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M 3.3ml
Earthquake near Oasis, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Oasis in the 24 hours to 12:34 pm PST (20:34 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 144 km (89 mi) SE, at 10:27 am PST on 3 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 321 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Oasis
This page: a magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded 17 km (11 mi) southwest of Oasis, CA, at 4:33 pm PDT on 8 June 2024 (23:33 UTC), 12 km deep. 30 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 17 km SW of Oasis, CA
43 km (27 mi) S of Indio, CA · 105 km (65 mi) NE of San Diego, CA
- When
- 4:33 pm PDT on 8 June 2024 ()
- Where
- 17 km (11 mi) southwest of Oasis, CA · earthquakes near Oasis
- Magnitude
- M 3.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- 30 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 47 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, 2 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 818 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 51 km (32 mi) from the epicentre. In Oasis, 17 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Borrego Springs 18 km, intensity III · Salton City 24 km, intensity II · Mecca 28 km, intensity II · La Quinta 37 km, intensity II · Coachella 38 km, intensity II · Indio 42 km, intensity II · Palm Desert 45 km, intensity II · Julian 47 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.3 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 5,600× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.3 about 1.3 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.8× more
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 2016-06-10 — about 680 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.6 The 1968 Borrego Mountain, California Earthquake · 20 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.6 The 1987 Superstition Hills, California Earthquake · 49 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.4 The 1954 San Jacinto Fault, California Earthquake · 13 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.2 The 1987 Elmore Ranch, California Earthquake · 48 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.0 16km WSW of Oasis, CA · 8 km NNW 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 33.3423, -116.2052. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 47 km (29 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Imperial County, CA | 86 km (53 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Imperial County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 18 km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 2.1 6 km WNW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 2.6 7 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.8 7 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.5 7 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 3.5 7 km S of Borrego Springs, CA
- 2.7 14 km SW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.8 11 km ESE of North Shore, CA
- 2.3 6 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 2.0 12 km SW of Salton City, CA
- 1.5 29 km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 2.4 12 km SW of Salton City, CA
- 1.7 12 km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.6 23 km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.6 11 km NNE 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
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