A light magnitude 2.2 earthquake hit 5 km (3.1 mi) away from Eastvale, California, United States, in the early morning of Friday, May 9, 2025 at 6.41 am local time (GMT -7). The quake had a very shallow depth of 4.3 k...
A light magnitude 2.2 earthquake hit 5 km (3.1 mi) away from Eastvale, California, United States, in the early morning of Friday, May 9, 2025 at 6.41 am local time (GMT -7). The quake had a very shallow depth of 4.3 km (2.7 mi) and was felt by many near the epicenter.
The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Eastvale, a town with 59,000 inhabitants in the United States, in 5 km (3.1 mi) distance south of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.
We received 10 reports for this quake from the United States. The quake was reported to have been felt in up to approx. 17.7–40 km (11–25 mi) distance, with isolated cases to have felt the quake even 42 km (26 mi) away.
Most reports came from Riverside (3 reports), a city with more than 320,000 inhabitants in California in 18.2 km (11 mi) distance east of the epicenter, United States, Eastvale (2 reports), a town with 59,000 inhabitants in 5 km (3.1 mi) distance south of the epicenter, and Ontario (2 reports) (8.9 km or 5.5 mi to the northwest). Further below is a list of places where most people reported this quake.
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The amount of shaking that occurs on the surface due to an earthquake is called the intensity. It is commonly measured on the so-called Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) ranging from 1 (not felt) to 10 (extreme shaking), and given in Roman numerals as I,II,...IX, X, and often displayed with color codes ranging from light blue to dark red.Earthquake intensity depends mainly on the magnitude and depth of the quake as well as the distance from the epicenter: The further away, the less shaking intensity occurs.Read more about the MMI scale!
Mag | Depth | Time GMT2025-05-9 | Epicenter | Agency |
2.24 ± 0.2 | 4.3 km2.7 mi±0.2 km | 13:41:49.89 | 6 km WNW of Mira Loma, CAEpicenter uncertainty: ± 0.1 km | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
2.2 ± 0.2 | 4.3 km2.7 mi | 13:41:49.89 | GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIF.0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with USGSEpicenter uncertainty: ± 0.6 km | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
2.24 | 4.3 km2.7 mi | 13:41:49 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with USGS | IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) |
The earthquake occurred 23 hours after a magnitude 2.6 earthquake had hit on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 07:43 am (GMT -7 local time) in 14.1 km (9 mi) distance to the southwest: The largest quake near the epicenter of this quake during the 10 years before was an event of magnitude 7.1. It had occurred 6 years earlier, on Friday, Jul 5, 2019, at 08:19 pm local time (America/Los Angeles GMT -7) in California, United States: The strongest-ever (since 1900) recorded quake in this area measured magnitude 7.5. It had occurred 73 years ago earlier, on Monday, Jul 21, 1952, at 04:52 am local time (America/Los Angeles GMT -7) in California, United States: Below is a list and map of larger or recent quakes that had occurred near the epicenter before this earthquake (within up to 100 km/61 mi distance, up to 300 km/183 mi for very large quakes above mag. 7). Filter and sort the list by magnitude or time.
Oldest quakes are shown in yellow, most recent in red.