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M 2.6ml

28km SE of Campo, CA

· 18 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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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
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 3387 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 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.

Where

Epicentre 32.4188, -116.2728. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Diego County, CA 82 km (51 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Imperial County, CA 110 km (68 mi) SW of here 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.

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