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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Rancho Cucamonga, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Rancho Cucamonga in the 24 hours to 4:31 am PST (12:31 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 1.6 earthquake was recorded 19 km (12 mi) north of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, at 8:03 am PDT on 10 March 2020 (15:03 UTC), 10 km deep.

USGS: 8km WNW of Lytle Creek, CA

81 km (50 mi) ENE of Los Angeles, CA · 17 km (10 mi) N of Rancho Cucamonga, CA

8:03 am PDT, Mar 10, 2020 · · 10 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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When
8:03 am PDT on 10 March 2020 ()
Where
19 km (12 mi) north of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · earthquakes near Rancho Cucamonga
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 63 km W
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 2436 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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Rancho Cucamonga, 19 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: Wrightwood, San Antonio Heights, Phelan, Piñon Hills, Upland, Oak Hills.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 2018-08-29 — about 18,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 37 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 37 km W of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 18 km SSW of this epicentre
  4. 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 40 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 Near San Bernardino, California · 46 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 34.2803, -117.5875. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Los Angeles County, CA 63 km (39 mi) W earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 69 km (43 mi) SSW earthquakes near Orange County
Kern County, CA 158 km (98 mi) NW earthquakes near Kern 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. 1.8 3 km ENE of Colton, CA
  2. 1.5 2km ESE of Home Gardens, CA
  3. 1.5 7km SSW of Lytle Creek, CA
  4. 2.0 0km SSW of South El Monte, CA
  5. 1.7 6km SSW of Redlands, CA
  6. 1.7 2km SSE of Loma Linda, CA
  7. 1.6 3km ESE of Home Gardens, CA
  8. 1.6 1km ESE of Redlands, CA
  9. 1.7 7km NNE of Fontana, CA
  10. 1.5 3km SSW of Running Springs, CA
  11. 1.7 10km WSW of Corona, CA
  12. 2.1 4km SW of Lytle Creek, CA
  13. 1.7 0km NW of Loma Linda, CA
  14. 1.5 2km S of Home Gardens, CA
  15. 2.3 9km NE 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.

On USGS

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