Earthquake near Beaumont, CA

USGS: 7 km SW of Beaumont, CA

7 km (4 mi) W of Beaumont, CA · 129 km (80 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA

2:39 pm PDT, Sep 29, 2026 · 2026-09-29 21:39 UTC · 18 km deep · released about 0.31 lb of TNT

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When: 2:39 pm PDT on 29 September 2026 (2026-09-29 21:39 UTC)
Where: 7 km (4 mi) SW of Beaumont, CA · earthquakes near Beaumont
Magnitude: M 0.7 (ml)
Depth: 18 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Orange County, 73 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault: San Jacinto fault, 6 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2 days ago · we first saw it 2 days ago

A magnitude 0.7 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) SW of Beaumont, CA, at 2:39 pm PDT on 29 September 2026 (21:39 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Lakeview, Cherry Valley, San Jacinto, Calimesa, Nuevo, Banning.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 0.31 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 50,000,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 35,000,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3,100× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 0.7 about 0.31 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 540,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 14 km SSE of this epicentre Apr 21, 1918
6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 40 km NNE of this epicentre Jun 28, 1992
6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 31 km NW of this epicentre Jul 23, 1923
6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 40 km WSW of this epicentre May 15, 1910
6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 41 km ENE of this epicentre Jul 8, 1986

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Orange County, CA	73 km (45 mi)	WSW	earthquakes near Orange County
Riverside County, CA	96 km (60 mi)	E	earthquakes near Riverside County
San Diego County, CA	98 km (61 mi)	SSE	earthquakes near San Diego County
Los Angeles County, CA	119 km (74 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Los Angeles County
San Bernardino County, CA	133 km (83 mi)	NE	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.

0.2 10 km SSW of Idyllwild, CA 14:37 UTC
1.2 7 km N of Beaumont, CA 14:17 UTC
0.5 10 km SE of Winchester, CA 12:15 UTC
0.7 10 km SE of Winchester, CA 10:43 UTC
1.1 11 km E of Yucaipa, CA 09:05 UTC
0.5 8 km SW of Idyllwild, CA 07:14 UTC
0.8 13 km NNW of Cabazon, CA 04:39 UTC
0.6 7 km ESE of Valle Vista, CA 04:29 UTC
1.5 5 km SSE of Home Gardens, CA 22:21 UTC
1.2 11 km NW of Aguanga, CA 17:38 UTC
1.3 7 km SSE of Home Gardens, CA 17:10 UTC
1.7 5 km NW of Idyllwild, CA 16:58 UTC
1.4 5 km NW of Idyllwild, CA 16:58 UTC
0.8 9 km WNW of Anza, CA 16:10 UTC
0.6 8 km SSW of Idyllwild, CA 15:19 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 02:10 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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