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M 1.9ml

Earthquake near Redlands, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Redlands in the 24 hours to 11:35 pm PST (07:35 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 9 km (5 mi) SSE, at 10:33 pm PST on 2 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Redlands

This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) south-southwest of Redlands, CA, at 3:10 am PDT on 13 June 2017 (10:10 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: 6km SSW of Redlands, CA

7 km (4 mi) SW of Redlands, CA · 110 km (69 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA

3:10 am PDT, Jun 13, 2017 · · 17 km deep · released about 19 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Orange County 64 kmLos Angeles County 99 kmRiverside County 116 kmSan Diego County 116 km
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
3:10 am PDT on 13 June 2017 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) south-southwest of Redlands, CA · earthquakes near Redlands
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 64 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
San Jacinto fault, under 1 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 3432 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Redlands, 6 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: Loma Linda, Moreno Valley, Grand Terrace, Mentone, Highgrove, Colton.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 19 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 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2016-01-06 — about 6,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 24 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 35 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 42 km ENE of this epicentre
  3. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 10 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 38 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.6 7km ENE of Running Springs, CA · 30 km NNE 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 34.0058, -117.2125. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Orange County, CA 64 km (40 mi) SW earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 99 km (61 mi) WNW earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Riverside County, CA 116 km (72 mi) ESE earthquakes near Riverside County
San Diego County, CA 116 km (72 mi) SSE earthquakes near San Diego County
San Bernardino County, CA 134 km (83 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

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

  1. 1.8 1km ESE of Loma Linda, CA
  2. 1.6 5km NW of Highland, CA
  3. 1.9 5km NW of Highland, CA
  4. 2.4 6km NW of Highland, CA
  5. 2.6 4km NNW of Fontana, CA
  6. 2.0 0km SW of Colton, CA
  7. 1.8 12km NNE of Cabazon, CA
  8. 1.9 10km NNE of Banning, CA
  9. 1.8 12km NNE of Cabazon, CA
  10. 1.5 12km NNE of Cabazon, CA
  11. 1.7 4km N of Big Bear City, CA
  12. 1.7 6km N of Big Bear City, CA
  13. 1.8 6km N of Big Bear City, CA
  14. 2.0 10km W of Corona, CA
  15. 1.9 7km NW of Banning, 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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