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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Valle Vista, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Valle Vista in the 24 hours to 8:35 am PST (16:35 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 9 km (6 mi) NW, at 8:52 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Valle Vista
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) southeast of Valle Vista, CA, at 10:58 am PDT on 14 July 2018 (17:58 UTC), 16 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 8km SE of Valle Vista, CA
16 km (10 mi) ESE of Hemet, CA · 102 km (64 mi) NNE of San Diego, CA
- When
- 10:58 am PDT on 14 July 2018 ()
- Where
- 8 km (5 mi) southeast of Valle Vista, CA · earthquakes near Valle Vista
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 75 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, 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 3031 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 4 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Valle Vista, 8 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: Idyllwild-Pine Cove, Idyllwild, East Hemet, Hemet, San Jacinto, Anza.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 35 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 5.2 on 2016-06-10 — about 53,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 15 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 39 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.4 20km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 45 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.3 4km NNE of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 46 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.3 6km SSE of Hemet, CA · 10 km W 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 33.6977, -116.8252. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 75 km (47 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Riverside County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | E | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | W | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.6 8km ENE of Aguanga, CA
- 2.3 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.8 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 2.0 4km WNW of Cabazon, CA
- 1.6 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.5 8km ENE of Aguanga, CA
- 2.8 7km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.8 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.8 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 2.3 7km ENE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.6 5km NNW of Cabazon, CA
- 1.5 6km N of Cabazon, CA
- 2.1 6km ENE of Cabazon, CA
- 1.9 4km WNW of Cabazon, 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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