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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Crestline, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Crestline in the 24 hours to 6:59 am PST (14:59 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 24 km (15 mi) SW, at 1:09 am PDT on 8 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 158 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Crestline
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) south-southeast of Crestline, CA, at 6:51 pm PST on 20 December 2020 (02:51 UTC), 2.5 km deep.
USGS: 5km SSE of Crestline, CA
8 km (5 mi) NNE of San Bernardino, CA · 108 km (67 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 6:51 pm PST on 20 December 2020 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) south-southeast of Crestline, CA · earthquakes near Crestline
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 76 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 3 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 2152 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Crestline, 5 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: Lake Arrowhead 8 km, intensity II · Highland 9 km, intensity II · Muscoy 10 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.9 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 28,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 14 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 39 km E of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 13 km S of this epicentre
- 5.6 7km ENE of Running Springs, CA · 20 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 41 km W of this epicentre
- 5.5 11km SSE of Big Bear Lake, California · 37 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 34.2025, -117.2540. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 93 km (58 mi) | W | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | NE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| Riverside County, CA | 127 km (79 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 17km SE of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.6 3km S of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.7 6km S of Loma Linda, CA
- 1.7 16km SE of Big Bear City, CA
- 2.1 7km N of Fontana, CA
- 2.0 17km SE of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.8 4km SE of Home Gardens, CA
- 1.9 8km SSE of Redlands, CA
- 1.8 4km SE of Home Gardens, CA
- 1.6 7km NNE of Moreno Valley, CA
- 1.8 14km S of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.9 2km SE of Home Gardens, CA
- 1.6 6km NE of Moreno Valley, CA
- 1.5 7km ENE of Running Springs, CA
- 2.2 14km NNE of Glendora, 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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