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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Moreno Valley, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Moreno Valley in the 24 hours to 6:56 am PST (14:56 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 11 km (7 mi) N, at 10:40 am PDT on 31 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Moreno Valley
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) northeast of Moreno Valley, CA, at 1:39 pm PDT on 9 September 2019 (20:39 UTC), 13 km deep.
USGS: 7km NE of Moreno Valley, CA
6 km (4 mi) NNE of Moreno Valley, CA
- When
- 1:39 pm PDT on 9 September 2019 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) northeast of Moreno Valley, CA · earthquakes near Moreno Valley
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 65 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Moreno Valley, 7 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: Redlands, Calimesa, Mentone, Loma Linda, March Air Force Base, Yucaipa.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.8 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 2018-05-08 — about 21,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 22 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 30 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 41 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 15 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 37 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.6 7km ENE of Running Springs, CA · 32 km NNE 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 33.9718, -117.1735. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 103 km (64 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Riverside County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 112 km (69 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 134 km (83 mi) | NE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
47 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 10km NNW of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.9 11km NW of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 2.0 8km NNW of Cabazon, CA
- 1.6 9km SE of Valle Vista, CA
- 1.6 3km NNW of Mira Loma, CA
- 1.8 6km N of Beaumont, CA
- 1.6 5 km SE of Home Gardens, CA
- 1.9 3km NE of San Jacinto, CA
- 1.7 4km NNW of Glen Avon, CA
- 1.5 10km ENE of Yucaipa, CA
- 1.7 6km SSE of Mentone, CA
- 1.6 3km SE of Home Gardens, CA
- 2.5 11km SW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.9 11km NNE of Banning, CA
- 1.6 8km NW of San Jacinto, 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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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