M1.7 earthquake 4km SE of Yucaipa, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 4km SE of Yucaipa, CA on Sun, Sep 5, 2021, 6:59 PM PDT (01:59 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 10km NNW of Anza, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-06 01:59:39 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.009° N, 117.017° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, 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
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 81
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 112 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.728km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1854 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.03km ESE of Yucca Valley, CA · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.715km SE of Anza, CA · 1854 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.78km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.72km WNW of Lake Henshaw, CA · 1853 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
- 1.814km WNW of Anza, CA · 1853 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.410km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.84km NE of Beaumont, CA · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.65km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1852 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 16
- 1.65km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Cabazon, CA · 1851 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.63km SSE of Yucca Valley, CA · 1851 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.63km NNW of La Verne, CA · 1850 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 50
- 1.64km S of Lucerne Valley, CA · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.57km ENE of Cabazon, CA · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.54km ENE of Big Bear City, CA · 1847 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.24km NE of Beaumont, CA · 1846 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.85km NE of Wildomar, CA · 1846 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
- 1.99km NNW of Cabazon, CA · 1846 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.92km SSE of Lytle Creek, CA · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 59
- 2.38km SSW of Pearblossom, CA · 1845 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 1.610km NW of Idyllwild, CA · 1845 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.826km N of Yucca Valley, CA · 1844 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28km SSE of Big Bear City, CA · 1844 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.76km N of Beaumont, CA · 1843 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 6
- 2.35km NE of Wildomar, CA · 1843 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 7
- 1.913km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 1842 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.76km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 1840 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.119km SW of La Quinta, CA · 1840 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 3.228km NE of Indio, CA · 1839 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 18
- 1.713km SE of Big Bear City, CA · 1839 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.64km SE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.45km SE of Valle Vista, CA · 1839 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 10
- 1.813km SE of Big Bear City, CA · 1839 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.410km NNW of Anza, CA · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 296
- 1.610km NNW of Anza, CA · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.610km S of Idyllwild, CA · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.610km S of Idyllwild, CA · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.510km NNW of Anza, CA · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.19km NNW of Anza, CA · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 1.610km NNW of Anza, CA · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.310km NNW of Anza, CA · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 143
- 1.910km NNW of Anza, CA · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.310km NNW of Anza, CA · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.510km NNW of Anza, CA · 1839 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.810km NNW of Anza, CA · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Anza, CA · 1839 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89km NNW of Anza, CA · 1838 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.86km WNW of Wrightwood, CA · 1835 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.09km SW of Lytle Creek, CA · 1835 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.39km N of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1835 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.813km NNE of Banning, CA · 1835 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.99km NNW of Anza, CA · 1834 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.06km SW of Banning, CA · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.19km SSW of Idyllwild, CA · 1833 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.85km NNW of Glen Avon, CA · 1833 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 2.216km ENE of Yucaipa, CA · 1831 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.97km NNW of Cabazon, CA · 1830 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.13km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 103
The first 60 of 112.
Before
- 1.64km NE of Whittier, CA · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.64km SW of Highland, CA · 1856 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.814km WNW of Anza, CA · 1856 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.914km WNW of Anza, CA · 1856 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 1.64km WNW of Idyllwild, CA · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97km NW of Big Bear City, CA · 1857 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.67km NW of Big Bear City, CA · 1857 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.827km NE of Indio, CA · 1857 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.914km NE of Big Bear City, CA · 1858 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Beaumont, CA · 1858 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.03km E of Loma Linda, CA · 1859 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.116km NE of Indio, CA · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.914km WNW of Anza, CA · 1861 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.72km ESE of Loma Linda, CA · 1861 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.74km N of Fontana, CA · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.64km N of Fontana, CA · 1861 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 1.56km S of Pearblossom, CA · 1862 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67km S of Idyllwild, CA · 1862 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.614km WNW of Anza, CA · 1863 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.83km SSE of Garden Grove, CA · 1863 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci40034120. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:50 PM UTC.