7km NW of Lakeland Village, CA

2017-02-16 12:49 UTC · 13 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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: 2017-02-16 12:49 UTC
Magnitude: M 1.8 (ml)
Depth: 13 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Orange County, 34 km W
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 3421 days ago · we first saw it 3421 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 17 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.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 870,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 620,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 55× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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

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Epicentre 33.6758, -117.4078. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Orange County, CA	34 km (21 mi)	E of here	earthquakes near Orange County
San Diego County, CA	93 km (58 mi)	NW of here	earthquakes near San Diego County
Los Angeles County, CA	98 km (61 mi)	SE of here	earthquakes near Los Angeles County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.6 2 km NW of San Jacinto, California 07:25 UTC
1.6 3 km ENE of El Cerrito Corona, California 17:01 UTC
2.3 3 km E of Lakeview, California 20:44 UTC
1.7 3 km NNE of Fontana, California 11:12 UTC
1.6 4 km SSE of Placentia, California 12:01 UTC
1.6 2 km SE of Home Gardens, California 19:45 UTC
1.7 2 km SE of Loma Linda, California 17:28 UTC
1.8 10 km ENE of Villa Park, California 09:25 UTC
1.6 4 km ESE of El Cerrito Corona, California 17:27 UTC
1.6 3 km ENE of El Cerrito Corona, California 19:28 UTC
2.7 9 km SW of Corona, California 18:01 UTC
1.7 5 km W of Meadowbrook, California 17:44 UTC
2.3 1 km NE of Loma Linda, California 16:42 UTC
3.0 2 km W of San Bernardino, California 19:59 UTC
2.5 2km SE of Loma Linda, CA 18:35 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 15:08 UTC. 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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