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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

2km SE of Colton, CA

· 18 km deep · released about 49 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Orange County, 62 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1512 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 49 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 310,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 220,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 49 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 34.0632, -117.3013. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Orange County, CA 62 km (38 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 90 km (56 mi) E of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
San Diego County, CA 125 km (78 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Riverside County, CA 125 km (78 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Riverside County
San Bernardino County, CA 135 km (84 mi) SW of here earthquakes near San Bernardino County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 1km S of Loma Linda, CA
  2. 1.9 4km SE of Home Gardens, CA
  3. 1.9 5km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  4. 1.8 4km N of Beaumont, CA
  5. 2.2 4km NNW of Valle Vista, CA
  6. 1.9 5km NNW of Lake Elsinore, CA
  7. 1.8 2km NE of Redlands, CA
  8. 1.7 13km NNE of Yucaipa, CA
  9. 1.6 8km ESE of Yorba Linda, CA
  10. 1.6 3km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  11. 2.6 3km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  12. 1.6 3km ESE of Loma Linda, CA
  13. 2.7 5km E of Calimesa, CA
  14. 2.7 2km ESE of Loma Linda, CA
  15. 1.5 5km ENE of Rancho Cucamonga, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.4 on 2016-01-06 — it released about 2,400 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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