California earthquakes in 1943
229 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in California in 1943. The largest: M5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California, Mar 30, 1943.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1943 was located in California. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1943
Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.
- 3.014km SE of Anza, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.118km ESE of Anza, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.119km E of Julian, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.910km SW of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 5.122km SSW of Amboy, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.810km WSW of El Segundo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.718km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.315km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.611km SE of Big Pine, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.012km ENE of Cabazon, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.89km NNE of Joshua Tree, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.72km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 0 km deep
- 2.730km SW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA · 6 km deep
- 2.510km WNW of Avalon, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.018km SSE of Ridgemark, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.218km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.718km W of Manhattan Beach, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.026km E of Pine Valley, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.38km SE of Running Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.48km W of Morongo Valley, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.66 km S of Moraga, California
- 4.023km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.624km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.95km SSE of Valle Vista, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.521km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.115km SW of Coalinga, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.512km N of Big Bear City, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.54km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.734km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.335km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.215km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.823km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.521km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.017km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.424km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.521km N of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.920km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.111km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.624km N of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.124km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.021km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.5186km SW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA · 6 km deep
- 3.610km SE of King City, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.311km NE of Indio, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.322km NE of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.919km NE of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.31km S of Villa Park, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.918km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 13 km deep
- 3.518km NE of Warner Springs, CA · 1 km deep
- 3.221km SSW of La Quinta, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.94km S of Loma Linda, CA · 15 km deep
- 3.460km SW of Avila Beach, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.75km NNE of Little Lake, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.613km SE of Malibu, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.61km SSW of Diamond Bar, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.015km ESE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.211km N of Big Bear City, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.413km N of Big Bear City, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.412km N of Big Bear City, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.632km SSE of Tecopa, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.511km NE of Cabazon, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.85km NNE of Grapevine, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.812km NNE of Yucaipa, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.241km WSW of Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.137km NE of Big Pine, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.322km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.917km SE of Anza, CA · 4 km deep
- 2.523km SW of San Clemente, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.63km W of Muscoy, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.74km NNE of Marina del Rey, CA · 9 km deep
- 2.58km E of Coso Junction, CA · 0 km deep
- 2.811km E of Coso Junction, CA · 0 km deep
- 3.07km NNE of Lake Arrowhead, CA · 1 km deep
- 3.08km ENE of Montecito, CA · 14 km deep
- 2.516km E of Coso Junction, CA · 1 km deep
- 3.012km E of Coso Junction, CA · 0 km deep
- 4.315km ENE of Little Lake, CA · 0 km deep
- 3.016km E of Coso Junction, CA · 0 km deep
- 3.76km ENE of Little Lake, CA · 0 km deep
- 3.15km NNW of Little Lake, CA · 0 km deep
- 2.96km SE of Coso Junction, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.021km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.29km ESE of Running Springs, CA · 7 km deep
- 3.69km SSE of Running Springs, CA · 0 km deep
- 4.08km WSW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 6 km deep
- 5.36km WNW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.49km E of Running Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.512km E of Santa Cruz Is. (NW end), CA · 6 km deep
- 2.77km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.924km N of Joshua Tree, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.721km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.78km SW of Lamont, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.941km WNW of San Miguel Is., CA · 6 km deep
- 2.57km SSE of Anza, CA · 0 km deep
- 2.82km S of Villa Park, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.352km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.423km NW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 8 km deep
- 3.516km N of Holtville, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.216km N of Holtville, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.522km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.04km SW of Cabazon, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.23km SSW of Calipatria, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.917km NE of Coso Junction, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.024km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.916km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.82km SSE of Oak Park, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.92km W of Westminster, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.889km S of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA · 6 km deep
- 3.110km SSW of Avenal, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.56km W of Searles Valley, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.14km S of Independence, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.13km SE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 3 km deep
- 2.67km E of Thermal, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.82km SE of Coachella, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.818km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.19km SSW of Westmorland, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.423km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.510km E of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.934km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.312km ESE of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.615km NE of Kernville, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.88km NW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.47km NNE of Green Acres, CA · 0 km deep
- 3.214km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.212km E of Bishop, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.235km E of Bishop, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.828km SW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.414km NNE of Julian, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.123km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.49km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.119km WSW of Shoshone, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.722km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.84km SE of Seal Beach, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.923km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.73km S of Seal Beach, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.56km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.74km ENE of Woodcrest, CA · 9 km deep
- 3.02km N of Universal City, CA · 3 km deep
- 3.221km ESE of Olancha, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.818km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.63km SSW of Redlands, CA · 12 km deep
- 3.010km NE of Castaic, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.320km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.823km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.826km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.623km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.522km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.018km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.520km E of Little Lake, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.811km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.210km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.73km WSW of Santa Clarita, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.410km NE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA · 6 km deep
- 2.77km SE of Winchester, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.015km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.522km N of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.921km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.218km ENE of Coachella, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.623km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.64km SW of Gorman, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.98km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.412km SE of Olancha, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.511km SSE of Olancha, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.1108km WSW of Avila Beach, CA · 6 km deep
- 5.311 km N of Soda Springs, California
- 2.611km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.613km WSW of Coso Junction, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.621km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.924km W of Westmorland, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.720km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.518km ESE of Olancha, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.211km SE of Anza, CA · 5 km deep
- 3.53km SSW of Westmorland, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.33km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.024km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 5 km deep
- 3.623km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.812km SW of Lake Hughes, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.113km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.710km N of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.716km SSE of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.211km SSW of Valencia, CA · 9 km deep
- 3.434km ENE of Big Pine, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.119km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.76km NW of Indio, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.47km NNW of Indio, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.419km N of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.224km ESE of Olancha, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.213km ESE of Olancha, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.519km ENE of Barstow, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.523km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.619km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.720km W of La Jolla, CA · 0 km deep
- 2.913km ENE of Campo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.121km N of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.74km W of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.920km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.114km S of Bombay Beach, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.110km NW of Julian, CA · 2 km deep
- 2.79km NNE of Grapevine, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.610km NNW of Big Bear City, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.79km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.611km SE of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.82km ESE of Coso Junction, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.65km SSW of Huntington Beach, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.73km NE of Lytle Creek, CA · 10 km deep
- 2.923km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.924km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.315km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.75km N of Loma Linda, CA · 16 km deep
- 3.125km WSW of Olancha, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.713km NE of North Shore, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.96km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.96km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.79km NE of San Jacinto, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.79km SW of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.811km W of Salton City, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.222km NW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 6 km deep
- 2.915km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.94km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.016km SSW of Lamont, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.621km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.019km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.723km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.114km SE of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.921km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.125km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.25km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 15 km deep
- 4.420km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.129km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1943 in California.
- 5.311 km N of Soda Springs, California
- 5.36km WNW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 6 km deep
- 5.122km SSW of Amboy, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.420km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.48km W of Morongo Valley, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.424km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.412km N of Big Bear City, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.312km ESE of Borrego Springs, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.315km ENE of Little Lake, CA · 0 km deep
- 4.311km NE of Indio, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.235km E of Bishop, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.211km N of Big Bear City, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.124km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.129km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.018km SSE of Ridgemark, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.08km WSW of Big Bear Lake, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.023km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.017km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.920km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.934km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.94km S of Loma Linda, CA · 15 km deep
- 3.920km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.919km NE of Ocotillo, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.88km NW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.823km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1943 | 16 | 4.4 | 20km N of Borrego Springs, CA |
| February 1943 | 28 | 3.9 | 20km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA |
| March 1943 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 km N of Soda Springs, California |
| April 1943 | 22 | 3.8 | 23km NNW of Ocotillo, CA |
| May 1943 | 17 | 4.2 | 35km E of Bishop, CA |
| June 1943 | 10 | 4.3 | 12km ESE of Borrego Springs, CA |
| July 1943 | 16 | 3.8 | 89km S of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA |
| August 1943 | 17 | 5.3 | 6km WNW of Big Bear Lake, CA |
| September 1943 | 17 | 4.3 | 15km ENE of Little Lake, CA |
| October 1943 | 23 | 4.4 | 12km N of Big Bear City, CA |
| November 1943 | 28 | 4.4 | 8km W of Morongo Valley, CA |
| December 1943 | 14 | 5.1 | 22km SSW of Amboy, CA |
What this means
The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.
By year
Every year the USGS catalog covers.
- 2020s2020202120222023202420252026
- 2010s2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
- 2000s2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
- 1990s1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
- 1980s1980198119821983198419851986198719881989
- 1970s1970197119721973197419751976197719781979
- 1960s1960196119621963196419651966196719681969
- 1950s1950195119521953195419551956195719581959
- 1940s1940194119421943194419451946194719481949
- 1930s1930193119321933193419351936193719381939
- 1920s1920192119221923192419251926192719281929
- 1910s1910191119121913191419151916191719181919
- 1900s1900190119021903190419051906190719081909
Nearby
Sources
Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.