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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Banning, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Banning in the 24 hours to 2:35 am PST (10:35 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 1.6 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) north-northwest of Banning, CA, at 11:32 pm PDT on 6 July 2016 (06:32 UTC), 8.6 km deep.
USGS: 10km NNW of Banning, CA
13 km (8 mi) ESE of Yucaipa, CA · 139 km (86 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 11:32 pm PDT on 6 July 2016 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) north-northwest of Banning, CA · earthquakes near Banning
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 89 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 2 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 3780 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Banning, 10 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: Cherry Valley, Beaumont, Yucaipa, Calimesa, Cabazon, Mentone.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.7 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 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 13,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 28 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.3 The 1992 Landers, California Earthquake · 48 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 28 km SSW of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 23 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 34 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 27 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 34.0102, -116.9040. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Riverside County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 110 km (69 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 115 km (72 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
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 8km NE of Desert Hot Springs, CA
- 2.4 2km NE of Colton, CA
- 1.8 5km NW of Big Bear City, CA
- 2.1 8km WNW of San Jacinto, CA
- 1.7 10km E of Lucerne Valley, CA
- 1.9 5km SW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.9 5km SW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.6 12km SSE of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.6 13km W of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.6 4km N of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.6 10km NE of Cabazon, CA
- 3.3 10km NE of Cabazon, CA
- 1.6 14km S of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.6 5km NE of Cabazon, CA
- 2.2 5km NW of Big Bear City, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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