M3.0 earthquake 2km ESE of Banning, CA

Magnitude

3.0 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Sep 16, 1948, 12:22 PM GMT-7

UTC

1948-09-16 19:22:59 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.921° N, 116.858° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.1 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.21

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

253°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Banning, CaliforniaPopulation 30,945. Forecast2 kmESE
• Moreno Valley, CaliforniaPopulation 204,198. Forecast34 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast129 kmE

After

1. 3.85km S of Yucca Valley, CASat, Sep 18, 4:54 PM GMT-7 · 28492 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
2. 3.38km NNW of Rancho Cucamonga, CASat, Oct 2, 4:08 PM GMT-7 · 28479 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
3. 3.84km W of Lytle Creek, CASat, Oct 2, 7:46 PM GMT-7 · 28478 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
4. 2.67km WSW of Lytle Creek, CASat, Oct 2, 8:34 PM GMT-7 · 28478 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
5. 2.923km W of Ludlow, CASun, Oct 3, 1:08 PM GMT-7 · 28478 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
6. 3.07km W of Mead Valley, CAWed, Oct 6, 1:17 PM GMT-7 · 28475 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
7. 2.94km S of Devore, CAMon, Oct 11, 11:29 AM GMT-7 · 28470 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
8. 3.618km N of Yucca Valley, CAMon, Oct 11, 4:02 PM GMT-7 · 28470 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
9. 2.612km NNW of Yucca Valley, CATue, Oct 12, 11:32 AM GMT-7 · 28469 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
10. 2.62km S of Aliso Viejo, CATue, Oct 19, 7:14 AM GMT-7 · 28462 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
11. 2.73km SSW of Borrego Springs, CATue, Oct 19, 6:21 PM GMT-7 · 28461 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
12. 2.612km NW of Big Bear Lake, CAFri, Oct 22, 12:59 AM GMT-7 · 28459 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
13. 2.31km E of Muscoy, CASat, Oct 23, 11:25 PM GMT-7 · 28457 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
14. 2.710km NNE of Running Springs, CAFri, Oct 29, 4:22 AM GMT-7 · 28452 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
15. 2.210km NNE of Running Springs, CAFri, Oct 29, 4:26 AM GMT-7 · 28452 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
16. 3.32km E of Lake Arrowhead, CAFri, Oct 29, 4:59 PM GMT-7 · 28451 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
17. 3.011km NW of Big Bear Lake, CASat, Oct 30, 11:03 PM GMT-7 · 28450 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
18. 3.523km N of Yucca Valley, CAThu, Nov 11, 5:24 PM GMT-7 · 28438 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
19. 2.58km NW of Norco, CASun, Nov 14, 2:19 AM GMT-7 · 28436 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
20. 2.66km SE of Joshua Tree, CASun, Nov 14, 3:12 PM GMT-7 · 28436 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away

Before

1. 3.011km NE of Cabazon, CASat, Sep 11, 3:03 PM GMT-7 · 28500 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
2. 2.58km WNW of Camp Pendleton South, CAThu, Sep 9, 9:03 PM GMT-7 · 28501 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
3. 2.31km E of Fullerton, CASat, Sep 4, 10:34 PM GMT-7 · 28506 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
4. 2.72km W of Yucaipa, CATue, Aug 31, 10:58 PM GMT-7 · 28510 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
5. 2.80km WSW of Lytle Creek, CATue, Aug 31, 1:48 AM GMT-7 · 28511 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
6. 2.619km E of Lucerne Valley, CASat, Aug 28, 9:59 PM GMT-7 · 28513 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
7. 3.06km S of Devore, CASat, Aug 28, 6:31 AM GMT-7 · 28514 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3357521. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.