Earthquake near Home Gardens, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Home Gardens in the 24 hours to 2:29 pm PST (22:29 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 7 km (4 mi) SSE, at 1:57 pm PST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Home Gardens

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) south-southeast of Home Gardens, CA, at 1:09 pm PDT on 15 October 2025 (20:09 UTC), 2.4 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

USGS: 5 km SSE of Home Gardens, CA

7 km (4 mi) ESE of Corona, CA · 87 km (54 mi) ESE of Los Angeles, CA

1:09 pm PDT, Oct 15, 2025 · 2025-10-15 20:09 UTC · 2.4 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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When: 1:09 pm PDT on 15 October 2025 (2025-10-15 20:09 UTC)
Where: 5 km (3 mi) south-southeast of Home Gardens, CA · earthquakes near Home Gardens
Magnitude: M 1.7 (ml)
Depth: 2.4 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Orange County, 31 km SW
Nearest mapped fault: Elsinore fault, 5 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS 393 days ago · we first saw it 393 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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Home Gardens, 5 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: Corona 8 km, intensity II · Norco 12 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 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 1,400,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 10,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 49 km E of this epicentre Apr 21, 1918
6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 36 km NE of this epicentre Jul 23, 1923
6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 17 km SSE of this epicentre May 15, 1910
5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 39 km NNW of this epicentre Feb 28, 1990
5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 28 km WNW of this epicentre Jul 29, 2008

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Orange County, CA	31 km (19 mi)	SW	earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA	81 km (50 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Los Angeles County
San Diego County, CA	112 km (70 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

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

1.7 6 km NNE of San Dimas, CA 01:06 UTC
1.6 5 km SSW of Redlands, CA 15:16 UTC
1.5 6 km SE of Grand Terrace, CA 03:56 UTC
2.0 6 km SSW of Redlands, CA 22:05 UTC
1.5 2 km NNW of Loma Linda, CA 05:23 UTC
1.7 4 km SE of Home Gardens, CA 21:13 UTC
1.8 7 km N of Upland, CA 15:11 UTC
1.8 11 km SSW of Calimesa, CA 13:47 UTC
1.8 6 km SSW of Devore, CA 23:29 UTC
1.5 4 km SW of Redlands, CA 13:03 UTC
2.0 4 km NW of Redlands, CA 04:08 UTC
1.6 5 km NW of Redlands, CA 02:31 UTC
1.6 4 km NW of Redlands, CA 23:55 UTC
1.5 5 km S of Highland, CA 23:55 UTC
2.6 5 km S of Highland, CA 23:54 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 22:29 UTC. 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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