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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Loma Linda, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Loma Linda in the 24 hours to 12:48 am PST (08:48 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 2 km (1 mi) SE, at 10:40 am PDT on 31 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Loma Linda

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) south of Loma Linda, CA, at 6:47 am PST on 15 February 2021 (14:47 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 6km S of Loma Linda, CA

9 km (5 mi) NNW of Moreno Valley, CA · 107 km (67 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA

6:47 am PST, Feb 15, 2021 · · 14 km deep · released about 10 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
6:47 am PST on 15 February 2021 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) south of Loma Linda, CA · earthquakes near Loma Linda
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 60 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
San Jacinto 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 2096 days ago

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 Loma Linda, 6 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: Moreno Valley, Grand Terrace, Highgrove, Redlands, Colton, March Air Force Base.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 16,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 36 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 45 km ENE of this epicentre
  3. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 11 km N of this epicentre
  4. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 35 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.6 7km ENE of Running Springs, CA · 34 km NE 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 33.9915, -117.2487. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Orange County, CA 60 km (37 mi) SW earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 96 km (60 mi) WNW earthquakes near Los Angeles County
San Diego County, CA 116 km (72 mi) SSE earthquakes near San Diego County
Riverside County, CA 119 km (74 mi) ESE earthquakes near Riverside County
San Bernardino County, CA 137 km (85 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

48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.6 5km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  2. 1.5 3km NW of Fontana, CA
  3. 2.0 6km SSW of Redlands, CA
  4. 1.9 9km N of Cabazon, CA
  5. 1.6 3km NW of Valle Vista, CA
  6. 1.8 4km SE of Calimesa, CA
  7. 2.6 1km ESE of Loma Linda, CA
  8. 3.0 2km ESE of Ontario, CA
  9. 1.6 5km N of Lake Elsinore, CA
  10. 1.7 6km S of Redlands, CA
  11. 1.8 3km WNW of Valle Vista, CA
  12. 1.6 2km NE of Colton, CA
  13. 1.7 2km NNE of Colton, CA
  14. 1.7 5km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  15. 1.5 4km NE of Beaumont, 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.

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