Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
11km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 62 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3258 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 33.1738, -116.0147. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 62 km (38 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Imperial County, CA | 63 km (39 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Imperial County |
| San Diego County, CA | 73 km (45 mi) | ENE 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
36 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 16km ENE of Ocotillo, CA
- 2.2 20km NE of Pine Valley, CA
- 2.0 7km NW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.6 7km NW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.7 10km SW of Niland, CA
- 3.4 11km WNW of Calipatria, CA
- 1.5 16km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.6 13km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 2.3 10km NE of Julian, CA
- 1.7 10km NW of Niland, CA
- 1.9 16km ENE of Ocotillo, CA
- 1.6 7km S of Borrego Springs, CA
- 2.2 22km SW of Westmorland, CA
- 1.8 5km NE of Westmorland, CA
- 1.6 6km NNW of Borrego Springs, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.2 on 2016-06-10 — it released about 230,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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