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M 3.4ml
Earthquake near Nuevo, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Nuevo in the 24 hours to 10:58 pm PST (06:58 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 17 km (10 mi) E, at 8:30 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 87 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Nuevo
This page: a magnitude 3.4 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) north-northeast of Nuevo, CA, at 1:01 am PST on 14 February 2016 (09:01 UTC), 14 km deep. 692 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 10km NNE of Nuevo, CA
9 km (6 mi) ESE of Moreno Valley, CA · 120 km (75 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 1:01 am PST on 14 February 2016 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) north-northeast of Nuevo, CA · earthquakes near Nuevo
- Magnitude
- M 3.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- 692 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity V (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Orange County, 66 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, 5 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 3146 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 58 km (36 mi) from the epicentre. In Nuevo, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.
Likely felt in: Moreno Valley 12 km, intensity III · Beaumont 14 km, intensity III · Perris 16 km, intensity III · Yucaipa 17 km, intensity III · Menifee 18 km, intensity III · San Jacinto 19 km, intensity III · Redlands 19 km, intensity III · Mentone 20 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 2.1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 80,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,600× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,500× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.4 about 2.1 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4.4× more
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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2016-01-06 — about 28 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 20 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 44 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 26 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 34 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 49 km ENE 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 33.8917, -117.1177. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 66 km (41 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| San Diego County, CA | 102 km (63 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Riverside County, CA | 105 km (65 mi) | E | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 137 km (85 mi) | NE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
35 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 12km NE of Yucaipa, CA
- 1.9 16km NW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.5 10km SW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.5 4km WNW of Glen Avon, CA
- 1.8 4km NW of Glen Avon, CA
- 1.8 11km N of Banning, CA
- 1.9 4km WNW of Glen Avon, CA
- 1.6 6km NE of San Bernardino, CA
- 1.9 6km NE of San Bernardino, CA
- 1.9 4km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.9 12km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 2.0 12km SSE of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.7 7km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
- 1.5 7km SE of Valle Vista, CA
- 1.8 3km WNW of Devore, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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