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M 1.6ml

1km SSW of Laguna Niguel, CA

· 12 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Orange County 19 kmLos Angeles County 91 kmSan Diego County 103 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 19 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3518 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 7.3 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 33.5117, -117.7157. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Orange County, CA 19 km (12 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 91 km (57 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
San Diego County, CA 103 km (64 mi) WNW 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

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

  1. 1.5 7km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  2. 1.9 4km SE of Home Gardens, CA
  3. 1.7 6km WSW of Huntington Beach, CA
  4. 1.6 7km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  5. 2.0 5km NNW of Yorba Linda, CA
  6. 1.5 2km SSW of Huntington Beach, CA
  7. 1.9 13km SW of Dana Point, CA
  8. 2.1 2km S of Placentia, CA
  9. 1.7 2km ESE of Villa Park, CA
  10. 1.7 2km E of Brea, CA
  11. 1.9 1km ESE of Dana Point, CA
  12. 1.8 1km E of Dana Point, CA
  13. 2.5 1km SSW of Dana Point, CA
  14. 2.0 10km W of Corona, CA
  15. 1.8 4km SE of Home Gardens, 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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