Mag. 1.9 earthquake - 8 mi northwest of Calipatria, California, USA, on Tuesday, 27 October 2020 at 19:51 (GMT) -
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes in same area | Quakes in the US | California | Washington DC
Minor magnitude 1.9 earthquake at 2 km depth
27 Oct 23:30 UTC: First to report: USGS after 4 hours.
Magnitude: 1.9
Depth: 1.5 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 33.2105°N / 115.60867°W
(Imperial County, California, United States)Nearest volcano: Salton Buttes (2 km / 1 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
9 km (6 mi) WSW of Niland (pop: 1,010) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) NW of Calipatria (pop: 7,420) --> See nearby quakes!
19 km (12 mi) N of Westmorland (pop: 2,270) --> See nearby quakes!
27 km (17 mi) NNW of Brawley (Imperial County) (pop: 25,900) --> See nearby quakes!
41 km (25 mi) N of Imperial (pop: 17,100) --> See nearby quakes!
47 km (29 mi) N of El Centro (pop: 44,000) --> See nearby quakes!
60 km (37 mi) N of Calexico (pop: 40,100) --> See nearby quakes!
80 km (50 mi) SE of Indio (pop: 87,500) --> See nearby quakes!
3499 km (2174 mi) W of Washington DC (District of Columbia) (pop: 601,700) --> See nearby quakes!
3499 km (2174 mi) W of Washington DC (District of Columbia) (pop: 601,700) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 4.5 x 107 joules (12.4 kilowatt hours) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 1.9 | 1.5 km | 9km WSW of Niland, CA, USA | USGS |
User reports for this quake
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
At magnitude 1.9, this quake was too small to be felt by humans, but it was recorded instrumentally.
