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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Diamond Bar, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Diamond Bar in the 24 hours to 5:08 am PST (13:08 UTC). The last one was M 3.6, 64 km (40 mi) WSW, at 8:40 am PDT on 27 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,735 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Diamond Bar

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 4 km (3 mi) northwest of Diamond Bar, CA, at 1:07 am PST on 21 January 2023 (09:07 UTC), 12 km deep.

USGS: 4km NW of Diamond Bar, CA

7 km (4 mi) NNW of Diamond Bar, CA · 53 km (33 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA

1:07 am PST, Jan 21, 2023 · · 12 km deep · released about 12 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
1:07 am PST on 21 January 2023 ()
Where
4 km (3 mi) northwest of Diamond Bar, CA · earthquakes near Diamond Bar
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 42 km WNW
Nearest mapped fault
Sierra Madre 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 1390 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Diamond Bar, 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: Diamond Bar 4 km, intensity II · Walnut 5 km, intensity II · San Dimas 6 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 12 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 2020-09-19 — about 16,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 22 km W of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 27 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 16 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 14 km SSE of this epicentre
  5. 5.2 3km W of Lytle Creek, CA · 35 km NE 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 34.0600, -117.8357. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Los Angeles County, CA 42 km (26 mi) WNW earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 43 km (27 mi) S earthquakes near Orange County
Ventura County, CA 124 km (77 mi) WNW earthquakes near Ventura County
San Diego County, CA 151 km (94 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

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

  1. 1.8 3km ESE of Fountain Valley, CA
  2. 1.6 2km S of Lytle Creek, CA
  3. 2.8 2km NW of Glen Avon, CA
  4. 1.7 1km NNE of Carson, CA
  5. 1.8 4km NNW of San Joaquin Hills, CA
  6. 2.5 13km N of La Verne, CA
  7. 1.6 3km S of Lytle Creek, CA
  8. 1.7 3km S of Lytle Creek, CA
  9. 1.6 6km SSW of Pearblossom, CA
  10. 2.3 10km WSW of Corona, CA
  11. 1.6 4km ESE of Home Gardens, CA
  12. 1.7 5km ESE of Yorba Linda, CA
  13. 2.3 10km WSW of Corona, CA
  14. 1.6 7km N of Fontana, CA
  15. 2.1 1km WSW of Muscoy, 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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