M2.3 earthquake 6km SW of Idyllwild, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6km SW of Idyllwild, CA on Tue, Feb 9, 2021, 5:07 AM PST (13:07 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 4km N of Beaumont, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-09 13:07:33 UTC
- Depth
- 16.7 km (10.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.706° N, 116.765° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 16°
- Stations used
- 102
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.47km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 2063 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
- 1.67km SSE of Banning, CA · 2063 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.414km WNW of Anza, CA · 2060 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67km ESE of Yorba Linda, CA · 2060 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.638km NE of Big Bear City, CA · 2060 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.616km NNE of Indio, CA · 2059 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.017km SE of Big Bear City, CA · 2059 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17km N of Fontana, CA · 2058 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.013km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 2058 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.613km WNW of Anza, CA · 2058 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.716km SE of Big Bear City, CA · 2058 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.76km S of Loma Linda, CA · 2058 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.37km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 2056 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63km S of Loma Linda, CA · 2055 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.617km SE of Big Bear City, CA · 2054 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 1.617km SE of Big Bear City, CA · 2054 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.55km SW of Salton City, CA · 2054 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.810km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 2053 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.922km ESE of Anza, CA · 2053 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.717km ESE of Julian, CA · 2052 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.63km WSW of Redlands, CA · 2052 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.71km ESE of Loma Linda, CA · 2051 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.917km SE of Big Bear City, CA · 2051 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.29km NNW of Cabazon, CA · 2051 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 95
- 2.225km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 2049 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.826km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 2049 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.826km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 2049 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.113km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 2047 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.74km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 2047 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.817km SE of Big Bear City, CA · 2047 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.910km NNE of Running Springs, CA · 2046 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.612km ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 2046 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.19km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 2046 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.811km S of Idyllwild, CA · 2046 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.317km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 2046 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.510km NNE of Banning, CA · 2045 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.79km N of Big Bear Lake, CA · 2045 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.59km N of Big Bear Lake, CA · 2045 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.99km N of Big Bear Lake, CA · 2044 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 22
- 1.59km N of Big Bear Lake, CA · 2044 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.97km NNE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 2044 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 332
- 1.710km NNE of Running Springs, CA · 2044 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.81km WNW of Fontana, CA · 2043 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 2.28km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 2043 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
- 1.611km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 2042 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.110km NE of Thousand Palms, CA · 2042 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.53km SSW of Calimesa, CA · 2042 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.65km E of Calimesa, CA · 2042 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.63km SSE of Muscoy, CA · 2042 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.65km NE of Moreno Valley, CA · 2042 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.64km N of Fontana, CA · 2041 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.727km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 2041 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.227km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 2041 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.010km NNE of Coachella, CA · 2041 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.810km NE of Indio, CA · 2040 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.110km NNE of Running Springs, CA · 2039 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.05km SSW of Redlands, CA · 2039 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.57km S of Redlands, CA · 2039 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.04km SW of San Bernardino, CA · 2038 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.61km NW of Loma Linda, CA · 2038 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 162.
Before
- 2.120km ESE of Anza, CA · 2064 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.020km ESE of Anza, CA · 2064 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.214km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 2064 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Anza, CA · 2064 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.611km WNW of Corona, CA · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.012km ENE of Thermal, CA · 2065 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.716km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA · 2065 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.56km ENE of Anza, CA · 2065 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.14km E of Cabazon, CA · 2066 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69km SSW of Salton City, CA · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.59km SSW of Salton City, CA · 2066 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.86km W of Palomar Observatory, CA · 2067 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.68km NE of Aguanga, CA · 2067 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.99km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 2067 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.36km N of Lake Henshaw, CA · 2068 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 1.89km NE of Aguanga, CA · 2068 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.716km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA · 2069 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86km SW of Idyllwild, CA · 2069 days ago · 17 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.98km SSE of Redlands, CA · 2069 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.617km ESE of Julian, CA · 2070 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39546151. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC.