M2.0 earthquake 3km NNW of Fontana, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 3km NNW of Fontana, CA on Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 6:48 PM PDT (01:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 4km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-30 01:48:09 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.120° N, 117.475° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 23°
- Stations used
- 82
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 120 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.63km ESE of Garden Grove, CA · 1984 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.61km N of Yucaipa, CA · 1983 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 44
- 1.53km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1983 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.66km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1983 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.75km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1982 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.69km NE of Aguanga, CA · 1981 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.65km NNW of Sylmar, CA · 1981 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.611km NNW of Anza, CA · 1980 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.82km S of Cabazon, CA · 1979 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.67km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA · 1979 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 115
- 1.53km E of Fontana, CA · 1978 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.85km WSW of Morongo Valley, CA · 1978 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 22
- 1.810km NW of Anza, CA · 1978 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.26km NW of Mira Loma, CA · 1978 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 46
- 1.611km ENE of North Tustin, CA · 1977 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.02km N of Lytle Creek, CA · 1977 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.511km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 1977 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
- 2.310km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 1977 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.311km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 1976 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.76km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA · 1976 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.917km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1975 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.716km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1975 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.217km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1975 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.55km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA · 1975 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2,359
- 3.04km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1975 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 187
- 2.55km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA · 1974 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 156
- 1.714km SSW of Seal Beach, CA · 1974 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.67km E of Cabazon, CA · 1974 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.74km S of Idyllwild, CA · 1974 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.64km SE of Chino Hills, CA · 1973 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.14km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1972 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66km W of Big Bear Lake, CA · 1972 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.85km E of Yucaipa, CA · 1971 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.54km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1971 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.69km SW of Morongo Valley, CA · 1971 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.64km NNE of San Bernardino, CA · 1971 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.86km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1970 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.07km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1970 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 1.57km SSE of Littlerock, CA · 1970 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.110km NNE of Banning, CA · 1970 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.64km ENE of Big Bear City, CA · 1968 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.128km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.67km NNW of Mira Loma, CA · 1968 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.511km E of Yorba Linda, CA · 1966 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.64km SW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1966 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.56km N of Banning, CA · 1966 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.839km NE of Big Bear City, CA · 1965 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.51km NNE of Loma Linda, CA · 1964 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.929km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA · 1963 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.615km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1963 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.02km ENE of Granada Hills, CA · 1962 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
- 1.97km SW of Pearblossom, CA · 1961 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.910km ESE of Cabazon, CA · 1959 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.16km ESE of Valle Vista, CA · 1958 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 1.85km S of Banning, CA · 1958 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.82km SW of San Fernando, CA · 1958 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.62km SW of San Fernando, CA · 1958 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.111km E of Yorba Linda, CA · 1957 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.24km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of 152.
Before
- 1.56km SW of Barstow, CA · 1984 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.59km S of Banning, CA · 1985 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.59km N of Banning, CA · 1986 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.61km W of Sierra Madre, CA · 1986 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.90km SW of Lennox, CA · 1986 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.21km N of Lennox, CA · 1986 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.71km ENE of Lennox, CA · 1986 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.83km WNW of Lennox, CA · 1986 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.10km N of Lennox, CA · 1986 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.31km N of Lennox, CA · 1986 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.09km NE of Aguanga, CA · 1986 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.610km NE of Aguanga, CA · 1987 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.610km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 1988 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.14km NE of Running Springs, CA · 1988 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 1.610km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 1988 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.09km NE of Aguanga, CA · 1989 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88km N of Anza, CA · 1989 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.61km N of Wildomar, CA · 1990 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.915km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1990 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.915km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1990 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
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