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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Adelanto, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Adelanto in the 24 hours to 2:44 am PST (10:44 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 89 km (55 mi) NNW, at 9:40 am PDT on 13 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Adelanto
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded in Adelanto, CA, at 9:03 pm PST on 6 January 2019 (05:03 UTC), 8.1 km deep. 101 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 2km WNW of Adelanto, CA
10 km (6 mi) NW of Victorville, CA · 111 km (69 mi) NE of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 9:03 pm PST on 6 January 2019 ()
- Where
- in Adelanto, CA · earthquakes near Adelanto
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- 101 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 88 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Helendale-South Lockhart fault, 21 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 2864 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 23 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Hesperia 22 km, intensity II · Phelan 23 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 280 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 55,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 39,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.5× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 3km W of Lytle Creek, CA · 39 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 34.5918, -117.4267. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 107 km (66 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 118 km (73 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| Kern County, CA | 145 km (90 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Kern County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
24 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 7km NNW of Fontana, CA
- 1.7 5km W of Devore, CA
- 1.6 4km NW of Muscoy, CA
- 1.6 9km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA
- 1.6 16km NNE of Apple Valley, CA
- 2.0 23km NNW of Adelanto, CA
- 1.6 16km NNE of Apple Valley, CA
- 1.6 2km N of Muscoy, CA
- 1.9 4km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA
- 1.6 15km NNE of Apple Valley, CA
- 1.8 9km NE of Lake Arrowhead, CA
- 2.2 7km SSW of Lytle Creek, CA
- 1.6 7km SSW of Lytle Creek, CA
- 1.5 2km S of Lytle Creek, CA
- 1.8 2km SSE of Lytle Creek, 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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