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M 3.7ml

50km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX

Yes. A magnitude 3.7 earthquake was recorded 50km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX, at 11:31 pm PST on 4 December 2017 (07:31 UTC), 5.0 km deep.

· 5.0 km deep · released about 4.7 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 3.7 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3180 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 73 km (45 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 4.7 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 36,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.7 about 4.7 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 9.8× more

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 31.7997, -116.0483. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.1 72km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  2. 3.3 72km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  3. 2.8 69km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  4. 2.2 70km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  5. 2.6 52km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX
  6. 2.0 41km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  7. 1.9 34km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  8. 1.7 70km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  9. 2.8 72km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  10. 1.8 35km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  11. 3.0 70km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  12. 4.0 71km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  13. 2.2 31km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  14. 3.0 34km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  15. 3.0 33km ENE of Ensenada, 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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