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M 0.1ml

Earthquake near Oasis, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Oasis in the 24 hours to 6:27 am PST (14:27 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 144 km (89 mi) SE, at 10:27 am PST on 3 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 321 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Oasis

This page: a magnitude 0.1 earthquake was recorded 12 km (8 mi) west-southwest of Oasis, CA, at 4:19 pm PST on 2 November 2026 (00:19 UTC), 12 km deep.

USGS: 12 km WSW of Oasis, CA

34 km (21 mi) S of Indio, CA · 109 km (68 mi) NE of San Diego, CA

4:19 pm PST, Nov 2, 2026 · · 12 km deep · released about 0.049 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Riverside County 39 kmSan Diego County 68 kmImperial County 92 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
4:19 pm PST on 2 November 2026 ()
Where
12 km (8 mi) west-southwest of Oasis, CA · earthquakes near Oasis
Magnitude
M 0.1 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Riverside County, 39 km NNE
Nearest mapped fault
San Jacinto fault, 8 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 9 days 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: Desert Shores, Mecca, Vista Santa Rosa, Borrego Springs, Thermal, La Quinta.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 0.049 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 310,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 220,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 0.1 about 0.049 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 38,000,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.6 The 1968 Borrego Mountain, California Earthquake · 30 km SSE of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 The 1954 San Jacinto Fault, California Earthquake · 20 km SE of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 16km WSW of Oasis, CA · 4 km SW of this epicentre
  4. 5.7 Eastern San Diego County, California · 28 km SSE of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 8km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 27 km SSE 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 33.4273, -116.2250. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Riverside County, CA 39 km (25 mi) NNE earthquakes near Riverside County
San Diego County, CA 68 km (42 mi) SW earthquakes near San Diego County
Imperial County, CA 92 km (57 mi) ESE earthquakes near Imperial County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.9 7 km S of Borrego Springs, CA
  2. 0.3 4 km WSW of Anza, CA
  3. 0.6 15 km N of Warner Springs, CA
  4. 0.2 3 km WSW of Anza, CA
  5. 0.3 15 km N of Warner Springs, CA
  6. 1.3 14 km N of Warner Springs, CA
  7. 0.4 24 km N of Borrego Springs, CA
  8. 0.2 15 km N of Warner Springs, CA
  9. 0.1 3 km WSW of Anza, CA
  10. 1.1 15 km N of Warner Springs, CA
  11. 2.6 14 km N of Warner Springs, CA
  12. 0.6 4 km SW of Anza, CA
  13. 1.1 12 km E of Borrego Springs, CA
  14. 1.0 4 km SW of Anza, CA
  15. 0.3 4 km WSW 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

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