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M 2.1ml

Earthquake near San Jacinto, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in San Jacinto in the 24 hours to 7:11 am PST (15:11 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 3 km (2 mi) N, at 8:52 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near San Jacinto

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of San Jacinto, CA, at 6:31 pm PST on 19 February 2023 (02:31 UTC), 11 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 2km ESE of San Jacinto, CA

6 km (4 mi) ESE of San Jacinto, CA · 139 km (86 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA

6:31 pm PST, Feb 19, 2023 · · 11 km deep · released about 40 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
6:31 pm PST on 19 February 2023 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of San Jacinto, CA · earthquakes near San Jacinto
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Orange County, 79 km W
Nearest mapped fault
San Jacinto fault, 5 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 1359 days ago

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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In San Jacinto, 3 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 3 km, intensity II · Valle Vista 5 km, intensity II · Hemet 5 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 40 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 380,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 270,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 24× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 40 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 4,100 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 20 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 4 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 48 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 46 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 44 km W of this epicentre
  5. 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 39 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 33.7768, -116.9328. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Orange County, CA 79 km (49 mi) W earthquakes near Orange County
San Diego County, CA 85 km (53 mi) S earthquakes near San Diego County
Riverside County, CA 86 km (54 mi) E earthquakes near Riverside 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.

  1. 1.6 4km S of Banning, CA
  2. 1.7 5km SSW of Redlands, CA
  3. 1.6 2km E of Loma Linda, CA
  4. 1.6 6km SW of Anza, CA
  5. 1.6 1km W of Cabazon, CA
  6. 1.8 14km WNW of Anza, CA
  7. 1.6 6km NW of Anza, CA
  8. 1.6 8km SE of Valle Vista, CA
  9. 1.8 7km NNW of Anza, CA
  10. 1.7 7km NNW of Anza, CA
  11. 1.8 7km WSW of Anza, CA
  12. 1.7 9km SE of Valle Vista, CA
  13. 1.6 6km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  14. 1.8 9km N of Idyllwild, CA
  15. 2.6 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

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