- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Imperial County, 35 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2510 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 250 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 61,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 43,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.8× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 250 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.
Where
Epicentre 32.7607, -115.5240. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial County, CA | 35 km (22 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Imperial County |
| Riverside County, CA | 117 km (72 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 121 km (75 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near San Diego County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 10km SW of Niland, CA
- 2.2 4km ENE of Heber, CA
- 2.3 7km NNE of Puebla, B.C., MX
- 1.8 9km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX
- 1.9 12km S of Progreso, B.C., MX
- 1.6 4km S of Progreso, B.C., MX
- 2.3 7km SW of Niland, CA
- 1.7 8km WSW of Calexico, CA
- 1.7 10km WSW of Niland, CA
- 2.1 10km WSW of Niland, CA
- 1.7 16km NNE of Ocotillo, CA
- 1.6 7km WSW of Calipatria, CA
- 2.1 8km NNE of Westmorland, CA
- 1.8 13km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX
- 1.6 14km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX
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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2016-07-31 — it released about 130 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.