M1.1 earthquake 34 km E of San Diego Country Estates, California, United States

Name: M1.1 earthquake 34 km E of San Diego Country Estates, California, United States
Start: 2026-09-25T09:37:33.410Z
End: 2026-09-25T09:37:33.410Z
Location: 34 km E of San Diego Country Estates, California, United States

A magnitude 1.1 earthquake struck 34 km E of San Diego Country Estates, California, United States at 02:37 local time (09:37 UTC) on 25 Sept 2026, at a depth of 9 km, according to USGS. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.

Data: USGS · updated 2026-09-25 09:41 UTC · automatic solution

Magnitude: 1.1micro
local magnitude (Richter) (ml)
Depth: 8.8 km
Status: Automatic
Origin time: 2026-09-25 09:37:33 UTC; Local: 25 Sept 2026, 02:37:33 (America/Los Angeles)
Epicentre: 33.027° N, 116.414° W

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
Place	Distance	Est. shaking
San Diego Country EstatesCalifornia, United States · pop. 10,109	34 km	INot felt
AlpineCalifornia, United States · pop. 14,236	39 km	INot felt
RamonaCalifornia, United States · pop. 20,292	43 km	INot felt
LakesideCalifornia, United States · pop. 20,648	51 km	INot felt
Winter GardensCalifornia, United States · pop. 20,631	53 km	INot felt
TecateBaja California, Mexico · pop. 64,764	55 km	INot felt
Chula VistaCalifornia, United States · pop. 265,757	76 km	INot felt
San DiegoCalifornia, United States · pop. 1,404,452	78 km	INot felt

Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more.

Every agency's solution

Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses USGS · CI.

Agency	Magnitude	Depth	Epicentre	Time offset	Status
USGS · CIheadlineSouthern California Seismic Network via U.S. Geological Survey	1.1 ml	8.8 km	33.03° N, 116.41° W	–	Automatic

How big was it?

Usually not felt. Recorded by nearby seismometers; thousands occur worldwide every day.

It released roughly the energy of 674 g of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 9 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.

Compare M1.1 with M1.0

M1.1 releases about 1.4× the energy of M1.0, and its waves are about 1.3× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 674 g of TNT vs 477 g of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M1.0. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

8 later earthquakes within 30 km; the largest was M1.5 3 days ago. 11 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Aftershocks

Mainshock M1.1

8 later earthquakes nearby. Aftershock rates typically fall off roughly as 1/time (Omori's law).

Did you feel it?

Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.

Reports on SeismoAtlas

No reports yet.

Event id ci41338879. First recorded here 28 Sept 2026, 17:32:10 UTC. Solutions: USGS · CI (usgs:ci41338879). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M1.1 earthquake 34 km E of San Diego Country Estates, California, United States”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/ci41338879-m1-1-earthquake-34-km-e-of-san-diego-country-estates-california-united-states, data from USGS.

JSON: /api/v1/events/ci41338879. SeismoAtlas is not an official warning service.

Time after mainshock (hours)	Magnitude	Depth (km)
8.98	1.5	10
17.39	0.7	8
19.84	0.6	6
21.63	1.2	13
28.19	0.6	7
48.86	0.5	15
55.21	0.6	11
74.03	0.6	6