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M 2.1ml

8km NE of Aguanga, CA

· 4.1 km deep · released about 49 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Diego County 52 kmRiverside County 78 kmOrange County 93 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
4.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
San Diego County, 52 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1517 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 49 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 310,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 220,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 49 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 33.4870, -116.7982. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Diego County, CA 52 km (32 mi) N of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Riverside County, CA 78 km (49 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Riverside County
Orange County, CA 93 km (58 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Orange County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 3.2 22km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA
  2. 3.2 23km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA
  3. 3.8 21km N of Borrego Springs, CA
  4. 5.2 20km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA
  5. 1.8 21km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA
  6. 2.0 10km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA
  7. 2.1 21km SSW of La Quinta, CA
  8. 2.9 22km SSW of La Quinta, CA
  9. 1.7 21km SSW of La Quinta, CA
  10. 1.6 11km SW of Borrego Springs, CA
  11. 2.2 6km ESE of Valle Vista, CA
  12. 2.3 8km NNW of Anza, CA
  13. 1.6 17km ESE of Anza, CA
  14. 2.3 2km E of Nuevo, CA
  15. 1.7 20km ESE of Anza, CA

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.

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