M1.5 earthquake 14km WNW of Calipatria, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 14km WNW of Calipatria, CA on Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 5:08 PM PDT (00:08 UTC), 3 km (2 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-09 00:08:41 UTC
- Depth
- 3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.173° N, 115.650° 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 2.3 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 231°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 197 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.87km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 1911 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.823km ESE of Anza, CA · 1911 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.619km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 1911 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.721km ESE of Anza, CA · 1909 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.96km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1909 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.427km NE of Indio, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.727km NE of Indio, CA · 1909 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 1.526km NE of Indio, CA · 1909 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.927km NE of Indio, CA · 1909 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1908 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.99km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.98km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.68km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.69km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.79km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1908 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.18km W of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.18km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.98km W of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.69km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.99km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.88km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1907 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1906 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.98km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.98km W of Holtville, CA · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 2.28km W of Holtville, CA · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68km W of Holtville, CA · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.725km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 1906 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.78km WNW of Holtville, CA · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.617km ESE of Julian, CA · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.716km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1906 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.34km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 1904 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.619km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 1904 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.74km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1904 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.82km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 1903 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.22km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 1902 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.62km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 1902 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.515km ENE of Ocotillo, CA · 1902 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.610km SW of Niland, CA · 1902 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.715km NNW of Westmorland, CA · 1902 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.77km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 1902 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.57km WSW of Calipatria, CA · 1902 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.27km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 1901 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.77km SW of Holtville, CA · 1901 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.617km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1901 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.715km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 1900 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.21km SSW of Brawley, CA · 1900 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.77km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.98km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
- 2.48km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.07km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 12
- 1.97km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.98km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 11
- 2.18km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.67km W of Holtville, CA · 1900 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.92km SSW of Brawley, CA · 1900 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.37km W of Holtville, CA · 1899 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of 185.
Before
- 2.112km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 1913 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.511km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1913 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.017km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1914 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.615km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1915 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.810km S of Holtville, CA · 1916 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.611km WSW of Niland, CA · 1917 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.627km NE of Indio, CA · 1918 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.827km NE of Indio, CA · 1918 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.518km ESE of Anza, CA · 1918 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.811km ESE of Anza, CA · 1918 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.05km S of Brawley, CA · 1919 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.810km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1919 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 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 · 59 km away
- 1.910km W of Calipatria, CA · 1922 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.723km ENE of Thermal, CA · 1922 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.917km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1922 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.623km ENE of Thermal, CA · 1922 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.645km NE of Holtville, CA · 1923 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.910km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 1923 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39733551. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:21 AM UTC.