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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Green Acres, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Green Acres in the 24 hours to 8:07 am PST (16:07 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 13 km (8 mi) NE, at 8:30 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 87 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Green Acres

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) north-northwest of Green Acres, CA, at 2:07 am PDT on 24 June 2022 (09:07 UTC), 14 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 4km NNW of Green Acres, CA

9 km (6 mi) WSW of San Jacinto, CA · 125 km (78 mi) ESE of Los Angeles, CA

2:07 am PDT, Jun 24, 2022 · · 14 km deep · released about 35 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Green Acres Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Orange County 65 kmSan Diego County 88 kmRiverside County 100 kmLos Angeles County 118 km
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
2:07 am PDT on 24 June 2022 ()
Where
4 km (2 mi) north-northwest of Green Acres, CA · earthquakes near Green Acres
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Orange County, 65 km W
Nearest mapped fault
San Jacinto fault, 16 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 1602 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Green Acres, 4 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.

Likely felt in: Menifee 7 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 35 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 4,700 times the energy of this one.

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 · 11 km E of this epicentre
  2. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 39 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 30 km WSW of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 11km SSE of Big Bear Lake, California · 49 km NNE of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 Near San Bernardino, California · 48 km N 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 33.7688, -117.0853. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Orange County, CA 65 km (40 mi) W earthquakes near Orange County
San Diego County, CA 88 km (54 mi) SSE earthquakes near San Diego County
Riverside County, CA 100 km (62 mi) E earthquakes near Riverside County
Los Angeles County, CA 118 km (74 mi) WNW earthquakes near Los Angeles County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 1km SE of Loma Linda, CA
  2. 1.9 3km ESE of Valle Vista, CA
  3. 2.1 9km SE of Valle Vista, CA
  4. 1.7 5km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  5. 1.6 5km E of Cabazon, CA
  6. 1.7 1km NNW of Loma Linda, CA
  7. 1.7 1km WSW of Loma Linda, CA
  8. 2.5 9km SE of Valle Vista, CA
  9. 1.9 4km SE of Home Gardens, CA
  10. 2.6 3km WSW of San Jacinto, CA
  11. 1.6 3km WSW of San Jacinto, CA
  12. 1.7 4km NE of Loma Linda, CA
  13. 1.8 5km S of Loma Linda, CA
  14. 1.8 12km SW of Big Bear Lake, CA
  15. 1.6 6km SSW of Cabazon, 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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