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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Jurupa Valley, CA

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Jurupa Valley in the last 24 hours. M 1.6, 3 km (2 mi) N of Jurupa Valley, at 6:22 am PST on 12 November 2026 (14:22 UTC); the estimated shaking in Jurupa Valley was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Jurupa Valley

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded in Jurupa Valley, CA, at 11:41 pm PDT on 18 May 2022 (06:41 UTC), 2.7 km deep.

USGS: 1km NE of Mira Loma, CA

in Jurupa Valley, CA · 83 km (52 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA

11:41 pm PDT, May 18, 2022 · · 2.7 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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When
11:41 pm PDT on 18 May 2022 ()
Where
in Jurupa Valley, CA · earthquakes near Jurupa Valley
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
2.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 44 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
Red Hill-Etiwanda Avenue fault, 15 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 1638 days ago

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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Pedley 4 km, intensity II · Eastvale 7 km, intensity II · Norco 9 km, intensity II · Rubidoux 9 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. 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 4.4 on 2018-08-29 — about 14,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 25 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 35 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 24 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 25 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 Near San Bernardino, California · 44 km ENE 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 34.0020, -117.5075. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Orange County, CA 44 km (27 mi) SW earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 73 km (45 mi) WNW earthquakes near Los Angeles County
San Diego County, CA 128 km (80 mi) SSE earthquakes near San Diego County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 7km SSW of Redlands, CA
  2. 1.8 12km N of Foothill Ranch, CA
  3. 1.6 4km SE of Home Gardens, CA
  4. 1.6 7km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  5. 1.8 4km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  6. 1.6 5km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  7. 2.1 4km ESE of Loma Linda, CA
  8. 1.7 3km N of Colton, CA
  9. 1.9 4km SE of Home Gardens, CA
  10. 2.8 10km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA
  11. 3.3 10km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA
  12. 1.6 4km ENE of Muscoy, CA
  13. 2.3 2km E of Loma Linda, CA
  14. 2.0 6km W of Calimesa, CA
  15. 2.2 4km NE of Muscoy, 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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