Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
Southern California Seismic Network: a cooperative project of
U.S. Geological Survey, Pasadena California
Caltech Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Version #4: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
A micro earthquake occurred at 0:11:12 AM (PDT) on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
The magnitude 0.7 event occurred 11 km (7 miles) WSW of Morongo Valley, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 15 km (10 miles).
| Magnitude | 0.7 - local magnitude (Ml) |
| Time | Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 0:11:12 AM (PDT) Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 7:11:12 (UTC) |
| Distance from |
Morongo Valley, CA - 11 km (7 miles) WSW (238 degrees) Cabazon, CA - 13 km (8 miles) NE (48 degrees) Garnet, CA - 16 km (10 miles) NW (309 degrees) Desert Hot Springs, CA - 17 km (11 miles) WNW (283 degrees) Banning, CA - 19 km (12 miles) ENE (67 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 33 deg. 59.7 min. N (33.995N), 116 deg. 40.9 min. W (116.682W) |
| Depth | 15.31 km (9.50 miles) |
| Quality | Excellent |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst=42, Nph=70, Dmin=5.8 km, Rmss=0.14 sec, Erho=0.15 km, Erzz=0.38 km, Gp=51 degrees |
| Event ID# | ci41207679 |
| Additional Information | Map |
For more information, see https://earthquake.usgs.gov
[
Index map ||
Big earthquake list ||
All earthquake list ||
Glossary of terms ||
Top page
]
[
Did you feel it? ||
ShakeMaps
|| Relative2Me
]
[ Data Sources ]
Special maps
Long Valley || Los Angeles || San Francisco
Data Sources
US and World - USGS/NEIC = National Earthquake Information Center
Northern California - UCB = University of California, Berkeley
Southern California - Caltech = California Institute of Technology
Nevada - UNR = University of Nevada, Reno
Offshore = West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
...all members of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)






