Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.7ml
7km SSW of Beaumont, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- 20 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Orange County, 75 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2178 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 20 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 310 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 50,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 35,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.1× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.7 about 310 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 33.8725, -116.9987. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 75 km (47 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Riverside County, CA | 93 km (58 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 97 km (60 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 133 km (82 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
40 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 13km N of Cabazon, CA
- 2.2 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.6 7km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 2.4 16km WNW of Anza, CA
- 1.7 4km ENE of Calimesa, CA
- 2.1 18km SSE of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.5 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.9 8km ENE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.9 18km SSE of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.5 18km SSE of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 3.1 18km SSE of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.5 5km SSW of Redlands, CA
- 1.6 4km SE of Home Gardens, CA
- 1.5 5km NNE of Moreno Valley, CA
- 1.7 2km NNE of Beaumont, 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 4.5 on 2018-05-08 — it released about 540 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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.