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M 0.1ml

Earthquake near Aguanga, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Aguanga in the 24 hours to 12:51 pm PST (20:51 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 20 km (12 mi) ESE, at 10:44 pm PST on 5 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 7 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Aguanga

This page: a magnitude 0.1 earthquake was recorded 10 km (7 mi) east-northeast of Aguanga, CA, at 7:27 am PDT on 23 September 2026 (14:27 UTC), 6.2 km deep.

USGS: 10 km ENE of Aguanga, CA

82 km (51 mi) NNE of San Diego, CA · 34 km (21 mi) E of Temecula, CA

7:27 am PDT, Sep 23, 2026 · · 6.2 km deep · released about 0.038 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Diego County 52 kmRiverside County 76 kmOrange County 96 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
7:27 am PDT on 23 September 2026 ()
Where
10 km (7 mi) east-northeast of Aguanga, CA · earthquakes near Aguanga
Magnitude
M 0.1 (ml)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Diego County, 52 km S
Nearest mapped fault
San Jacinto fault, 14 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 47 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. 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: Anza, Idyllwild, Idyllwild-Pine Cove.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 0.038 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 390,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 280,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 25,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 0.1 about 0.038 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 5.2 on 2016-06-10 — about 48,000,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 36 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 16km WSW of Oasis, CA · 49 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 1km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 45 km SE of this epicentre
  4. 5.4 20km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 28 km ESE of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 6km SSE of Hemet, CA · 29 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 33.4867, -116.7652. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
San Diego County, CA 52 km (32 mi) S earthquakes near San Diego County
Riverside County, CA 76 km (47 mi) ENE earthquakes near Riverside County
Orange County, CA 96 km (60 mi) WNW earthquakes near Orange County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.4 4 km WSW of Anza, CA
  2. 0.3 12 km NNW of Warner Springs, CA
  3. 0.9 2 km S of Palomar Observatory, CA
  4. 0.0 11 km SE of Anza, CA
  5. 0.2 9 km WNW of Anza, CA
  6. 0.0 12 km W of Anza, CA
  7. 0.4 9 km WNW of Anza, CA
  8. 0.3 15 km N of Warner Springs, CA
  9. 0.4 10 km S of Idyllwild, CA
  10. 0.6 10 km S of Idyllwild, CA
  11. 0.6 10 km S of Idyllwild, CA
  12. 1.1 9 km WNW of Anza, CA
  13. 0.6 7 km S of Palomar Observatory, CA
  14. 0.3 9 km S of Idyllwild, CA
  15. 0.9 14 km N of Warner 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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