Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
37km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Bernardino County, 48 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2091 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.2 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 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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.
Where
Epicentre 34.6132, -116.6195. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bernardino County, CA | 48 km (30 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| Riverside County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 149 km (93 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
43 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 6km NNE of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.6 10km N of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.5 3km ENE of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.6 38km N of Yucca Valley, CA
- 1.6 24km N of Yucca Valley, CA
- 2.3 7km NNW of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.5 33km WSW of Ludlow, CA
- 1.6 12km NW of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.6 15km N of Yucca Valley, CA
- 1.9 29km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA
- 1.8 39km NE of Big Bear City, CA
- 2.6 28km ENE of Barstow, CA
- 1.9 24km W of Ludlow, CA
- 2.1 28km N of Yucca Valley, CA
- 1.6 4km ENE of Big Bear City, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.3 on 2016-02-20 — it released about 14,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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