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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Anza, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Anza in the 24 hours to 12:31 pm PST (20:31 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 4 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Anza, CA, at 12:33 pm PST on 30 January 2023 (20:33 UTC), 16 km deep.
USGS: 4km ENE of Anza, CA
96 km (59 mi) NNE of San Diego, CA · 32 km (20 mi) SW of Palm Desert, CA
- When
- 12:33 pm PST on 30 January 2023 ()
- Where
- 4 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Anza, CA · earthquakes near Anza
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 61 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, under 1 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 1381 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Anza, 4 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: Idyllwild, Idyllwild-Pine Cove, Aguanga, Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City, Palm Desert.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.3 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 5.2 on 2016-06-10 — about 250,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 15 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 38 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.0 16km WSW of Oasis, CA · 40 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 48 km N of this epicentre
- 5.5 1km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 43 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.4 20km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 22 km SE 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 33.5667, -116.6368. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 61 km (38 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 62 km (38 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Orange County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | W | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Imperial County, CA | 133 km (82 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Imperial 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.
- 2.3 6km WSW of Anza, CA
- 1.6 6km WSW of Anza, CA
- 2.1 6km WSW of Anza, CA
- 1.7 21km ESE of Anza, CA
- 2.0 5km NNE of Banning, CA
- 1.8 10km NW of San Jacinto, CA
- 1.8 3km SE of San Jacinto, CA
- 1.9 8km WSW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.5 3km NNW of Cabazon, CA
- 1.9 5km SW of Palomar Observatory, CA
- 2.4 16km N of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.7 14km SE of Anza, CA
- 2.0 14km SE of Anza, CA
- 2.6 5km S of Idyllwild, CA
- 2.3 14km SE of Anza, 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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