km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 19, 1:57 PM PDT · 8569 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
15. 1.814km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 19, 2:34 PM PDT · 8569 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
16. 2.114km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 19, 2:35 PM PDT · 8569 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
17. 1.715km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 19, 4:25 PM PDT · 8569 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
18. 2.314km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 19, 4:47 PM PDT · 8569 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
19. 3.214km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 19, 4:50 PM PDT · 8569 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
20. 1.89km SW of Niland, CASat, Apr 19, 6:28 PM PDT · 8569 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
21. 1.614km NE of Indio, CASun, Apr 20, 3:40 AM PDT · 8569 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
22. 1.712km WNW of Calipatria, CaliforniaSun, Apr 20, 5:16 AM PDT · 8569 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
23. 1.79km SW of Niland, CASun, Apr 20, 6:14 AM PDT · 8569 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
24. 2.37km N of Julian, CASun, Apr 20, 7:15 AM PDT · 8569 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
25. 1.614km NE of Indio, CASun, Apr 20, 2:34 PM PDT · 8568 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
26. 1.611km NE of Indio, CASun, Apr 20, 6:01 PM PDT · 8568 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
27. 1.717km NE of Indio, CAMon, Apr 21, 3:50 AM PDT · 8568 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
28. 1.520km ESE of Anza, CAMon, Apr 21, 6:48 AM PDT · 8568 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
29. 1.620km ESE of Anza, CAMon, Apr 21, 6:49 AM PDT · 8568 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
30. 2.121km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MXMon, Apr 21, 6:00 PM PDT · 8567 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
31. 1.68km SSW of Borrego Springs, CAMon, Apr 21, 9:56 PM PDT · 8567 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
32. 1.65km NNW of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Apr 21, 10:21 PM PDT · 8567 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
33. 1.714km NE of Indio, CAWed, Apr 23, 1:01 AM PDT · 8566 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
34. 1.614km NE of Indio, CAWed, Apr 23, 11:52 AM PDT · 8565 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
35. 1.714km NE of Indio, CAWed, Apr 23, 2:36 PM PDT · 8565 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
36. 1.616km NNE of Borrego Springs, CAWed, Apr 23, 4:09 PM PDT · 8565 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
37. 1.514km NE of Indio, CAThu, Apr 24, 8:35 AM PDT · 8564 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
38. 1.614km NE of Indio, CAThu, Apr 24, 8:45 AM PDT · 8564 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
39. 1.614km NE of Indio, CAThu, Apr 24, 3:23 PM PDT · 8564 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
40. 2.19km WNW of Delta, B.C., MXFri, Apr 25, 6:58 AM PDT · 8564 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
41. 1.515km SSE of Anza, CAFri, Apr 25, 9:16 PM PDT · 8563 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
42. 1.624km NE of Pine Valley, CASat, Apr 26, 8:31 AM PDT · 8562 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
43. 1.514km NE of Indio, CaliforniaSat, Apr 26, 11:44 AM PDT · 8562 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
44. 1.714km NE of Indio, CASat, Apr 26, 6:54 PM PDT · 8562 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
45. 1.711km SW of Niland, CaliforniaSun, Apr 27, 1:14 AM PDT · 8562 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
46. 2.312km WNW of Calipatria, CASun, Apr 27, 1:24 AM PDT · 8562 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
47. 2.313km WNW of Calipatria, CaliforniaSun, Apr 27, 1:28 AM PDT · 8562 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
48. 2.513km WNW of Calipatria, CASun, Apr 27, 1:41 AM PDT · 8562 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
49. 1.612km WNW of Calipatria, CASun, Apr 27, 1:43 AM PDT · 8562 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
50. 1.720km W of Westmorland, CASun, Apr 27, 7:20 AM PDT · 8562 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
51. 1.78km SW of Holtville, CASun, Apr 27, 12:59 PM PDT · 8561 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
52. 2.03km NW of El Centro, CASun, Apr 27, 1:25 PM PDT · 8561 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
53. 3.36km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Apr 28, 7:38 PM PDT · 8560 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
54. 1.87km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Apr 28, 7:48 PM PDT · 8560 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
55. 1.822km ESE of Anza, CaliforniaMon, Apr 28, 8:34 PM PDT · 8560 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
56. 1.614km NE of Indio, CATue, Apr 29, 5:27 AM PDT · 8560 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
57. 1.54km E of El Centro, CAWed, Apr 30, 8:35 PM PDT · 8558 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
58. 2.09km WSW of Niland, CAThu, May 1, 3:18 AM PDT · 8558 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
59. 1.623km ESE of Anza, CAThu, May 1, 11:16 PM PDT · 8557 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
60. 1.68km S of Borrego Springs, CAFri, May 2, 3:27 AM PDT · 8557 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 1.611km SW of Niland, CAThu, Apr 17, 9:01 PM PDT · 8571 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.424km WSW of Delta, B.C., MXThu, Apr 17, 3:05 PM PDT · 8571 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
3. 1.621km SW of La Quinta, CAThu, Apr 17, 1:50 PM PDT · 8571 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
4. 2.09km SW of Niland, CAThu, Apr 17, 11:44 AM PDT · 8571 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
5. 2.710km SW of Niland, CAThu, Apr 17, 9:50 AM PDT · 8571 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
6. 1.69km NW of Calipatria, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 7:14 AM PDT · 8572 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
7. 2.19km SW of Niland, CAThu, Apr 17, 6:25 AM PDT · 8572 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
8. 1.77km NNW of Calipatria, CaliforniaThu, Apr 17, 2:22 AM PDT · 8572 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
9. 2.012km NE of Julian, CAThu, Apr 17, 12:29 AM PDT · 8572 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
10. 1.69km SW of Niland, CAWed, Apr 16, 8:30 PM PDT · 8572 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
11. 2.310km NW of Calipatria, CAWed, Apr 16, 6:55 PM PDT · 8572 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
12. 1.610km NW of Calipatria, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 4:47 PM PDT · 8572 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
13. 2.810km SW of Niland, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 4:36 PM PDT · 8572 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
14. 2.010km SW of Niland, CAWed, Apr 16, 4:36 PM PDT · 8572 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
15. 1.911km WSW of Niland, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 4:31 PM PDT · 8572 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
16. 1.612km WNW of Calipatria, CAWed, Apr 16, 4:30 PM PDT · 8572 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
17. 1.910km SW of Niland, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 4:19 PM PDT · 8572 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
18. 1.910km SW of Niland, CAWed, Apr 16, 4:19 PM PDT · 8572 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
19. 2.07km SSW of Holtville, CAWed, Apr 16, 3:28 PM PDT · 8572 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
20. 1.517km SSW of Oasis, CaliforniaWed, Apr 16, 8:15 AM PDT · 8572 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9908697. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:25 AM UTC.