M3.7 earthquake 7km ESE of Cabazon, CA

Magnitude

3.7 (ml), minor

Local time

Fri, Aug 5, 1938, 6:28 PM GMT-8

UTC

1938-08-06 02:28:07 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.891° N, 116.715° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.9 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

277°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Cabazon, CaliforniaPopulation 2,535. Forecast7 kmESE
• Banning, CaliforniaPopulation 30,945. Forecast15 kmESE
• Moreno Valley, CaliforniaPopulation 204,198. Forecast48 kmE
• San Diego, CaliforniaPopulation 1,404,452. Forecast137 kmNNE

After

1. 3.710km NE of Trabuco Canyon, CASat, Aug 6, 2:00 PM GMT-8 · 32189 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
2. 2.517km WNW of Morongo Valley, CAWed, Aug 10, 12:19 PM GMT-8 · 32185 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
3. 2.47km W of Norco, CAMon, Aug 29, 2:20 AM GMT-8 · 32166 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
4. 3.010km WSW of Anza, CASat, Sep 10, 4:16 PM GMT-8 · 32154 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
5. 2.83km E of Lytle Creek, CAWed, Sep 14, 1:41 PM GMT-8 · 32150 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
6. 2.42km N of Norco, CAThu, Sep 15, 9:42 PM GMT-8 · 32149 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
7. 3.22km SE of Mecca, CASun, Sep 18, 6:53 PM GMT-8 · 32146 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
8. 2.80km NW of Mecca, CASun, Sep 18, 9:19 PM GMT-8 · 32146 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
9. 3.04km S of Thermal, CAMon, Sep 19, 3:39 AM GMT-8 · 32145 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
10. 3.611km NNW of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Sep 19, 5:07 AM GMT-8 · 32145 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
11. 2.78km E of Morongo Valley, CAFri, Sep 23, 3:18 AM GMT-8 · 32141 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
12. 2.24km ESE of Loma Linda, CAMon, Sep 26, 7:21 AM GMT-8 · 32138 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
13. 2.55km ENE of Running Springs, CAWed, Sep 28, 4:33 AM GMT-8 · 32136 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
14. 3.25km WNW of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Oct 3, 3:56 AM GMT-8 · 32131 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
15. 2.836km SW of Ludlow, CATue, Oct 4, 4:26 AM GMT-8 · 32130 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away

Before

1. 3.78km SSE of Palomar Observatory, CAMon, Aug 1, 11:12 PM GMT-8 · 32194 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
2. 2.58km WNW of Lake Henshaw, CAMon, Aug 1, 11:12 PM GMT-8 · 32194 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
3. 2.62km S of Loma Linda, CASun, Jul 31, 6:29 PM GMT-8 · 32195 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
4. 3.27km ESE of Yucaipa, CASun, Jul 24, 5:21 PM GMT-8 · 32202 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
5. 2.94km N of Moreno Valley, CASat, Jul 23, 10:44 PM GMT-8 · 32203 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
6. 2.74km N of Coachella, CAWed, Jul 20, 11:12 AM GMT-8 · 32206 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
7. 3.311km E of Trabuco Canyon, CASun, Jul 17, 10:22 AM GMT-8 · 32209 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
8. 2.12km ENE of Grand Terrace, CAThu, Jul 14, 1:32 PM GMT-8 · 32212 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
9. 2.46km SSW of Anza, CAWed, Jul 13, 2:29 AM GMT-8 · 32213 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
10. 4.214km W of Ocotillo Wells, CASun, Jul 10, 10:06 AM GMT-8 · 32216 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
11. 3.49km S of Borrego Springs, CASun, Jul 10, 8:10 AM GMT-8 · 32216 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
12. 2.610km ENE of Trabuco Canyon, CAThu, Jul 7, 3:14 AM GMT-8 · 32219 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3364723. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC.