Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 0.0ml
Earthquake near Anza, CA
Yes. A magnitude 0.0 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) WSW of Anza, CA, at 10:58 am PDT on 12 October 2026 (17:58 UTC), 6.0 km deep. No felt reports to USGS yet.
USGS: 3 km WSW of Anza, CA
90 km (56 mi) NNE of San Diego, CA · 34 km (21 mi) SE of Hemet, CA
- When
- 10:58 am PDT on 12 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) WSW of Anza, CA · earthquakes near Anza
- Magnitude
- M 0.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 58 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, 6 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 15 hours ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Aguanga, Idyllwild, Idyllwild-Pine Cove, Valle Vista.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 0.032 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 0.0 about 0.032 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 57,000,000 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 · 35 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.0 16km WSW of Oasis, CA · 45 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.5 1km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 45 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.4 20km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 26 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.3 6km SSE of Hemet, CA · 28 km NW 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 33.5410, -116.7068. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 58 km (36 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Riverside County, CA | 69 km (43 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 100 km (62 mi) | W | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
11 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.3 22 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 0.5 7 km SSW of Idyllwild, CA
- 0.7 19 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 1.1 13 km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA
- 0.9 9 km WNW of Anza, CA
- 1.1 9 km N of Borrego Springs, CA
- 0.4 8 km SW of Anza, CA
- 0.7 4 km SW of Winchester, CA
- 1.2 11 km NE of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.2 9 km WNW of Anza, CA
- 0.6 8 km WNW 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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.