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M 1.8ml

6km S of Phelan, CA

· 6.3 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 67 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3518 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 930,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 660,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 59× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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.

Where

Epicentre 34.3712, -117.5662. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Los Angeles County, CA 67 km (42 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 80 km (50 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Orange County
Kern County, CA 152 km (94 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kern County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 1 km ESE of Loma Linda, California
  2. 1.5 6 km SSE of Lytle Creek, California
  3. 2.0 8 km ENE of San Antonio Heights, California
  4. 1.7 3 km NNE of Fontana, California
  5. 2.0 5 km NW of Fontana, California
  6. 1.7 2 km SE of Loma Linda, California
  7. 2.4 4 km SSE of Lytle Creek, California
  8. 2.3 1 km NE of Loma Linda, California
  9. 3.0 2 km W of San Bernardino, California
  10. 1.7 15 km NNE of Apple Valley, California
  11. 2.5 2km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  12. 1.5 1km SW of Loma Linda, CA
  13. 3.1 2km ESE of Loma Linda, CA
  14. 1.5 3km NE of Fontana, CA
  15. 1.8 4km SE of Loma Linda, 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.

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