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M 1.9ml

Earthquake near Rancho Cucamonga, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Rancho Cucamonga in the 24 hours to 9:13 pm PST (05:13 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 10 km (6 mi) E, at 2:35 am PDT on 23 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Rancho Cucamonga

This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) north-northwest of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, at 7:28 pm PDT on 23 May 2016 (02:28 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 7km NNW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA

7 km (4 mi) NW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 75 km (46 mi) ENE of Los Angeles, CA

7:28 pm PDT, May 23, 2016 · · 14 km deep · released about 23 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
7:28 pm PDT on 23 May 2016 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) north-northwest of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · earthquakes near Rancho Cucamonga
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 57 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault
San Jacinto fault, 3 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3823 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Rancho Cucamonga, 8 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: San Antonio Heights, Upland, Montclair, Claremont, Ontario, La Verne.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 23 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 660,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 470,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 42× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 23 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 35 km ESE of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 44 km WSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 36 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 8 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 29 km SSW of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 34.1760, -117.6217. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Orange County, CA 57 km (36 mi) SSW earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 59 km (37 mi) W earthquakes near Los Angeles County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.9 1km W of San Gabriel, CA
  2. 1.5 8km SSW of Lytle Creek, CA
  3. 1.8 2km SW of Mira Loma, CA
  4. 2.0 7km SSW of Devore, CA
  5. 1.7 7km SSW of Devore, CA
  6. 1.6 2km SSE of Loma Linda, CA
  7. 2.4 2km NE of Colton, CA
  8. 1.6 4km NNW of Glen Avon, CA
  9. 1.7 1km S of Ontario, CA
  10. 2.9 3km WNW of Yorba Linda, CA
  11. 1.6 2km NE of Placentia, CA
  12. 1.5 2km SW of Mira Loma, CA
  13. 1.8 4km SE of Home Gardens, CA
  14. 2.0 1km ESE of Loma Linda, CA
  15. 1.5 6km NW of Glen Avon, CA

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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