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M 2.6ml

Earthquake near Campo, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Campo in the 24 hours to 4:16 am PST (12:16 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 122 km (76 mi) E, at 10:27 am PST on 3 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 321 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Campo

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 28 km (17 mi) southeast of Campo, CA, at 7:07 am PDT on 6 June 2017 (14:07 UTC), 18 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 28km SE of Campo, CA

92 km (57 mi) ESE of San Diego, CA

7:07 am PDT, Jun 6, 2017 · · 18 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Diego County 82 kmImperial County 110 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
7:07 am PDT on 6 June 2017 ()
Where
28 km (17 mi) southeast of Campo, CA · earthquakes near Campo
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
San Diego County, 82 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3433 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Campo, 28 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.7 8km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 47 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 5.6 37km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 50 km S 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 32.4188, -116.2728. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
San Diego County, CA 82 km (51 mi) NW earthquakes near San Diego County
Imperial County, CA 110 km (68 mi) NE earthquakes near Imperial County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 31km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  2. 1.9 30km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  3. 1.9 31km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  4. 1.6 33km SSE of Campo, CA
  5. 1.6 31km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  6. 2.0 35km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  7. 2.5 42km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX
  8. 1.8 33km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  9. 1.6 36km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX
  10. 1.5 9km ESE of Ocotillo, CA
  11. 1.8 17km NW of Ocotillo, CA
  12. 2.4 24km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX
  13. 1.9 42km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  14. 1.6 45km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  15. 3.1 23km NNE of El Sauzal, 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.

On USGS

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