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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Valle Vista, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Valle Vista in the 24 hours to 6:47 am PST (14:47 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 9 km (6 mi) NW, at 8:52 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Valle Vista

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Valle Vista, CA, at 10:59 am PDT on 19 June 2023 (17:59 UTC), 11 km deep.

USGS: 3km ESE of Valle Vista, CA

13 km (8 mi) E of Hemet, CA · 146 km (91 mi) ESE of Los Angeles, CA

10:59 am PDT, Jun 19, 2023 · · 11 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Riverside County 79 kmSan Diego County 80 kmOrange County 85 km
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
10:59 am PDT on 19 June 2023 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Valle Vista, CA · earthquakes near Valle Vista
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Riverside County, 79 km E
Nearest mapped fault
San Jacinto fault, 3 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 1242 days ago

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 Valle Vista, 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: East Hemet, San Jacinto, Hemet, Idyllwild-Pine Cove, Idyllwild, Green Acres.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 4.9 on 2020-04-04 — about 100,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 11 km WNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 37 km NE of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 11km SSE of Big Bear Lake, California · 47 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.3 4km NNE of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 45 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 6km SSE of Hemet, CA · 8 km WSW 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 33.7392, -116.8602. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Riverside County, CA 79 km (49 mi) E earthquakes near Riverside County
San Diego County, CA 80 km (50 mi) S earthquakes near San Diego County
Orange County, CA 85 km (53 mi) W earthquakes near Orange County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.5 12 km NE of Cabazon, CA
  2. 1.5 6 km SSW of Idyllwild, CA
  3. 1.6 3 km NW of San Jacinto, CA
  4. 1.7 7 km S of Idyllwild, CA
  5. 2.1 5 km N of Yucaipa, CA
  6. 3.0 18 km N of Banning, CA
  7. 1.5 1 km S of Anza, CA
  8. 1.7 4 km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  9. 1.7 20 km ESE of Anza, CA
  10. 2.0 7km SW of Beaumont, CA
  11. 1.5 3km SE of Wildomar, CA
  12. 1.6 6km E of Winchester, CA
  13. 2.5 9km ESE of Cabazon, CA
  14. 1.6 5 km NE of Cabazon, CA
  15. 1.7 7km N of Yucaipa, 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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