M1.8 earthquake 4km SE of Dana Point, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 4km SE of Dana Point, CA on Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 3:25 AM PDT (10:25 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 2km E of Lennox, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-23 10:25:03 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (7.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.444° N, 117.667° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 157 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.84km SE of Calimesa, CA · 2022 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.63km NW of Valle Vista, CA · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.06km SSW of Redlands, CA · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53km NW of Fontana, CA · 2020 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.69km S of Banning, CA · 2018 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03km SW of San Pedro, CA · 2018 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 15
- 1.98km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 2017 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.18km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 2017 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.89km NNW of Anza, CA · 2017 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.712km N of Banning, CA · 2014 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.812km N of Banning, CA · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.712km N of Banning, CA · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.812km N of Banning, CA · 2014 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.712km N of Banning, CA · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.712km N of Banning, CA · 2014 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.01km ENE of Huntington Park, CA · 2013 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 619
- 1.910km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 2012 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.930km WSW of La Jolla, CA · 2011 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.914km WNW of Anza, CA · 2011 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.54km N of Beaumont, CA · 2009 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.34km N of Beaumont, CA · 2009 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 145
- 1.72km SE of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 3.02km ENE of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1,055
- 2.42km NW of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 90
- 4.02km E of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7,217 · tsunami flag
- 2.02km NW of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.82km WNW of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.02km WNW of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.41km NE of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 82
- 1.62km ENE of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.72km WNW of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.63km W of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.01km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 18
- 1.62km W of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.61km SW of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.62km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.81km SSE of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 38
- 1.91km N of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.71km N of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 1.92km W of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 47
- 1.61km SW of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.61km W of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.71km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 10
- 1.61km ESE of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.51km SE of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.91km SSE of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.32km E of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 2.41km SSE of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 26
- 1.62km ENE of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 1.81km S of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.31km ENE of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 10
- 1.61km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.51km NW of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.81km NNE of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 2.01km E of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 14
- 2.01km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 10
- 1.61km SW of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 7
- 1.61km NNE of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.70km NW of Lennox, CA · 2009 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.91km SW of Inglewood, CA · 2009 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 157.
Before
- 2.512km WSW of Coronado, CA · 2022 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.61km ESE of Loma Linda, CA · 2024 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 1.814km WNW of Anza, CA · 2024 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.02km ESE of Ontario, CA · 2024 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 524
- 1.63km SE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 2025 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.04km SE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 2025 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 1.76km S of Redlands, CA · 2026 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.08km NE of Aguanga, CA · 2026 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.96km W of Manhattan Beach, CA · 2028 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
- 1.83km WNW of Valle Vista, CA · 2028 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.04km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 2028 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 1.62km NE of Colton, CA · 2029 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.72km NNE of Colton, CA · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 10
- 2.513km WNW of Anza, CA · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 1.88km NE of Aguanga, CA · 2029 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.64km NE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 2029 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8
- 1.97km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 2031 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.54km NE of Beaumont, CA · 2031 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.29km NE of Aguanga, CA · 2031 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 2031 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39588063. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.