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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Banning, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Banning in the 24 hours to 3:42 am PST (11:42 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 15 km (10 mi) SSW, at 8:30 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 87 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Banning

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) southwest of Banning, CA, at 2:45 am PDT on 10 September 2016 (09:45 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 6km SW of Banning, CA

in Beaumont, CA · 138 km (85 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA

2:45 am PDT, Sep 10, 2016 · · 14 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
2:45 am PDT on 10 September 2016 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) southwest of Banning, CA · earthquakes near Banning
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 82 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault
Beaumont Plain fault, under 1 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 3713 days ago

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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Banning, 6 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.

Likely felt in: Banning 6 km, intensity II · Beaumont 6 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 3,800 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 23 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 15 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 36 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 38 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 49 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 32 km ENE 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 33.8915, -116.9270. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Orange County, CA 82 km (51 mi) WSW earthquakes near Orange County
Riverside County, CA 87 km (54 mi) ESE earthquakes near Riverside County
San Diego County, CA 98 km (61 mi) S earthquakes near San Diego County
San Bernardino County, CA 127 km (79 mi) NNE earthquakes near San Bernardino County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.9 1km E of Loma Linda, CA
  2. 2.1 16km NW of Morongo Valley, CA
  3. 2.4 1km SSE of Loma Linda, CA
  4. 1.7 13km NNE of Cabazon, CA
  5. 2.0 2km E of Loma Linda, CA
  6. 1.8 4km WNW of Cabazon, CA
  7. 1.7 6km S of Calimesa, CA
  8. 1.7 10km NE of Running Springs, CA
  9. 1.7 6km S of Idyllwild, CA
  10. 1.6 10km N of Idyllwild, CA
  11. 2.4 4km N of Loma Linda, CA
  12. 1.7 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
  13. 1.6 4km NNE of Beaumont, CA
  14. 2.1 15km S of Valle Vista, CA
  15. 1.8 8km NE of Aguanga, 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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