M2.4 earthquake 17km ESE of Ocotillo, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 17km ESE of Ocotillo, CA on Sun, Nov 21, 2021, 3:36 AM PST (11:36 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 6km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-21 11:36:49 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.660° N, 115.834° 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
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 52
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.79km SW of Niland, CA · 1778 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.210km SW of Niland, CA · 1778 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.710km SW of Niland, CA · 1778 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.910km SW of Niland, CA · 1778 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.69km SW of Niland, CA · 1778 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.411km SE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1774 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.37km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1774 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.78km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1774 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.39km SSW of Holtville, CA · 1773 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.19km SSW of Holtville, CA · 1773 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.314km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1772 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.114km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1772 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.122km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 1771 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.712km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1771 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.713km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1769 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.510km NNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1769 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.840km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1767 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.142km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1767 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.811km SW of Niland, CA · 1767 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.65km NW of Brawley, CA · 1766 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.47km NE of Imperial, CA · 1766 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 8
- 1.57km NE of Imperial, CA · 1766 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.86km NE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.17km NE of Imperial, CA · 1766 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.16km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.26km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.96km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.86km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 2.26km E of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.27km NE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.36km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.36km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.26km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 28
- 1.96km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.15km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.25km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.46km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.86km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.96km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.16km NE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
- 1.66km NE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.96km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1766 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.86km NE of Imperial, CA · 1766 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
- 1.66km NE of Imperial, CA · 1766 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.77km NE of Imperial, CA · 1765 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.79km SW of Niland, CA · 1765 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.87km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1765 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.76km ENE of Imperial, CA · 1765 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.86km ENE of Imperial, CA · 1765 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.97km ENE of Imperial, CA · 1765 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.07km ENE of Imperial, CA · 1765 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.37km NE of Imperial, CA · 1765 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57km NE of Imperial, CA · 1765 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.66km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1765 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.05km E of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1764 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.610km NNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1764 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.811km N of Westmorland, CA · 1763 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.37km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1762 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.08km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1762 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 165.
Before
- 1.611km N of Westmorland, CA · 1779 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.912km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1779 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.58km E of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1779 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.44km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 1780 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.68km SSW of Holtville, CA · 1780 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.59km SSW of Holtville, CA · 1780 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.89km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1782 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.810km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1782 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.811km E of Julian, CA · 1782 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.634km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1783 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.827km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 1783 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.88km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1783 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.912km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 1783 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.65km WSW of Niland, CA · 1785 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.65km SW of Salton City, CA · 1785 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.65km NE of Westmorland, CA · 1786 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.910km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 1787 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.710km N of Westmorland, CA · 1789 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.07km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 1789 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.09km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1790 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39866367. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:08 AM UTC.