Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 0.8ml
Earthquake near Temecula, CA
USGS: 8 km NNE of Pala, CA
12 km (7 mi) SE of Temecula, CA · 144 km (89 mi) ESE of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 1:32 am PDT on 30 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) SE of Temecula, CA · earthquakes near Temecula
- Magnitude
- M 0.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 50 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Elsinore fault, 2 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 0.8 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) SE of Temecula, CA, at 1:32 am PDT on 30 September 2026 (08:32 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Rainbow, Aguanga, Fallbrook, Murrieta, Valley Center, Hidden Meadows.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 0.48 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 0.8 about 0.48 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 4.9 on 2020-04-04 — about 1,300,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 38 km N of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 46 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.3 6km SSE of Hemet, CA · 32 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 18km ESE of Anza, CA · 50 km E of this epicentre
- 5.2 10km ESE of Anza, CA · 45 km ENE 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 33.4237, -117.0320. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 50 km (31 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Orange County, CA | 75 km (46 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Riverside County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 142 km (89 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
40 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 0.5 12 km W of Anza, CA
- 1.0 8 km ESE of Valle Vista, CA
- 0.4 4 km E of Anza, CA
- 0.3 15 km N of Warner Springs, CA
- 0.2 10 km SSW of Idyllwild, CA
- 0.3 15 km N of Warner Springs, CA
- 0.5 10 km SE of Winchester, CA
- 0.7 10 km SE of Winchester, CA
- 0.5 8 km SW of Idyllwild, CA
- 0.3 14 km N of Warner Springs, CA
- 0.6 7 km ESE of Valle Vista, CA
- 0.9 11 km SSE of Warner Springs, CA
- 1.2 11 km NW of Aguanga, CA
- 1.7 5 km NW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.4 5 km NW of Idyllwild, 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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