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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Calimesa, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Calimesa in the 24 hours to 8:31 pm PST (04:31 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 7 km (4 mi) WSW, at 10:33 pm PST on 2 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Calimesa
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 7 km (5 mi) south of Calimesa, CA, at 12:55 am PDT on 3 April 2016 (07:55 UTC), 11 km deep.
USGS: 6km S of Calimesa, CA
11 km (7 mi) S of Yucaipa, CA · 125 km (78 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 12:55 am PDT on 3 April 2016 ()
- Where
- 7 km (5 mi) south of Calimesa, CA · earthquakes near Calimesa
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 72 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, 5 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3874 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 2 km (1 mi) from the epicentre. In Calimesa, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Beaumont, Cherry Valley, Yucaipa, Lakeview, Moreno Valley, Mentone.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2016-01-06 — about 17,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 22 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 21 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 36 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 25 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 41 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 42 km E of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 33.9378, -117.0598. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 72 km (45 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Riverside County, CA | 100 km (62 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 105 km (65 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 130 km (81 mi) | NE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 9km NNW of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.8 3km ENE of Cabazon, CA
- 1.7 1km NNW of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.6 11km NE of Running Springs, CA
- 1.9 4km SW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.6 9km N of Banning, CA
- 1.8 4km ENE of Calimesa, CA
- 1.5 4km SSE of Cabazon, CA
- 1.9 4km N of Beaumont, CA
- 1.6 5km SW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.6 6km SSW of Redlands, CA
- 1.6 4km SE of Home Gardens, CA
- 2.3 13km W of Anza, CA
- 2.0 14km W of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.5 11km SSW of Idyllwild, CA
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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