Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.2ml
Earthquake near Loma Linda, CA
USGS: 3 km SE of Loma Linda, CA
6 km (4 mi) WSW of Redlands, CA · 109 km (68 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 10:33 am PDT on 6 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) SE of Loma Linda, CA · earthquakes near Loma Linda
- Magnitude
- M 1.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 64 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Crafton Hills fault, under 1 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 1 hour ago
A magnitude 1.2 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) SE of Loma Linda, CA, at 10:33 am PDT on 6 October 2026 (17:33 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Redlands, Grand Terrace, Colton, Highgrove, Mentone, San Bernardino.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 8,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 540× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.2 about 1.8 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 92,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 23 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 The 1918 San Jacinto, California Earthquake · 38 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1992 Big Bear, California Earthquake · 42 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 7 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 40 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.6 7km ENE of Running Springs, CA · 29 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 34.0307, -117.2308. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 97 km (60 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Riverside County, CA | 118 km (73 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 120 km (74 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 133 km (83 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
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | 4 km SE of Loma Linda, CA | 3 km SE of Loma Linda, CA | |
| longitude | -117.23 | -117.23 | |
| latitude | 34.03 | 34.03 | |
| depth | 15.77 | 15.89 | |
| magnitude | 1.35 | 1.18 |
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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