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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Chino Hills, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Chino Hills in the 24 hours to 10:11 am PST (18:11 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 16 km (10 mi) E, at 5:37 am PDT on 2 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 730 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Chino Hills

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Chino Hills, CA, at 5:23 am PDT on 12 June 2023 (12:23 UTC), 13 km deep.

USGS: 6km SE of Chino Hills, CA

in Chino Hills, CA · 65 km (40 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA

5:23 am PDT, Jun 12, 2023 · · 13 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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When
5:23 am PDT on 12 June 2023 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) southeast of Chino Hills, CA · earthquakes near Chino Hills
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 32 km S
Nearest mapped fault
Elsinore 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 1249 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Chino Hills, 6 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: Los Serranos, Chino, Pomona, Yorba Linda, Diamond Bar, Ontario.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 2020-09-19 — about 26,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 45 km SW of this epicentre
  2. 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 44 km ENE of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 41 km SE of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 36 km WNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 43 km NW 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 33.9567, -117.7125. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Orange County, CA 32 km (20 mi) S earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 57 km (36 mi) WNW earthquakes near Los Angeles County
San Diego County, CA 135 km (84 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

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

  1. 3.1 2 km NW of Fontana, CA
  2. 1.6 8 km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  3. 1.6 4 km ESE of Home Gardens, CA
  4. 1.9 7 km N of Rancho Cucamonga, CA
  5. 1.6 5 km S of Redlands, CA
  6. 1.6 2 km N of Loma Linda, CA
  7. 1.6 6 km NE of Muscoy, CA
  8. 1.5 3 km WSW of Huntington Beach, CA
  9. 1.7 5 km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  10. 1.6 2 km NNW of Fontana, CA
  11. 1.6 5 km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  12. 2.4 1 km E of Loma Linda, CA
  13. 2.5 6 km NNE of Fontana, CA
  14. 2.2 6 km NNE of Fontana, CA
  15. 1.9 6 km NNE of Fontana, 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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