M2.6 earthquake 10km NNE of Cabazon, CA

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 10km NNE of Cabazon, CA on Tue, Jan 21, 2003, 6:29 PM PST (02:29 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 6km N of Big Bear City, CA. This one was a foreshock.

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.58	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.4 · 9 stations
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Palm Springs.

From the USGS event page for ci9881689. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 189.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9881689 (also filed as usp000bnyw). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC.