June 15, 2010 Earthquake: Ocotillo, California, United States
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Ocotillo, California, United States on June 15, 2010 at 04:26:58 UTC, 5 km below the surface.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- June 15, 2010
- Time
- 04:26:58 UTC
- Place
- Ocotillo, California, United States
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 5 km (3 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 32.700° N, 115.921° W
- Country
- United States
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Some buildings slightly damaged (VII) at Ocotillo.
Felt (V) at Calipatria, Campo, El Centro, Holtville
and Jacumba and (IV) in the Anza-Brawley-San Diego
area. Felt throughout Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside and San Diego Counties and in parts of Kern,
San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.
Felt (V) at El Sauzal and (IV) at Ensenada, Mexicali,
Rosarito, Tecate and Tijuana, Baja California. Felt in
much of northern Baja California. Felt (III) at San
Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora. Also felt at Puerto
Penasco. Felt (III) at Somerton and Yuma; (II) at
Parker, Phoenix, Tucson and Wellton, Arizona. Felt
widely in southwestern Arizona. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 19, 1940, California, Mexico, United States
- June 23, 1915, El Centro, California, United States
- December 25, 1899, California, United States
- June 28, 1992, Landers, Yucca Valley, California, United States
- November 24, 1987, Superstition Hills, California, United States
- April 4, 2010, Baja California, Mexico
- January 1, 1927, California, Mexico, United States
- June 9, 1980, Northwestern Mexico
- April 21, 1918, San Jacinto, Hemet, California, United States
- February 24, 1892, San Diego, California, Baja California, USA, Mexico
- November 29, 1852, N. Mexico
- April 26, 1981, Westmorland,calipatria, California, United States
- October 15, 1979, Mexicali, Imperial Valley, Mexico, California, United States
- February 9, 2008, Baja California, Mexico
- February 22, 2002, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 9764.