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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Cabazon, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Cabazon in the 24 hours to 3:40 am PST (11:40 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 20 km (13 mi) SW, at 8:30 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 87 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Cabazon
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) north-northeast of Cabazon, CA, at 4:05 pm PDT on 28 August 2019 (23:05 UTC), 8.5 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 13km NNE of Cabazon, CA
26 km (16 mi) NE of Beaumont, CA · 140 km (87 mi) NNE of San Diego, CA
- When
- 4:05 pm PDT on 28 August 2019 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) north-northeast of Cabazon, CA · earthquakes near Cabazon
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 75 km ESE
- 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 2632 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 Cabazon, 13 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: Morongo Valley, Banning, Desert Hot Springs, Cherry Valley, Beaumont, Garnet.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 100× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.3 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 4.5 on 2018-05-08 — about 18,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 38 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.3 The 1992 Landers, California Earthquake · 33 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 37 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 21 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 49 km W of this epicentre
- 6.1 The 1992 Joshua Tree, California Earthquake · 39 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 34.0278, -116.7348. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 75 km (47 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 104 km (65 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 105 km (65 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| San Diego County, CA | 112 km (69 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego 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.
- 2.4 4km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.8 6km N of Beaumont, CA
- 1.9 3km NE of San Jacinto, CA
- 1.5 10km ENE of Yucaipa, CA
- 1.7 11km SE of Lucerne Valley, CA
- 1.7 6km SSE of Mentone, CA
- 2.5 11km SW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.8 8km N of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.9 11km NNE of Banning, CA
- 1.5 7km S of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.6 8km NW of San Jacinto, CA
- 1.8 2km NNE of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.7 5km N of Moreno Valley, CA
- 1.6 11km NNE of Running Springs, CA
- 2.0 6km E 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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