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M 2.1ml
Earthquake near Adelanto, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Adelanto in the 24 hours to 6:00 am PST (14:00 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 89 km (55 mi) NNW, at 9:40 am PDT on 13 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Adelanto
This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) northwest of Adelanto, CA, at 10:29 pm PDT on 22 October 2022 (05:29 UTC), 5.9 km deep.
USGS: 9km NW of Adelanto, CA
17 km (10 mi) NW of Victorville, CA · 111 km (69 mi) NE of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 10:29 pm PDT on 22 October 2022 ()
- Where
- 9 km (5 mi) northwest of Adelanto, CA · earthquakes near Adelanto
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 88 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Helendale-South Lockhart fault, 20 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 1480 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Adelanto, 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: Silver Lakes, Victorville, Spring Valley Lake, Phelan, Piñon Hills, Hesperia.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 41 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 3km W of Lytle Creek, CA · 43 km S 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 34.6423, -117.4712. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 120 km (75 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| Kern County, CA | 139 km (86 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Kern County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
43 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 4km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.6 4km NW of Boron, CA
- 1.5 11km S of Wrightwood, CA
- 1.5 2km WSW of Devore, CA
- 1.6 4km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.5 7km SW of Pearblossom, CA
- 1.6 4km NW of Boron, CA
- 1.8 5km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.7 5km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.8 6km SSE of Barstow, CA
- 2.1 7km SW of Pearblossom, CA
- 1.6 7km S of Pearblossom, CA
- 1.8 5km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.9 5km NW of Boron, CA
- 1.9 7km SW of Pearblossom, 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
- 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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