M 5.4 earthquake – 26km NNW of Yucca Valley, CA
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Local time: Jun 28, 1992 · 05:40 (UTC-7)
ModerateShallow · 4.4 km
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- Magnitude
- 5.4local (Richter) magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- 4.4 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 34.341, -116.51126 km from Yucca Valley
- Energy released
- 1.9 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 14M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 450USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Jun 28, 1992.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 1.9 kilotons of TNT, 4 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
14 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.9 34km NNW of Joshua Tree, CA Jun 28, 1992
- 4.5 4km ESE of Yucca Valley, California Jun 28, 1992
- 4.9 6km NNE of Yucca Valley, California Jun 28, 1992
- 4.9 3km ESE of Yucca Valley, California Jun 28, 1992
- 4.6 10km SE of Big Bear City, CA Jun 28, 1992
- 4.8 11km SE of Big Bear City, CA Jun 28, 1992
- 4.7 2km SSE of Yucca Valley, California Jun 28, 1992
- 5.7 3km ESE of Yucca Valley, California Jun 29, 1992
- 5.1 4km ESE of Yucca Valley, CA Jun 29, 1992
- 4.6 12km E of Big Bear City, California Jun 29, 1992
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around United States.
- 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake Jul 21, 1952
- 7.3 The 1992 Landers, California Earthquake Jun 28, 1992
- 7.2 The 2010 Sierra El Mayor, B.C., Mexico Earthquake Apr 4, 2010
- 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Jul 6, 2019
- 7.1 The 1999 Hector Mine, California Earthquake Oct 16, 1999
- 6.9 The 1940 Imperial Valley, California Earthquake May 19, 1940
- 6.8 34km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX Feb 9, 1956
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake Jan 17, 1994
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.