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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

8km SW of Lytle Creek, CA

· 12 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Orange County 63 kmLos Angeles County 64 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 63 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3258 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 25 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 5.8 620,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 440,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 39× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 34.2122, -117.5680. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Orange County, CA 63 km (39 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 64 km (40 mi) E 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

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

  1. 2.4 4km SSW of Yorba Linda, CA
  2. 2.1 4km SSW of Yorba Linda, CA
  3. 1.6 4km ESE of Placentia, CA
  4. 1.6 4km SSW of Yorba Linda, CA
  5. 2.4 4km SSW of Yorba Linda, CA
  6. 1.7 14km SW of Lucerne Valley, CA
  7. 1.6 6km SE of Ontario, CA
  8. 1.7 2km SSE of Muscoy, CA
  9. 1.6 2km ESE of Loma Linda, CA
  10. 2.1 2km NNE of Loma Linda, CA
  11. 1.6 5km SSW of Redlands, CA
  12. 2.1 2km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  13. 2.6 3km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  14. 2.6 6km ENE of Lake Arrowhead, CA
  15. 1.9 6km ENE of Lake Arrowhead, 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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