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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Cabazon, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Cabazon in the 24 hours to 6:57 am PST (14:57 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 20 km (13 mi) SW, at 8:30 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 87 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Cabazon
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) northwest of Cabazon, CA, at 9:43 pm PDT on 16 October 2024 (04:43 UTC), 7.2 km deep.
USGS: 3 km NW of Cabazon, CA
14 km (9 mi) ENE of Beaumont, CA · 148 km (92 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 9:43 pm PDT on 16 October 2024 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) northwest of Cabazon, CA · earthquakes near Cabazon
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 78 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas 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 756 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Cabazon, 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: Banning 6 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 22,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 34 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.3 The 1992 Landers, California Earthquake · 46 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 24 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 30 km N of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 45 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 The 1992 Joshua Tree, California Earthquake · 46 km E 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 33.9328, -116.8130. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 78 km (49 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 94 km (58 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| San Diego County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 118 km (73 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 4 km ENE of Lake Arrowhead, CA
- 1.7 4 km ENE of Lake Arrowhead, CA
- 1.7 4 km ENE of Lake Arrowhead, CA
- 1.5 4 km ENE of Lake Arrowhead, CA
- 1.7 4 km ENE of Lake Arrowhead, CA
- 1.6 4 km ENE of Lake Arrowhead, CA
- 1.6 4 km W of Calimesa, CA
- 1.7 10 km N of Yucca Valley, CA
- 2.2 10 km SW of Beaumont, CA
- 1.6 7 km NNE of Cabazon, CA
- 1.9 11 km SW of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.6 5 km S of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.5 1 km SW of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.9 12 km N of Banning, CA
- 1.5 10 km SW 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
- 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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