Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 0.8ml
Earthquake near Cabazon, CA
USGS: 13 km NNW of Cabazon, CA
21 km (13 mi) E of Yucaipa, CA · 147 km (91 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 9:39 pm PDT on 1 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) NNW of Cabazon, CA · earthquakes near Cabazon
- Magnitude
- M 0.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 82 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 1 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 21 hours ago
A magnitude 0.8 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) NNW of Cabazon, CA, at 9:39 pm PDT on 1 October 2026 (04:39 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Banning, Cherry Valley, Beaumont, Yucaipa, Morongo Valley, Calimesa.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 0.46 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 33,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 23,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2,100× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 0.8 about 0.46 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 350,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 38 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.3 The 1992 Landers, California Earthquake · 39 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 34 km SSW of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 19 km N of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 41 km W of this epicentre
- 6.1 The 1992 Joshua Tree, California Earthquake · 47 km E 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 34.0345, -116.8158. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 82 km (51 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 97 km (60 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 108 km (67 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| San Diego County, CA | 112 km (70 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
9 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.0 8 km ESE of Valle Vista, CA
- 1.4 7 km N of Big Bear City, CA
- 0.2 10 km SSW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.2 7 km N of Beaumont, CA
- 0.5 10 km SE of Winchester, CA
- 1.0 11 km S of Joshua Tree, CA
- 0.7 10 km SE of Winchester, CA
- 1.1 11 km E of Yucaipa, CA
- 0.5 8 km SW 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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