M2.3 earthquake 6km NNE of Beaumont, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6km NNE of Beaumont, CA on Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 9:28 PM PDT (04:28 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 10km NNW of Anza, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-17 04:28:36 UTC
- Depth
- 16.1 km (10.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.978° N, 116.965° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 26°
- Stations used
- 108
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.55km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1873 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.819km NNE of Indio, CA · 1873 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.619km NNE of Indio, CA · 1873 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.213km NNE of Cabazon, CA · 1872 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.817km S of Big Bear City, CA · 1872 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.64km N of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1870 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.510km S of Idyllwild, CA · 1869 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.09km S of Joshua Tree, CA · 1869 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.525km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1868 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.94km NE of Temecula, CA · 1868 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.710km NE of Aguanga, CA · 1867 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.83km SSE of Devore, CA · 1867 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.34km NE of Beaumont, CA · 1865 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83km SSE of Garden Grove, CA · 1862 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.614km WNW of Anza, CA · 1862 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.67km S of Idyllwild, CA · 1862 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.64km N of Fontana, CA · 1861 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 1.74km N of Fontana, CA · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.72km ESE of Loma Linda, CA · 1860 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.914km WNW of Anza, CA · 1860 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.116km NE of Indio, CA · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.03km E of Loma Linda, CA · 1859 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Beaumont, CA · 1858 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.914km NE of Big Bear City, CA · 1858 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.827km NE of Indio, CA · 1857 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.67km NW of Big Bear City, CA · 1857 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.97km NW of Big Bear City, CA · 1857 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.64km WNW of Idyllwild, CA · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 1.914km WNW of Anza, CA · 1856 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 1.814km WNW of Anza, CA · 1856 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.64km SW of Highland, CA · 1856 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.64km NE of Whittier, CA · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.74km SE of Yucaipa, CA · 1854 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.728km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1854 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.03km ESE of Yucca Valley, CA · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.715km SE of Anza, CA · 1854 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.78km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.72km WNW of Lake Henshaw, CA · 1853 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
- 1.814km WNW of Anza, CA · 1853 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.410km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 1852 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.84km NE of Beaumont, CA · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.65km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1852 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 16
- 1.65km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Cabazon, CA · 1850 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.63km SSE of Yucca Valley, CA · 1850 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.63km NNW of La Verne, CA · 1849 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 50
- 1.64km S of Lucerne Valley, CA · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.57km ENE of Cabazon, CA · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.54km ENE of Big Bear City, CA · 1847 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.24km NE of Beaumont, CA · 1846 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.85km NE of Wildomar, CA · 1846 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 1.99km NNW of Cabazon, CA · 1846 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.92km SSE of Lytle Creek, CA · 1845 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 59
- 1.610km NW of Idyllwild, CA · 1844 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.826km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1843 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28km SSE of Big Bear City, CA · 1843 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.76km N of Beaumont, CA · 1843 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 2.35km NE of Wildomar, CA · 1842 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 7
- 1.913km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 1842 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of 108.
Before
- 1.81km NNW of La Puente, CA · 1874 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.13km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 1875 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 44
- 1.926km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1875 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.45km S of Redlands, CA · 1878 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.68km ESE of Valle Vista, CA · 1878 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.53km WSW of Fontana, CA · 1878 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 83
- 1.76km ESE of Cabazon, CA · 1880 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56km SSW of Redlands, CA · 1881 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.621km ESE of Anza, CA · 1881 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.727km NE of Indio, CA · 1881 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.727km NE of Indio, CA · 1881 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.627km NE of Indio, CA · 1881 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.614km SW of Ludlow, CA · 1882 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.86km NW of Desert Hot Springs, CA · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.76km S of Calimesa, CA · 1883 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.26km SE of Valle Vista, CA · 1884 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
- 1.710km S of Idyllwild, CA · 1884 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.65km WNW of Muscoy, CA · 1885 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.63km S of Mentone, CA · 1885 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.95km N of Beaumont, CA · 1886 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39775271. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:39 AM UTC.