California earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 8 km NE of Mesa, California

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 8 km NE of Mesa, California on Fri, Nov 3, 2017, 4:12 PM PDT (23:12 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 12km W of Toms Place, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: Northern California Seismic System
Local time: Fri, Nov 3, 2017, 4:12 PM PDT
UTC: 2017-11-03 23:12:40 UTC
Depth: 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.481° N, 118.487° W
Region: California
Felt reports: 8
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
3.3	ML, local (Richter)	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.216 · 25 stations
3.4	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed
3.4	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.49 · 8 stations
3.4	Mwr, regional moment	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Moment tensor · Reviewed

Did you feel it?

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

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Normal
Moment magnitude: 3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 12°, dip 31°, rake -62°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 161°, dip 63°, rake -106°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.22
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 80°
Stations used: 43

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 186 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 135.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc72918641 (also filed as nn00611444, us2000bi6e). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:57 PM UTC.