Minor earthquake: M3.06 quake has struck near Banning in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Banning in CA on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.87 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -116.9108353 West, latitude 33.9206657 North, depth = 13.87 km. Event id: ci41032551. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci41032551, us6000qv93. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/25 / 2025-07-26 01:02:57 / July 26, 2025 @ 1:02 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:02:57 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Rancho Cucamonga (c. 165 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chino Hills, Lake Forest, Ladera Ranch (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km W of Banning, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Banning CA Chino Hills Fontana Ladera Ranch Lake Forest Moreno Valley Rancho Cucamonga Riverside San Bernardino United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.06 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.9108353° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.9206657° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	13.87 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km W of Banning, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-26 01:02:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-26 01:11:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	8	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.5	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	2.592	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	146	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ci	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ci,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	98	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.058	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	19	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci41032551	Id of event.
Event Code	41032551	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci41032551,us6000qv93,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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