Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0ml
3km SE of Yucca Valley, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- 32 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 55 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3383 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 32 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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.
Where
Epicentre 34.0953, -116.4025. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 55 km (34 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 87 km (54 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| San Diego County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Imperial County, CA | 152 km (95 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Imperial County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
36 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 6km ESE of Cabazon, CA
- 2.1 9km E of Desert Hot Springs, CA
- 1.9 6km ESE of Cabazon, CA
- 1.6 8km N of Cabazon, CA
- 1.9 4km SSW of Cabazon, CA
- 3.0 19km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 3.4 4km SSW of Cabazon, CA
- 3.2 5km SSW of Cabazon, CA
- 1.5 7km NW of Banning, CA
- 1.9 7km NE of Beaumont, CA
- 2.2 12km N of Indio, CA
- 1.5 24km S of Twentynine Palms, CA
- 2.1 5km SSE of Banning, CA
- 2.0 12km N of Indio, CA
- 1.5 8km SSE 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.4 on 2016-01-06 — it released about 120 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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