quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.1ml
Earthquake near Lakeside, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Lakeside in the 24 hours to 10:18 am PST (18:18 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 170 km (106 mi) ESE, at 10:27 am PST on 3 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 321 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Lakeside
No: USGS classifies this as a quarry blast, not an earthquake. A magnitude 1.1 quarry blast was recorded 6 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Lakeside, CA, at 2:33 pm PDT on 14 October 2026 (21:33 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 6 km NNW of Lakeside, CA
21 km (13 mi) ENE of San Diego, CA · 8 km (5 mi) NNE of Santee, CA
- When
- 2:33 pm PDT on 14 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Lakeside, CA · earthquakes near Lakeside
- Magnitude
- M 1.1 (ml)
- Depth
- -0.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 20 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 29 days ago
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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: Eucalyptus Hills, Santee, Winter Gardens, Poway, Bostonia, Granite Hills.
USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 9,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 600× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.1 about 1.6 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 2025-04-14 — about 1,200,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 16 km NW of Julian, California · 39 km NE 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 32.9113, -116.9418. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 20 km (12 mi) | NE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Orange County, CA | 115 km (72 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Riverside County, CA | 126 km (78 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
45 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.1 15 km ESE of Julian, CA
- 0.9 20 km ESE of Julian, CA
- 0.4 7 km SSE of Lake Henshaw, CA
- 0.6 3 km SE of Lake Henshaw, CA
- 0.8 7 km SE of Lake Henshaw, CA
- 2.4 6 km NW of Pine Valley, CA
- 1.4 16 km NNE of Pine Valley, CA
- 1.2 6 km NNW of Lakeside, CA
- 1.2 16 km ESE of Julian, CA
- 0.7 3 km WNW of Julian, CA
- 0.8 8 km ENE of Julian, CA
- 0.6 11 km E of Julian, CA
- 1.2 12 km NNW of Pine Valley, CA
- 0.9 11 km E of Julian, CA
- 0.2 12 km NE of Julian, 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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| event type | earthquake | quarry blast | |
| review status | automatic | reviewed | |
| longitude | -116.95 | -116.94 | |
| latitude | 32.91 | 32.91 | |
| depth | 3.71 | -0.2 | |
| magnitude | 1.19 | 1.15 | |
| longitude | -116.95 | -116.95 | |
| latitude | 32.9 | 32.91 | |
| depth | 3.58 | 3.71 | |
| magnitude | 1.34 | 1.19 |
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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