10km SW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX

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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. 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 270 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 57,000× the energy of this one
2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 40,000× the energy of this one
3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.6× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 270 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 32.1188, -115.0637. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 2.0 11km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX 07:22 UTC
2. 2.4 8km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX 13:16 UTC
3. 2.7 7km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX 17:53 UTC
4. 2.4 10km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX 03:32 UTC
5. 2.0 12km W of Delta, B.C., MX 12:53 UTC
6. 2.4 7km NW of Delta, B.C., MX 07:01 UTC
7. 2.4 11km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX 06:49 UTC
8. 2.1 12km W of Delta, B.C., MX 07:08 UTC
9. 2.8 7km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX 21:00 UTC
10. 2.2 16km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX 00:57 UTC
11. 3.1 14km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX 22:20 UTC
12. 2.2 13km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX 02:20 UTC
13. 1.9 17km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX 00:24 UTC
14. 2.7 10km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX 05:49 UTC
15. 2.5 15km W of Delta, B.C., MX 19:42 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 08:07 UTC. 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

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