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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Jurupa Valley, CA
Yes. A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) north of Jurupa Valley, CA, at 6:22 am PST on 12 November 2026 (14:22 UTC), 8.7 km deep. No felt reports to USGS yet.
USGS: 3 km N of Mira Loma, CA
5 km (3 mi) WNW of Jurupa Valley, CA · 82 km (51 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 6:22 am PST on 12 November 2026 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) north of Jurupa Valley, CA · earthquakes near Jurupa Valley
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 45 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Red Hill-Etiwanda Avenue fault, 13 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 22 hours 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Jurupa Valley, 3 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: Pedley 7 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.1 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 16,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.2 3 km SE of San Bernardino, California · 25 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1910 Lake Elsinore, California Earthquake · 38 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 21 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 24 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.3 Near San Bernardino, California · 44 km ENE 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 34.0223, -117.5217. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| San Diego County, CA | 131 km (81 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.4 3 km WNW of Azusa, CA
- 0.9 2 km SE of Home Gardens, CA
- 1.1 3 km W of Lake Elsinore, CA
- 1.0 2 km S of Charter Oak, 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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| review status | automatic | reviewed | |
| longitude | -117.52 | -117.52 | |
| latitude | 34.02 | 34.02 | |
| depth | 9 | 8.73 |
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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