M2.0 earthquake 5km S of Brawley, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 5km S of Brawley, CA on Sat, Jul 3, 2021, 2:53 AM PDT (09:53 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 12km N of Westmorland, CA. 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
- 2021-07-03 09:53:04 UTC
- Depth
- 11.8 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.934° N, 115.538° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 197 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.611km WSW of Niland, CA · 1917 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.810km S of Holtville, CA · 1916 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.615km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1915 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.017km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1915 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.511km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1914 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.112km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 1913 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.514km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 1913 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.87km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 1912 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.619km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 1911 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.96km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1909 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1908 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.99km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.98km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.68km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.69km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.79km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.18km W of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.18km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.98km W of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.69km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.99km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.88km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.98km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.98km W of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 2.28km W of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68km W of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.725km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 1906 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.78km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.617km ESE of Julian, CA · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.716km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.34km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 1905 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.619km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 1904 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.74km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1904 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.82km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 1903 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.22km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 1902 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.62km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 1902 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.515km ENE of Ocotillo, CA · 1902 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.610km SW of Niland, CA · 1902 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.715km NNW of Westmorland, CA · 1902 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.77km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 1902 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.57km WSW of Calipatria, CA · 1902 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.27km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 1902 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.77km SW of Holtville, CA · 1901 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.617km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1901 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.715km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 1900 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.21km SSW of Brawley, CA · 1900 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.77km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.98km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
- 2.48km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.07km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 12
- 1.97km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.98km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 11
- 2.18km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.67km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.92km SSW of Brawley, CA · 1900 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
The first 60 of 173.
Before
- 1.810km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1920 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.522km WNW of Ocotillo, CA · 1921 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.614km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1922 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.910km W of Calipatria, CA · 1922 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.723km ENE of Thermal, CA · 1922 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.917km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1922 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.623km ENE of Thermal, CA · 1922 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.645km NE of Holtville, CA · 1923 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.910km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 1923 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.011km W of Calipatria, CA · 1923 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.717km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 1923 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.814km SE of Julian, CA · 1924 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.88km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 1925 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
- 2.04km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 1927 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.510km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1927 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.910km NE of Mexicali, B.C., MX · 1927 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.616km NNW of Westmorland, CA · 1927 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.115km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1928 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.714km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1928 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.710km W of Niland, CA · 1928 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39727927. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.