Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 0.6ml
Earthquake near Valle Vista, CA
USGS: 7 km ESE of Valle Vista, CA
16 km (10 mi) E of Hemet, CA · 150 km (93 mi) ESE of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 10:28 pm PDT on 29 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) ESE of Valle Vista, CA · earthquakes near Valle Vista
- Magnitude
- M 0.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 77 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, 3 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3 days ago
A magnitude 0.6 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) ESE of Valle Vista, CA, at 10:28 pm PDT on 29 September 2026 (05:28 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Idyllwild-Pine Cove, East Hemet, Idyllwild, Hemet, San Jacinto, Cabazon.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 0.26 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 59,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 42,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3,700× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 0.6 about 0.26 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 7,200,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 14 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 38 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.5 11km SSE of Big Bear Lake, California · 50 km N of this epicentre
- 5.4 20km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 47 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.3 4km NNE of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 45 km NE 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 33.7157, -116.8297. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 77 km (48 mi) | E | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 77 km (48 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Orange County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | W | earthquakes near Orange 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.
- 1.1 11 km E of Yucaipa, CA
- 0.6 22 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 2.0 22 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 0.4 18 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 0.5 8 km SW of Idyllwild, CA
- 0.3 14 km N of Warner Springs, CA
- 0.8 13 km NNW of Cabazon, CA
- 0.6 7 km ESE of Valle Vista, CA
- 0.7 22 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 1.0 22 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 1.2 11 km NW of Aguanga, CA
- 0.9 21 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 1.7 5 km NW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.4 5 km NW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.1 22 km ESE 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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