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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Calimesa, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Calimesa in the 24 hours to 3:17 am PST (11:17 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 7 km (4 mi) WSW, at 10:33 pm PST on 2 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Calimesa
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) west-southwest of Calimesa, CA, at 11:01 pm PDT on 8 October 2017 (06:01 UTC), 15 km deep.
USGS: 8km WSW of Calimesa, CA
8 km (5 mi) NE of Moreno Valley, CA · 118 km (73 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 11:01 pm PDT on 8 October 2017 ()
- Where
- 8 km (5 mi) west-southwest of Calimesa, CA · earthquakes near Calimesa
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 67 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, 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 3304 days ago
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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 Calimesa, 8 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: Moreno Valley, Redlands, Yucaipa, Mentone, March Air Force Base, Lakeview.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 16,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 24 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 27 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 39 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 18 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 38 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 49 km E 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 33.9665, -117.1365. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 67 km (42 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 107 km (66 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Riverside County, CA | 108 km (67 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 110 km (68 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 132 km (82 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
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 4km S of Redlands, CA
- 1.6 9km NNW of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.9 5km N of Cabazon, CA
- 1.7 9km ESE of Big Bear City, CA
- 2.1 1km S of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.9 4km SE of Home Gardens, CA
- 1.9 5km SE of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.8 5km S of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.8 8km E of Murrieta Hot Springs, CA
- 1.8 4km N of Beaumont, CA
- 2.2 4km NNW of Valle Vista, CA
- 1.9 5km NNW of Lake Elsinore, CA
- 1.7 10km SW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.8 2km NE of Redlands, CA
- 1.7 13km NNE of Yucaipa, 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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