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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Escondido, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Escondido in the 24 hours to 9:09 am PST (17:09 UTC). The last one was M 3.6, 51 km (32 mi) NE, at 12:31 am PDT on 19 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 165 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Escondido
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Escondido, CA, at 3:36 am PDT on 19 August 2025 (10:36 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 10 km NNW of Warner Springs, CA
74 km (46 mi) NE of San Diego, CA · 44 km (27 mi) ESE of Temecula, CA
- When
- 3:36 am PDT on 19 August 2025 ()
- Where
- 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Escondido, CA · earthquakes near Escondido
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 39 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Elsinore fault, 9 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 450 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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Escondido, 46 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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, Anza.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 810,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 580,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 51× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 2025-04-14 — about 110,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.0 16km WSW of Oasis, CA · 41 km E of this epicentre
- 5.5 1km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 33 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.4 20km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 21 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.3 6km SSE of Hemet, CA · 44 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.3 18km ESE of Anza, CA · 21 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 33.3652, -116.6880. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 39 km (24 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Riverside County, CA | 75 km (47 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 107 km (66 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 11 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.8 7 km ESE of Valle Vista, CA
- 1.6 13 km SSE of Anza, CA
- 1.7 6 km SSE of Lake Henshaw, CA
- 1.7 7 km S of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.6 11 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 2.3 6 km NE of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.7 6 km NE of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.6 12 km ENE of Temecula, CA
- 2.0 10 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.5 11 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.6 11 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.6 11 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 2.0 12 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.6 11 km SSW of Borrego Springs, 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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