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M 1.8ml

29 km WNW of Desert Center, California

· 9.1 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
9.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Riverside County, 28 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3421 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 730,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 65× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 33.7748, -115.7080. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Riverside County, CA 28 km (17 mi) E of here earthquakes near Riverside County
Imperial County, CA 88 km (55 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Imperial County
San Diego County, CA 130 km (81 mi) NE 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

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

  1. 1.8 2km SE of Bombay Beach, CA
  2. 2.1 2km SE of Bombay Beach, CA
  3. 1.9 15km NNE of Indio, CA
  4. 2.6 19km NW of Desert Center, CA
  5. 1.8 23km S of Twentynine Palms, CA
  6. 1.8 6km NNE of North Shore, CA
  7. 1.6 10km ENE of Indio, CA
  8. 2.2 20km NW of Desert Center, CA
  9. 2.0 9km NE of Indio, CA
  10. 1.6 26km NE of Indio, CA
  11. 2.6 6km NE of North Shore, CA
  12. 2.5 6km NE of North Shore, CA
  13. 1.5 8km N of North Shore, CA
  14. 1.5 12km NE of Coachella, CA
  15. 1.7 15km ENE of Indio, 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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