M3.1 earthquake 7km ESE of Garnet, CA

Magnitude

3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sat, Mar 5, 1949, 1:36 AM GMT-8

UTC

1949-03-05 09:36:38 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.882° N, 116.469° 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

±0.09

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

240°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

6

• Garnet, CaliforniaPopulation 7,543. Forecast5 kmS
• Palm Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 47,371. Forecast9 kmNE
• Moreno Valley, CaliforniaPopulation 204,198. Forecast71 kmE
• San Diego, CaliforniaPopulation 1,404,452. Forecast145 kmNNE

After

1. 2.712km NNE of Thousand Palms, CASat, Mar 5, 11:03 PM GMT-8 · 28335 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
2. 3.06km NE of Desert Hot Springs, CAMon, Mar 7, 4:56 AM GMT-8 · 28333 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
3. 2.82km SSE of Morongo Valley, CAMon, Mar 7, 1:48 PM GMT-8 · 28333 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
4. 3.111km NNE of Thousand Palms, CATue, Mar 8, 10:22 AM GMT-8 · 28332 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
5. 2.86km SSE of Lake Henshaw, CAWed, Mar 9, 11:13 AM GMT-8 · 28331 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
6. 2.912km E of Desert Hot Springs, CAWed, Mar 9, 5:00 PM GMT-8 · 28331 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
7. 2.05km W of Muscoy, CASun, Mar 13, 12:46 PM GMT-8 · 28327 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
8. 3.34km NNE of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Mar 15, 7:08 AM GMT-8 · 28325 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
9. 2.711km ESE of Anza, CATue, Mar 15, 11:41 AM GMT-8 · 28325 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
10. 3.921km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CAWed, Mar 16, 10:00 AM GMT-8 · 28324 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
11. 2.62km WSW of Cathedral City, CAWed, Mar 16, 10:12 PM GMT-8 · 28324 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
12. 2.716km NNW of Borrego Springs, CAThu, Mar 17, 6:40 AM GMT-8 · 28323 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
13. 3.717km NE of Warner Springs, CAThu, Mar 17, 8:06 AM GMT-8 · 28323 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
14. 3.117km N of North Shore, CAFri, Mar 18, 12:37 AM GMT-8 · 28322 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
15. 2.58km SW of Lucerne Valley, CASat, Mar 19, 11:25 AM GMT-8 · 28321 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
16. 2.84km S of Mentone, CASat, Mar 19, 6:26 PM GMT-8 · 28321 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
17. 2.832km NNE of Joshua Tree, CASun, Mar 20, 9:49 PM GMT-8 · 28320 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
18. 3.09km N of Morongo Valley, CAWed, Mar 23, 3:33 PM GMT-8 · 28317 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
19. 2.71km SW of Desert Hot Springs, CASun, Mar 27, 10:54 AM GMT-8 · 28313 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
20. 2.96km SW of Palm Desert, CATue, Mar 29, 12:32 PM GMT-8 · 28311 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
21. 3.04km ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CAFri, Apr 1, 11:20 AM GMT-8 · 28308 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
22. 3.34km E of Desert Hot Springs, CASun, Apr 3, 3:34 PM GMT-8 · 28306 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
23. 3.917km NW of Borrego Springs, CATue, Apr 12, 11:53 PM GMT-8 · 28296 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
24. 2.84km ESE of Anza, CAThu, Apr 14, 6:33 PM GMT-8 · 28295 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
25. 3.011km N of Thousand Palms, CASun, Apr 17, 10:09 AM GMT-8 · 28292 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
26. 2.95km ESE of Desert Hot Springs, CAMon, Apr 25, 10:46 AM GMT-8 · 28284 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
27. 2.83km ESE of Big Bear Lake, CATue, Apr 26, 11:28 AM GMT-8 · 28283 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
28. 2.63km E of Big Bear Lake, CATue, Apr 26, 2:47 PM GMT-8 · 28283 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
29. 4.536km ESE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 3:24 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
30. 5.738km ESE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 3:25 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
31. 3.535km NW of Desert Center, CAMon, May 2, 5:01 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
32. 3.427km NW of Desert Center, CAMon, May 2, 5:26 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
33. 3.631km SE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 5:27 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
34. 3.734km ESE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 6:35 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
35. 3.236km SE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 8:04 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
36. 3.433km SE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 8:21 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
37. 3.115km NE of North Shore, CAMon, May 2, 8:26 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
38. 3.425km SSE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 9:49 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
39. 3.332km SSE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 9:52 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
40. 3.338km NW of Desert Center, CAMon, May 2, 10:04 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
41. 3.330km SE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 10:05 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
42. 3.533km SE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 10:10 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
43. 3.922km S of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 10:41 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
44. 3.331km SSE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 11:02 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
45. 3.28km N of North Shore, CAMon, May 2, 11:08 AM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
46. 3.111km SSE of North Shore, CAMon, May 2, 3:03 PM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
47. 3.233km SE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, May 2, 5:47 PM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
48. 3.238km NW of Desert Center, CAMon, May 2, 10:42 PM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
49. 3.13km SSE of North Shore, CAMon, May 2, 11:00 PM GMT-8 · 28277 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
50. 3.212km S of North Shore, CATue, May 3, 1:52 AM GMT-8 · 28276 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
51. 3.531km WNW of Desert Center, CATue, May 3, 2:13 AM GMT-8 · 28276 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
52. 3.17km S of North Shore, CATue, May 3, 2:24 AM GMT-8 · 28276 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
53. 3.132km NW of Desert Center, CATue, May 3, 2:25 AM GMT-8 · 28276 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
54. 3.335km SE of Twentynine Palms, CATue, May 3, 3:26 AM GMT-8 · 28276 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
55. 3.36km SSE of North Shore, CATue, May 3, 5:47 AM GMT-8 · 28276 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
56. 2.711km ESE of Oasis, CATue, May 3, 8:57 AM GMT-8 · 28276 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
57. 3.36km ESE of North Shore, CATue, May 3, 10:10 AM GMT-8 · 28276 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
58. 3.337km SE of Twentynine Palms, CATue, May 3, 1:11 PM GMT-8 · 28276 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
59. 3.436km SE of Twentynine Palms, CATue, May 3, 1:26 PM GMT-8 · 28276 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
60. 3.435km SE of Twentynine Palms, CATue, May 3, 1:55 PM GMT-8 · 28276 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

