M2.3 earthquake 11km SSW of Idyllwild, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 11km SSW of Idyllwild, CA on Fri, May 7, 2021, 3:40 PM PDT (22:40 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 4km NNW of Yucca Valley, 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
- 2021-05-07 22:40:18 UTC
- Depth
- 14.7 km (9.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.653° N, 116.770° 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
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 16°
- Stations used
- 93
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 154 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.917km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1975 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.86km NNE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 1975 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.716km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1975 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.217km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1975 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.610km SSE of Yucca Valley, CA · 1974 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.59km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1974 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.04km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1974 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 187
- 1.916km NE of Thousand Palms, CA · 1974 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.67km E of Cabazon, CA · 1974 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.74km S of Idyllwild, CA · 1973 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.211km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1972 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64km SE of Chino Hills, CA · 1972 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.14km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1972 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66km W of Big Bear Lake, CA · 1971 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.85km E of Yucaipa, CA · 1971 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.54km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1970 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.524km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.69km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 1970 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.64km NNE of San Bernardino, CA · 1970 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.86km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1970 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.07km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1970 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 2.110km NNE of Banning, CA · 1969 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.030km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 1969 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 1968 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.613km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1968 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.64km ENE of Big Bear City, CA · 1968 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.73km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1968 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.72km SE of Palomar Observatory, CA · 1967 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.128km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1967 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Mira Loma, CA · 1967 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.59km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1967 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.15km SW of Salton City, CA · 1966 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.511km E of Yorba Linda, CA · 1966 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.64km SW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1966 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.56km N of Banning, CA · 1965 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.53km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1965 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.839km NE of Big Bear City, CA · 1965 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.610km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.818km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.51km NNE of Loma Linda, CA · 1963 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.615km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1963 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.811km S of Salton City, CA · 1963 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.524km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1962 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.910km ESE of Cabazon, CA · 1958 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.517km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1958 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.36km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1958 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16km ESE of Valle Vista, CA · 1958 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
- 1.85km S of Banning, CA · 1957 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.111km E of Yorba Linda, CA · 1957 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.24km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 1.810km S of Idyllwild, CA · 1956 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.54km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.34km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 1955 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.86km SE of Cabazon, CA · 1954 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.67km E of Calimesa, CA · 1954 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.611km NW of Anza, CA · 1954 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.516km ENE of Thermal, CA · 1954 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.612km NW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 1953 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.37km NE of Aguanga, CA · 1953 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
The first 60 of 154.
Before
- 2.310km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 1976 days ago · 14 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.511km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 1976 days ago · 14 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
- 2.02km N of Lytle Creek, CA · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.89km ENE of Anza, CA · 1977 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.611km ENE of North Tustin, CA · 1977 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.26km NW of Mira Loma, CA · 1977 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 46
- 1.810km NW of Anza, CA · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.85km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 1977 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 22
- 1.820km E of Anza, CA · 1977 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.78km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 1977 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.53km E of Fontana, CA · 1978 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.82km S of Cabazon, CA · 1979 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.611km NNW of Anza, CA · 1979 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.010km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 1979 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.810km NNW of Alpine, CA · 1979 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 12
- 1.918km ESE of Anza, CA · 1980 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.618km ESE of Anza, CA · 1980 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.64km WSW of Salton City, CA · 1980 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.69km NE of Aguanga, CA · 1981 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.910km SSW of San Diego Country Estates, CA · 1981 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 6
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