Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0ml
17km NNE of Lucerne Valley, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 31 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- San Bernardino County, 71 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 788 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 31 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 920 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 370,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 920 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 34.5795, -116.8873. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bernardino County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| Riverside County, CA | 125 km (78 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 130 km (81 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
44 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 32km NNW of Joshua Tree, CA
- 2.1 17km NE of Big Bear City, CA
- 2.8 3km NNE of Big Bear City, CA
- 2.3 4km N of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.6 4km N of Big Bear City, CA
- 2.0 6km N of Big Bear City, CA
- 3.5 28km ENE of Barstow, CA
- 1.8 10km WNW of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.9 9km SSW of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 2.2 9km W of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 2.6 28km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA
- 1.8 10km NW of Big Bear Lake, CA
- 1.7 12km ENE of Barstow, CA
- 1.8 28km E of Barstow, CA
- 2.0 20km 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 95 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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