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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Chino, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Chino in the 24 hours to 6:36 am PST (14:36 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 9 km (6 mi) E, at 2:48 pm PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Chino
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Chino, CA, at 7:30 am PDT on 29 September 2020 (14:30 UTC), 6.7 km deep.
USGS: 9km SSE of Chino, CA
5 km (3 mi) S of Chino, CA · 70 km (43 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 7:30 am PDT on 29 September 2020 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) south-southeast of Chino, CA · earthquakes near Chino
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 31 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Elsinore fault, 7 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 2235 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Chino, 9 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: Los Serranos, Eastvale, Norco, Corona, Chino Hills, Home Gardens.
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 4.5 on 2020-09-19 — about 27,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 46 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 41 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 35 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 41 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 49 km NW 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 33.9320, -117.6590. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 31 km (19 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 63 km (39 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| San Diego County, CA | 130 km (81 mi) | SE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 4km NNW of Fontana, CA
- 1.9 2km E of Moreno Valley, CA
- 1.6 2km SE of Muscoy, CA
- 1.7 1km W of Brea, CA
- 1.6 5km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
- 1.8 6km S of Mentone, CA
- 2.3 4km WNW of Devore, CA
- 2.2 4km WNW of Devore, CA
- 1.6 4km SE of Loma Linda, CA
- 2.3 4km SE of Loma Linda, CA
- 2.1 4km SE of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.5 2km E of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.9 6km ENE of Villa Park, CA
- 2.5 1km NW of Bell, CA
- 1.8 4km SSE of Home Gardens, 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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