Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0ml
Earthquake near San Diego, CA
USGS: 16km SW of La Jolla, CA
26 km (16 mi) WSW of San Diego, CA
- When
- 8:16 am PST on 6 November 2016 ()
- Where
- 23 km (15 mi) WNW of San Diego, CA · earthquakes near San Diego
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 66 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Newport-Inglewood-Rose Canyon fault, 17 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3523 days ago
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 23 km (15 mi) WNW of San Diego, CA, at 8:16 am PST on 6 November 2016 (16:16 UTC). 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Coronado, Del Mar, Solana Beach.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 36 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.5 The 1986 Oceanside, California Earthquake · 49 km WNW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 32.7598, -117.4103. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 66 km (41 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Orange County, CA | 107 km (67 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 28km SW of La Jolla, CA
- 1.7 6km NNW of Lakeside, CA
- 1.6 42km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
- 2.3 45km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
- 1.6 1km WNW of San Ysidro, CA
- 1.6 6km NNW of Lakeside, CA
- 1.5 6km NNW of Lakeside, CA
- 1.6 4km ENE of Rancho San Diego, CA
- 1.7 30km SW of Coronado, CA
- 1.6 6km NNW of Lakeside, CA
- 1.6 5km ENE of Rancho San Diego, CA
- 1.6 6km SE of Bonita, CA
- 1.5 6km NNW of Lakeside, CA
- 1.8 18km SW of La Jolla, CA
- 1.6 3km ENE of San Ysidro, 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.
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.