California earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 3km WNW of Calexico, CA

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 3km WNW of Calexico, CA on Sat, Mar 5, 2022, 1:34 AM PST (09:34 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 8km SSE of Brawley, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2022-03-05 09:34:04 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.694° N, 115.531° W
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
78°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 187 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.84km NW of El Centro, CA · 1671 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.610km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 1670 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.88km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1670 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.010km SW of Niland, CA · 1670 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.810km SW of Niland, CA · 1670 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.610km SW of Niland, CA · 1670 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.711km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1669 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.27km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1669 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.47km E of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 1668 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.410km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1667 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.94km S of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1666 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.112km WSW of Niland, CA · 1666 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.15km W of Bombay Beach, CA · 1665 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.213km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1665 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.613km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1665 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.713km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.613km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1665 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 1.713km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.013km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1665 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.712km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1665 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 1.97km SW of Salton City, CA · 1665 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.810km NNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1664 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 2.027km ESE of Campo, CA · 1664 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.74km WNW of Calexico, CA · 1663 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 21
  25. 2.54km WNW of Calexico, CA · 1663 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  26. 1.84km WNW of Calexico, CA · 1663 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  27. 2.413km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1663 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.88km SSE of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1663 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 2.510km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1662 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 1.716km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1662 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 2.812km SSW of Salton City, CA · 1661 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.84km NW of El Centro, CA · 1661 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 1.76km WSW of Bombay Beach, CA · 1661 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 1.612km SSW of Salton City, CA · 1660 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.619km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1660 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 2.98km W of Calipatria, CA · 1659 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 17
  37. 1.68km NE of Imperial, CA · 1658 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 2.46km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1658 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 2.36km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1658 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.621km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1657 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 2.410km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1657 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  42. 1.86km ENE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1657 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 1.64km N of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1656 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 1.85km N of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1656 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 1.55km N of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1656 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 2.017km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1655 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 1.64km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 1655 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 2.39km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1653 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 2.110km E of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1652 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.310km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 1652 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 1.611km SW of Niland, CA · 1651 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 1.512km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 1651 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 1.710km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1651 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.712km SSW of Salton City, CA · 1651 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  55. 2.410km SW of Niland, CA · 1651 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 3.010km SW of Niland, CA · 1651 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 9
  57. 1.88km WSW of Niland, CA · 1651 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  58. 1.87km SW of Salton City, CA · 1651 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 1.911km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1651 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 2.713km SSW of Salton City, CA · 1650 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 187.

Before

  1. 1.63km S of Heber, CA · 1674 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.611km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1675 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.820km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 1676 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.67km NE of Imperial, CA · 1678 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.619km E of Julian, CA · 1679 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.910km NE of Mexicali, B.C., MX · 1679 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 3.316km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 1679 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.917km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 1681 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.84km WSW of Niland, CA · 1681 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.812km W of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1681 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.624km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1681 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.39km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1682 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.517km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1682 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.520km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 1684 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.211km ESE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1684 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.012km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA · 1685 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.53km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 1685 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.44km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 1685 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.34km SW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1687 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.614km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1687 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci40200024. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:43 PM UTC.