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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Cabazon, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Cabazon in the 24 hours to 6:11 am PST (14:11 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 20 km (13 mi) SW, at 8:30 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 87 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Cabazon
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) north of Cabazon, CA, at 9:46 pm PST on 16 February 2025 (05:46 UTC), 14 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 15 km N of Cabazon, CA
26 km (16 mi) E of Yucaipa, CA · 142 km (88 mi) NNE of San Diego, CA
- When
- 9:46 pm PST on 16 February 2025 ()
- Where
- 15 km (9 mi) north of Cabazon, CA · earthquakes near Cabazon
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 79 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas 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 631 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 4 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Cabazon, 15 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: Morongo Valley, Banning, Cherry Valley, Beaumont, Big Bear City, Big Bear Lake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 870,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 620,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 55× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 9,400 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 38 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.3 The 1992 Landers, California Earthquake · 34 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 37 km SSW of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 18 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 46 km W of this epicentre
- 6.1 The 1992 Joshua Tree, California Earthquake · 42 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 34.0505, -116.7643. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 79 km (49 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 102 km (64 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 104 km (65 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| San Diego County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 5 km N of Cabazon, CA
- 1.6 4 km ESE of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.5 1 km NNE of Loma Linda, CA
- 2.1 2 km ESE of Loma Linda, CA
- 2.0 5 km N of Moreno Valley, CA
- 1.5 8 km NNE of Banning, CA
- 1.6 15 km N of Yucca Valley, CA
- 2.0 1 km NE of Loma Linda, CA
- 2.1 11 km SSW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.6 6 km N of Beaumont, CA
- 1.9 9 km SSW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.7 7 km S of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.8 3 km S of Loma Linda, CA
- 2.4 28 km N of Yucca Valley, CA
- 1.8 11 km SSE of Hemet, 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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