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M 3.8ml

5km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX

· 15 km deep · released about 7.8 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 3.8 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity VI (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Imperial County, 92 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3394 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.8 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.8 about 7.8 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 16× more

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 32.2240, -115.2238. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Imperial County, CA 92 km (57 mi) S of here earthquakes near Imperial County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 8km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX
  2. 1.8 21km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX
  3. 2.1 14km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX
  4. 1.8 14km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX
  5. 2.7 7km NW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX
  6. 3.3 10km NW of Delta, B.C., MX
  7. 2.2 17km W of Delta, B.C., MX
  8. 2.2 7km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  9. 2.1 2km ESE of Delta, B.C., MX
  10. 1.6 9km S of Progreso, B.C., MX
  11. 3.0 1km SW of Delta, B.C., MX
  12. 2.9 7km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX
  13. 2.1 17km SSE of Progreso, B.C., MX
  14. 1.7 10km S of Progreso, B.C., MX
  15. 2.0 9km NNW of Delta, 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.

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