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M 2.2ml
Earthquake near Hemet, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Hemet in the 24 hours to 5:30 am PST (13:30 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 7 km (4 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 Hemet
This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) south-southeast of Hemet, CA, at 12:14 pm PDT on 25 June 2023 (19:14 UTC), 17 km deep. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 5km SSE of Hemet, CA
in Hemet, CA · 138 km (86 mi) ESE of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 12:14 pm PDT on 25 June 2023 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) south-southeast of Hemet, CA · earthquakes near Hemet
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- 4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Orange County, 76 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 1234 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Hemet, 5 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: Hemet 5 km, intensity II · Valle Vista 8 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 67 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 160,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 67 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 9,100 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 7 km N of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 41 km W of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 46 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.3 6km SSE of Hemet, CA · 2 km E of this epicentre
- 5.3 18km ESE of Anza, CA · 50 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 33.7022, -116.9603. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | W | earthquakes near Orange County |
| San Diego County, CA | 77 km (48 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Riverside County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | E | earthquakes near Riverside County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
47 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 11 km N of Cabazon, CA
- 1.9 2 km NNW of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.5 12 km NE of Cabazon, CA
- 1.5 6 km SSW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.6 3 km NW of San Jacinto, CA
- 1.7 7 km S of Idyllwild, CA
- 2.1 5 km N of Yucaipa, CA
- 3.0 18 km N of Banning, CA
- 1.5 1 km S of Anza, CA
- 1.7 4 km SE of Loma Linda, CA
- 2.0 7km SW of Beaumont, CA
- 1.5 3km SE of Wildomar, CA
- 1.6 6km E of Winchester, CA
- 2.5 9km ESE of Cabazon, CA
- 1.6 5 km NE of Cabazon, 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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