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M 2.2ml

6km S of Escondido, CA

· 14 km deep · released about 64 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
31 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
San Diego County, 29 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3662 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 31 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 64 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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 33.0660, -117.0828. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Diego County, CA 29 km (18 mi) W of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Orange County, CA 94 km (58 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Orange County
Riverside County, CA 125 km (77 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Riverside County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 8km SSW of Carlsbad, CA
  2. 2.1 4km SW of Palomar Observatory, CA
  3. 2.6 11km E of Temecula, CA
  4. 1.9 4km ESE of Palomar Observatory, CA
  5. 1.9 6km WNW of Lake Henshaw, CA
  6. 1.8 8km NNW of Julian, CA
  7. 1.7 5km WNW of Aguanga, CA
  8. 1.7 7km SW of Palomar Observatory, CA
  9. 1.9 2km E of Coronado, CA
  10. 1.9 7km SE of Lake Henshaw, CA
  11. 2.4 8km NNW of Julian, CA
  12. 1.6 7km NNW of Julian, CA
  13. 2.0 8km NNW of Julian, CA
  14. 1.6 2km SW of Lake Henshaw, CA
  15. 1.7 7km N of Julian, 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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