Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 0.7ml
Earthquake near San Bernardino, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in San Bernardino in the 24 hours to 9:20 pm PST (05:20 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 9 km (6 mi) SSE, at 10:40 am PDT on 31 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near San Bernardino
This page: a magnitude 0.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) north of San Bernardino, CA, at 3:59 am PDT on 3 October 2026 (10:59 UTC), 10 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 1 km N of San Bernardino, CA
in San Bernardino, CA
- When
- 3:59 am PDT on 3 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) north of San Bernardino, CA · earthquakes near San Bernardino
- Magnitude
- M 0.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 68 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Jacinto fault, 4 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 · we first saw it 41 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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: Muscoy, Colton, Rialto, Highland, Loma Linda, Grand Terrace.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 0.35 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 43,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 31,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2,700× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 0.7 about 0.35 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 2018-05-08 — about 470,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 19 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 44 km E of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 6 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 49 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.6 7km ENE of Running Springs, CA · 26 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 37 km W 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 34.1357, -117.2933. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 89 km (56 mi) | W | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Riverside County, CA | 127 km (79 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 130 km (81 mi) | NE | earthquakes near San Bernardino 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.
- 1.0 3 km W of Fontana, CA
- 0.4 8 km NNW of Fontana, CA
- 1.2 2 km W of Fontana, CA
- 0.9 2 km WNW of Fontana, CA
- 0.8 2 km W of Fontana, CA
- 0.7 2 km W of Fontana, CA
- 1.2 3 km W of Fontana, CA
- 1.0 2 km W of Fontana, CA
- 1.1 2 km W of Fontana, CA
- 2.7 2 km WNW of Fontana, CA
- 1.4 3 km W of Fontana, CA
- 0.9 2 km WNW of Fontana, CA
- 0.9 1 km ESE of Loma Linda, CA
- 0.9 2 km W of Fontana, CA
- 1.1 2 km WNW 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
- 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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