1. 3.032km SSE of Twentynine Palms, CAThu, Mar 3, 12:26 PM GMT-8 · 28337 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
2. 2.52km W of Grand Terrace, CAMon, Feb 28, 7:47 AM GMT-8 · 28340 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
3. 2.75km N of Thousand Palms, CAWed, Feb 23, 1:40 PM GMT-8 · 28345 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
4. 2.711km ESE of Desert Hot Springs, CATue, Feb 22, 3:48 AM GMT-8 · 28346 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
5. 2.75km WNW of Fontana, CAMon, Feb 21, 5:42 AM GMT-8 · 28347 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
6. 2.78km ESE of Thousand Palms, CAMon, Feb 21, 4:58 AM GMT-8 · 28347 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
7. 2.68km ESE of Running Springs, CASat, Feb 19, 9:11 PM GMT-8 · 28349 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
8. 3.08km W of Morongo Valley, CAFri, Feb 18, 1:59 PM GMT-8 · 28350 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
9. 2.99km N of Ocotillo Wells, CAThu, Feb 17, 7:34 PM GMT-8 · 28351 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
10. 2.610km NNE of Beaumont, CAWed, Feb 16, 3:02 AM GMT-8 · 28352 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
11. 2.916km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, Feb 15, 9:43 AM GMT-8 · 28353 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
12. 2.92km ENE of Rancho Mirage, CASat, Feb 12, 10:19 AM GMT-8 · 28356 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
13. 2.12km WNW of Devore, CAFri, Feb 11, 4:43 AM GMT-8 · 28357 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
14. 3.012km E of Julian, CAThu, Feb 10, 3:16 PM GMT-8 · 28358 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
15. 2.810km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CAWed, Feb 9, 12:54 AM GMT-8 · 28359 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
16. 3.413km N of Ocotillo Wells, CAMon, Feb 7, 8:11 AM GMT-8 · 28361 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
17. 2.69km N of Thousand Palms, CASun, Feb 6, 11:23 PM GMT-8 · 28362 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
18. 2.910km SE of Anza, CASat, Feb 5, 10:24 PM GMT-8 · 28363 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3356259. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.