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M 2.2ml

Earthquake near Valle Vista, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Valle Vista in the 24 hours to 4:35 am PST (12:35 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 2.2 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) north of Valle Vista, CA, at 1:14 pm PST on 8 November 2020 (21:14 UTC), 11 km deep.

USGS: 6km N of Valle Vista, CA

9 km (6 mi) E of San Jacinto, CA · 142 km (88 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA

1:14 pm PST, Nov 8, 2020 · · 11 km deep · released about 64 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Orange County 83 kmRiverside County 83 kmSan Diego County 87 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
1:14 pm PST on 8 November 2020 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) north of Valle Vista, CA · earthquakes near Valle Vista
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 83 km W
Nearest mapped fault
San Jacinto fault, 5 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 2194 days ago

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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Valle Vista, 6 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.

Likely felt in: Valle Vista 6 km, intensity II · San Jacinto 6 km, intensity II · Hemet 9 km, intensity II · Banning 14 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 64 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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 2,500 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 8 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 45 km N of this epicentre
  3. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 46 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 48 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 34 km NE 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 33.8018, -116.8960. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Orange County, CA 83 km (51 mi) W earthquakes near Orange County
Riverside County, CA 83 km (52 mi) E earthquakes near Riverside County
San Diego County, CA 87 km (54 mi) S earthquakes near San Diego County
San Bernardino County, CA 134 km (84 mi) NNE earthquakes near San Bernardino County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.5 4km WSW of Calimesa, CA
  2. 1.8 6km S of Mentone, CA
  3. 1.8 4km NNW of San Jacinto, CA
  4. 2.1 7km SW of Anza, CA
  5. 1.5 16km ESE of Anza, CA
  6. 1.8 10km SW of Morongo Valley, CA
  7. 1.6 4km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  8. 1.6 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
  9. 2.3 4km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  10. 2.1 4km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  11. 1.5 2km E of Loma Linda, CA
  12. 1.7 6km WSW of Aguanga, CA
  13. 3.5 7km WSW of Aguanga, CA
  14. 2.0 7km SW of Anza, CA
  15. 2.3 6km S 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.

On USGS

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