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M 2.5ml
Earthquake near Fontana, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Fontana in the 24 hours to 10:20 pm PST (06:20 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 5 km (3 mi) W, at 6:17 am PDT on 26 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Fontana
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) north-northwest of Fontana, CA, at 11:30 am PST on 24 January 2018 (19:30 UTC), 7.7 km deep. 14 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 3km NW of Lytle Creek, CA
87 km (54 mi) ENE of Los Angeles, CA · 17 km (10 mi) NNE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- When
- 11:30 am PST on 24 January 2018 ()
- Where
- 22 km (14 mi) north-northwest of Fontana, CA · earthquakes near Fontana
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 14 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 69 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 3210 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Fontana, 22 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: Wrightwood 14 km, intensity II · Phelan 17 km, intensity II · Rancho Cucamonga 20 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 32 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 43 km W of this epicentre
- 5.6 7km ENE of Running Springs, CA · 44 km E of this epicentre
- 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 22 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 43 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 34.2772, -117.5210. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 69 km (43 mi) | W | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Kern County, CA | 162 km (101 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Kern County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 5km SE of Lytle Creek, CA
- 1.7 9km NNW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- 1.6 3km SE of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.5 5km SE of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.7 2km NNE of Colton, CA
- 3.0 6km NE of Fontana, CA
- 2.1 4km ESE of Lytle Creek, CA
- 3.2 4km ESE of Lytle Creek, CA
- 1.8 4km NNE of Fontana, CA
- 1.8 6km SSE of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.7 10km WNW of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 2.3 5km NNW of Pearblossum, CA
- 1.6 7km SSW of Littlerock, CA
- 1.6 8km N of Fontana, CA
- 2.2 5km NNW of Mountain View Acres, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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