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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Yucaipa, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Yucaipa in the 24 hours to 4:36 am PST (12:36 UTC). The last one was M 1.5, 8 km (5 mi) ESE, at 3:54 pm PST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Yucaipa
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) north-northeast of Yucaipa, CA, at 6:56 am PST on 8 December 2019 (14:56 UTC), 5.4 km deep.
USGS: 8km NNE of Yucaipa, CA
8 km (5 mi) NNE of Yucaipa, CA · 130 km (81 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 6:56 am PST on 8 December 2019 ()
- Where
- 8 km (5 mi) north-northeast of Yucaipa, CA · earthquakes near Yucaipa
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 85 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas 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 2531 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 Yucaipa, 8 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: Yucaipa 8 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.8 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 2,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 24,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 37 km S of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 20 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 23 km W of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 38 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.6 7km ENE of Running Springs, CA · 16 km N 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 34.0973, -117.0070. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Riverside County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | NE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | W | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| San Diego County, CA | 121 km (75 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Diego County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 5km SW of Fontana, CA
- 1.8 8km NNW of Big Bear City, CA
- 2.0 1km SSE of Colton, CA
- 1.6 5km SSW of Banning, CA
- 2.3 8km WNW of Garnet, CA
- 1.8 10km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.7 3km NW of Fontana, CA
- 1.9 3km NNW of Fontana, CA
- 2.0 7km NNE of Fontana, CA
- 1.7 11km SW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.9 6km NE of Beaumont, CA
- 2.0 5km NE of Beaumont, CA
- 1.6 8km SE of Winchester, CA
- 2.4 2km ENE of Colton, CA
- 2.7 5km N of Big Bear Lake, 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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