Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.0ml
Earthquake near Valle Vista, CA
USGS: 8 km ESE of Valle Vista, CA
17 km (10 mi) E of Hemet, CA · 104 km (65 mi) NNE of San Diego, CA
- When
- 11:38 am PDT on 2 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 8 km (5 mi) ESE of Valle Vista, CA · earthquakes near Valle Vista
- Magnitude
- M 1.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 76 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 7 hours ago
A magnitude 1.0 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) ESE of Valle Vista, CA, at 11:38 am PDT on 2 October 2026 (18:38 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, Idyllwild, East Hemet, Hemet, San Jacinto, Anza.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 0.99 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 15,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 970× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.0 about 0.99 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 1,900,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 15 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 37 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.4 20km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 46 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.3 4km NNE of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 44 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.3 6km SSE of Hemet, CA · 11 km W 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 33.7115, -116.8197. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | E | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 77 km (48 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Orange County, CA | 89 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
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| longitude | -116.82 | -116.82 | |
| latitude | 33.72 | 33.71 | |
| depth | 16.96 | 16.57 | |
| magnitude | 1.44 | 1.01 |
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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