M3.0 earthquake 3km SSW of Garnet, CA

Magnitude

3.0 (ml), micro

Local time

Sun, Dec 22, 1968, 2:16 AM GMT-8

UTC

1968-12-22 10:16:02 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.877° N, 116.559° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

110°

Stations used

8

• Palm Springs, CaliforniaPopulation 47,371. Forecast5 kmNNW
• Moreno Valley, CaliforniaPopulation 204,198. Forecast62 kmE
• San Diego, CaliforniaPopulation 1,404,452. Forecast141 kmNNE

After

1. 3.39km SSW of Idyllwild, CASun, Dec 29, 5:30 AM GMT-8 · 21086 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
2. 2.714km ENE of Twentynine Palms, CATue, Jan 7, 5:05 AM GMT-8 · 21077 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
3. 2.718km NE of Twentynine Palms, CATue, Jan 7, 5:11 AM GMT-8 · 21077 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
4. 2.621km NE of Twentynine Palms, CAFri, Jan 10, 12:30 PM GMT-8 · 21074 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
5. 3.018km NE of Twentynine Palms, CAFri, Jan 10, 8:12 PM GMT-8 · 21074 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
6. 2.87km NNE of Banning, CASun, Jan 12, 4:18 AM GMT-8 · 21072 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
7. 3.510km N of Banning, CAMon, Jan 13, 8:23 AM GMT-8 · 21071 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
8. 3.123km ENE of Twentynine Palms, CAWed, Jan 15, 1:56 AM GMT-8 · 21069 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
9. 2.412km ENE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, Jan 20, 1:17 PM GMT-8 · 21064 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
10. 2.322km NE of Twentynine Palms, CAMon, Jan 20, 2:00 PM GMT-8 · 21064 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
11. 3.011km NE of Aguanga, CAMon, Jan 20, 3:07 PM GMT-8 · 21064 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
12. 2.418km ENE of Twentynine Palms, CATue, Jan 21, 1:10 AM GMT-8 · 21063 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
13. 4.824km NE of Indio, CAThu, Jan 23, 3:01 PM GMT-8 · 21061 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
14. 2.923km NE of Indio, CAThu, Jan 23, 3:26 PM GMT-8 · 21061 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
15. 2.722km S of Twentynine Palms, CAThu, Jan 23, 3:42 PM GMT-8 · 21061 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
16. 3.524km NE of Indio, CAThu, Jan 23, 4:09 PM GMT-8 · 21061 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
17. 3.024km NE of Indio, CAThu, Jan 23, 4:12 PM GMT-8 · 21061 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
18. 3.024km NE of Indio, CAFri, Jan 24, 6:36 PM GMT-8 · 21060 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
19. 4.139km SE of Twentynine Palms, CAFri, Jan 24, 7:00 PM GMT-8 · 21060 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
20. 3.438km NNE of North Shore, CAFri, Jan 24, 7:40 PM GMT-8 · 21060 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
21. 3.07km NNE of Desert Hot Springs, CAFri, Jan 24, 10:04 PM GMT-8 · 21059 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
22. 2.51km WSW of Glen Avon, CASun, Feb 2, 5:29 PM GMT-8 · 21051 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
23. 3.217km SSE of Joshua Tree, CATue, Feb 4, 10:01 PM GMT-8 · 21048 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
24. 2.49km SW of Corona, CATue, Feb 18, 11:55 AM GMT-8 · 21035 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away

Before

1. 3.114km S of Joshua Tree, CAFri, Dec 20, 11:33 AM GMT-8 · 21095 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
2. 2.63km NE of Rancho Cucamonga, CAThu, Dec 19, 3:49 AM GMT-8 · 21096 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
3. 2.510km E of Yucaipa, CATue, Dec 17, 4:12 PM GMT-8 · 21098 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
4. 3.26km ENE of Yucaipa, CAWed, Dec 11, 10:14 PM GMT-8 · 21103 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
5. 2.73km ESE of North Shore, CAWed, Nov 27, 2:48 PM GMT-8 · 21118 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
6. 3.117km ENE of Borrego Springs, CASat, Nov 23, 2:33 AM GMT-8 · 21122 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3328113. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC.