Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Anza, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Anza in the 24 hours to 8:18 am PST (16:18 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 17 km (10 mi) S, at 10:44 pm PST on 5 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 7 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Anza
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) west-southwest of Anza, CA, at 7:33 am PDT on 20 March 2022 (14:33 UTC), 10 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 11km WSW of Anza, CA
87 km (54 mi) NNE of San Diego, CA · 29 km (18 mi) SE of Hemet, CA
- When
- 7:33 am PDT on 20 March 2022 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) west-southwest of Anza, CA · earthquakes near Anza
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 57 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, 11 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 1697 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Anza, CA
Get a notification in this browser when USGS records an earthquake near Anza, CA. No account or email needed.
Alerts are on for .
Not a warning. An alert comes after USGS publishes a quake, usually minutes after the shaking. For early warning use ShakeAlert, through your phone's Wireless Emergency Alerts or the MyShake app.
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 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Anza, 11 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: Aguanga, Idyllwild, Idyllwild-Pine Cove, Valle Vista, East Hemet, Hemet.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.4 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 220,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 31 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.5 1km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 50 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.4 20km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 32 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.3 6km SSE of Hemet, CA · 23 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.3 18km ESE of Anza, CA · 27 km ESE 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 33.5357, -116.7855. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 57 km (35 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Riverside County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 93 km (58 mi) | W | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.7 17km ESE of Anza, CA
- 1.7 22km ESE of Anza, CA
- 1.6 7km WNW of Anza, CA
- 1.5 4km SSE of Beaumont, CA
- 3.5 2km SSE of Palomar Observatory, CA
- 2.6 19km ESE of Anza, CA
- 1.9 3km ESE of Valle Vista, CA
- 2.4 4km NNW of Lake Henshaw, CA
- 1.9 5km NW of Palomar Observatory, CA
- 1.7 7km SE of Valle Vista, CA
- 2.1 13km WNW of Anza, CA
- 1.5 7km SSE of Banning, CA
- 1.7 11km WNW of Garnet, CA
- 1.6 12km N of Borrego Springs, CA
- 2.3 6km NNW 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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.