Earthquake near Temecula, CA

A magnitude 1.2 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) ENE of Temecula, CA, at 7:27 pm PDT on 30 September 2026 (02:27 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Aguanga, Rainbow, Murrieta, Winchester, Green Acres, East Hemet.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,200,000× the energy of this one
2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,100,000× the energy of this one
3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 450× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 1.2 about 2.1 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 290,000 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 · 26 km N of this epicentre Apr 21, 1918
2. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 41 km WNW of this epicentre May 15, 1910
3. 5.3 6km SSE of Hemet, CA · 20 km NNE of this epicentre Sep 23, 1963
4. 5.3 18km ESE of Anza, CA · 47 km E of this epicentre Feb 25, 1980
5. 5.2 10km ESE of Anza, CA · 41 km E of this epicentre Jun 12, 2005

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 33.5312, -117.0072. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 0.5 12 km W of Anza, CA 19:23 UTC
2. 1.0 8 km ESE of Valle Vista, CA 18:38 UTC
3. 0.4 4 km E of Anza, CA 18:37 UTC
4. 0.3 15 km N of Warner Springs, CA 16:53 UTC
5. 0.2 10 km SSW of Idyllwild, CA 14:37 UTC
6. 0.3 15 km N of Warner Springs, CA 13:40 UTC
7. 0.5 10 km SE of Winchester, CA 12:15 UTC
8. 0.7 10 km SE of Winchester, CA 10:43 UTC
9. 0.4 18 km ESE of Anza, CA 08:37 UTC
10. 0.5 8 km SW of Idyllwild, CA 07:14 UTC
11. 0.3 14 km N of Warner Springs, CA 06:11 UTC
12. 0.6 7 km ESE of Valle Vista, CA 04:29 UTC
13. 1.2 11 km NW of Aguanga, CA 17:38 UTC
14. 1.7 5 km NW of Idyllwild, CA 16:58 UTC
15. 1.4 5 km NW of Idyllwild, CA 16:58 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 01:34 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

Revisions

USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.

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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