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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Nuevo, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Nuevo in the 24 hours to 5:43 am PST (13:43 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 17 km (10 mi) E, at 8:30 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 87 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Nuevo
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) north-northeast of Nuevo, CA, at 6:42 pm PDT on 15 October 2022 (01:42 UTC), 10 km deep.
USGS: 9km NNE of Nuevo, CA
12 km (7 mi) ESE of Moreno Valley, CA · 122 km (76 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 6:42 pm PDT on 15 October 2022 ()
- Where
- 9 km (5 mi) north-northeast of Nuevo, CA · earthquakes near Nuevo
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 67 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, 8 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 1488 days ago
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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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Nuevo, 9 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: Lakeview, Beaumont, Homeland, Moreno Valley, Green Acres, Calimesa.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.6 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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 17,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 16 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 45 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 29 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 34 km WSW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 47 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 33.8688, -117.0955. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 67 km (41 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| San Diego County, CA | 99 km (61 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Riverside County, CA | 102 km (64 mi) | E | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 113 km (71 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 138 km (86 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
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 4km ENE of Yucaipa, CA
- 1.9 4km ENE of Yucaipa, CA
- 1.9 5km NW of Mira Loma, CA
- 2.0 7km S of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.9 6km S of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.8 6km NW of San Jacinto, CA
- 2.2 3km SW of Pedley, CA
- 1.5 5km SSW of Banning, CA
- 1.8 8km SSW of Calimesa, CA
- 2.1 10km S of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.9 5km S of Redlands, CA
- 1.6 9km SSW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.8 7km SW of Calimesa, CA
- 1.8 5km S of Redlands, CA
- 2.0 9km NW of Anza, 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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- 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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