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M 2.1ml

Earthquake near Trabuco Canyon, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Trabuco Canyon in the 24 hours to 10:09 am PST (18:09 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 54 km (34 mi) SW, at 1:22 pm PDT on 5 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 126 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Trabuco Canyon

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) east-northeast of Trabuco Canyon, CA, at 7:20 pm PDT on 13 September 2022 (02:20 UTC), 12 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 11km ENE of Trabuco Canyon, CA

13 km (8 mi) W of Lake Elsinore, CA · 93 km (58 mi) ESE of Los Angeles, CA

7:20 pm PDT, Sep 13, 2022 · · 12 km deep · released about 44 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
7:20 pm PDT on 13 September 2022 ()
Where
11 km (7 mi) east-northeast of Trabuco Canyon, CA · earthquakes near Trabuco Canyon
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
1 report
Nearest
Orange County, 28 km W
Nearest mapped fault
Elsinore 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 1520 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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Trabuco Canyon, 11 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: Rancho Santa Margarita, Lakeland Village, Lake Elsinore, Coto De Caza, El Cerrito Corona, Meadowbrook.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 44 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 44 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 47 km E of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 49 km W of this epicentre
  3. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 47 km NNE of this epicentre
  4. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 7 km E of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 38 km NW 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 33.7045, -117.4778. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Orange County, CA 28 km (17 mi) W earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 91 km (56 mi) NW earthquakes near Los Angeles County
San Diego County, CA 100 km (62 mi) SE earthquakes near San Diego County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 9km W of Calimesa, CA
  2. 1.9 5km SE of Ontario, CA
  3. 1.9 5km NW of Mira Loma, CA
  4. 1.8 6km NW of San Jacinto, CA
  5. 2.2 3km SW of Pedley, CA
  6. 1.8 8km SSW of Calimesa, CA
  7. 2.8 5km ESE of Yorba Linda, CA
  8. 1.9 5km S of Redlands, CA
  9. 1.8 7km SW of Calimesa, CA
  10. 1.8 5km S of Redlands, CA
  11. 1.5 6km SSW of Chino Hills, CA
  12. 2.3 3km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  13. 1.7 2km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  14. 2.3 4km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  15. 2.5 4km SE of Loma Linda, 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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