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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Rancho Cucamonga, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Rancho Cucamonga in the 24 hours to 4:27 am PST (12:27 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 10 km (6 mi) E, at 2:35 am PDT on 23 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Rancho Cucamonga

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 12 km (8 mi) north of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, at 6:12 pm PST on 15 January 2018 (02:12 UTC), 6.8 km deep. 8 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 9km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA

10 km (6 mi) N of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 79 km (49 mi) ENE of Los Angeles, CA

6:12 pm PST, Jan 15, 2018 · · 6.8 km deep · released about 91 lb of TNT

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When
6:12 pm PST on 15 January 2018 ()
Where
12 km (8 mi) north of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · earthquakes near Rancho Cucamonga
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
6.8 km below the surface
Felt
8 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 62 km W
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 3194 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Rancho Cucamonga, 12 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.

Likely felt in: Rancho Cucamonga 12 km, intensity II · Upland 14 km, intensity II · Wrightwood 17 km, intensity II · Ontario 18 km, intensity II · Montclair 18 km, intensity II · Claremont 18 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 91 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 91 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 33 km ESE of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 49 km WSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 38 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 13 km SW of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 34 km SSW 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 34.2157, -117.5843. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Los Angeles County, CA 62 km (39 mi) W earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 63 km (39 mi) SSW earthquakes near Orange 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. 1.7 9km NNW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA
  2. 1.6 3km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  3. 1.5 5km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  4. 1.7 2km NNE of Colton, CA
  5. 3.0 6km NE of Fontana, CA
  6. 2.1 4km ESE of Lytle Creek, CA
  7. 3.2 4km ESE of Lytle Creek, CA
  8. 1.8 4km NNE of Fontana, CA
  9. 1.8 6km SSE of Loma Linda, CA
  10. 2.3 5km NNW of Pearblossum, CA
  11. 1.7 8km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  12. 1.6 7km SSW of Littlerock, CA
  13. 1.6 8km N of Fontana, CA
  14. 2.2 5km NNW of Mountain View Acres, CA
  15. 2.5 2km NE of Redlands, 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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