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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Rancho Cucamonga, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Rancho Cucamonga in the 24 hours to 7:23 am PST (15:23 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 10 km (6 mi) E, at 2:35 am PDT on 23 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Rancho Cucamonga

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 37 km (23 mi) north-northwest of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, at 11:14 pm PDT on 10 August 2026 (06:14 UTC), 5.5 km deep.

USGS: 9 km SSE of Llano, CA

75 km (47 mi) NE of Los Angeles, CA · 31 km (19 mi) NNE of Glendora, CA

11:14 pm PDT, Aug 10, 2026 · · 5.5 km deep · released about 10 lb of TNT

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When
11:14 pm PDT on 10 August 2026 ()
Where
37 km (23 mi) north-northwest of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · earthquakes near Rancho Cucamonga
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
5.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 53 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault
San Andreas fault, 2 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 93 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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Rancho Cucamonga, 37 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Piñon Hills, Wrightwood, Phelan, Lake Los Angeles, Littlerock, Sun Village.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 10 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 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 92× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 4.4 on 2018-08-29 — about 11,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 50 km SW of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 27 km SW of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 31 km S of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 3km W of Lytle Creek, CA · 27 km SE of this epicentre
  5. 5.2 2km WSW of Rosemead, CA · 50 km SW 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 34.4150, -117.7512. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Los Angeles County, CA 53 km (33 mi) WSW earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 82 km (51 mi) S earthquakes near Orange County
Kern County, CA 137 km (85 mi) NW earthquakes near Kern County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.9 0 km SW of Charter Oak, CA
  2. 0.7 9 km N of Claremont, CA
  3. 0.8 5 km NW of Rialto, CA
  4. 1.9 6 km SE of Ontario, CA
  5. 1.7 6 km SE of Ontario, CA
  6. 1.0 8 km S of Llano, CA
  7. 0.9 1 km SSW of Pasadena, CA
  8. 1.2 4 km N of Rancho Cucamonga, CA
  9. 1.0 2 km ESE of Littlerock, CA
  10. 2.1 4 km W of Devore, CA
  11. 0.9 4 km W of Devore, CA
  12. 0.9 6 km SE of Ontario, CA
  13. 0.8 3 km ENE of Fontana, CA
  14. 0.4 7 km SSW of Pearblossom, CA
  15. 0.5 12 km WSW of Wrightwood, 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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