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M 3.4ml
Earthquake near Cabazon, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Cabazon in the 24 hours to 8:56 am PST (16:56 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 3.4 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) north-northeast of Cabazon, CA, at 8:44 am PDT on 26 April 2026 (15:44 UTC), 13 km deep. 375 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 10 km NNE of Cabazon, CA
23 km (14 mi) NE of Beaumont, CA · 137 km (85 mi) NNE of San Diego, CA
- When
- 8:44 am PDT on 26 April 2026 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) north-northeast of Cabazon, CA · earthquakes near Cabazon
- Magnitude
- M 3.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- 375 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 75 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas 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 124 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Cabazon, CA
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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 59 km (37 mi) from the epicentre. In Cabazon, 10 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: Banning 14 km, intensity III · Morongo Valley 17 km, intensity III · Beaumont 22 km, intensity II · Desert Hot Springs 23 km, intensity II · Palm Springs 27 km, intensity II · Yucaipa 27 km, intensity II · Idyllwild 29 km, intensity II · Big Bear City 30 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 2.2 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 78,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,500× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,500× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.4 about 2.2 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4.6× 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 4.5 on 2018-05-08 — about 38 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 38 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.3 The 1992 Landers, California Earthquake · 36 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 33 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 24 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 48 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 The 1992 Joshua Tree, California Earthquake · 40 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 34.0005, -116.7510. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 75 km (47 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 109 km (67 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| San Diego County, CA | 109 km (68 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 9 km W of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 2.1 5 km S of Redlands, CA
- 1.9 7 km SSW of Redlands, CA
- 1.9 6 km SSW of Redlands, CA
- 1.7 5 km NNW of Cabazon, CA
- 2.1 1 km NNE of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.9 4 km SSW of Cabazon, CA
- 2.5 1 km E of San Jacinto, CA
- 2.1 7 km SSW of Calimesa, CA
- 1.7 4 km NNW of Cabazon, CA
- 1.7 10 km SSW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.8 1 km E of Winchester, CA
- 1.7 1 km NW of Yucaipa, CA
- 1.5 6 km ESE of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.8 9 km NNE of Beaumont, 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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