Earthquake near San Jacinto, CA

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In San Jacinto, 10 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: San Jacinto 10 km, intensity II · Beaumont 12 km, intensity II · Hemet 12 km, intensity II · Menifee 16 km, intensity II · Valle Vista 17 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 970 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 · 11 km SE of this epicentre Apr 21, 1918
2. 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 45 km NNE of this epicentre Jun 28, 1992
3. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 34 km NW of this epicentre Jul 23, 1923
4. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 37 km WSW of this epicentre May 15, 1910
5. 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 44 km ENE of this epicentre Jul 8, 1986

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 33.8395, -117.0402. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 1.6 11km WSW of Anza, CA 14:33 UTC
2. 1.6 2km SE of Loma Linda, CA 06:50 UTC
3. 1.9 8km NNE of Banning, CA 14:24 UTC
4. 1.5 6km NE of Running Springs, CA 08:44 UTC
5. 2.5 19km WNW of Morongo Valley, CA 01:46 UTC
6. 2.8 7km S of Redlands, CA 10:13 UTC
7. 2.9 10km WNW of Garnet, CA 19:16 UTC
8. 1.7 8km NE of Banning, CA 05:31 UTC
9. 2.4 4km NE of Cabazon, CA 17:29 UTC
10. 1.7 10km NNE of Cabazon, CA 08:56 UTC
11. 1.6 5km SE of Home Gardens, CA 17:58 UTC
12. 1.8 4km SE of Redlands, CA 03:47 UTC
13. 1.7 4km SE of Redlands, CA 23:55 UTC
14. 1.8 4km SE of Redlands, CA 23:55 UTC
15. 1.9 4km S of Idyllwild, CA 19:57 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 16:44 UTC. 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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