Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0ml
3km NW of San Jacinto, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Orange County, 75 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3380 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 28 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 540,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 380,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 34× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 28 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 33.8045, -116.9787. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 75 km (47 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Orange County |
| San Diego County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Riverside County, CA | 91 km (56 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 126 km (78 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 138 km (86 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 5km NW of Highland, CA
- 1.9 5km NW of Highland, CA
- 2.4 6km NW of Highland, CA
- 1.7 9km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.9 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 2.0 0km SW of Colton, CA
- 2.1 4km W of Aguanga, CA
- 1.6 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.9 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 2.7 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.8 9km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 2.9 8km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.8 12km NNE of Cabazon, CA
- 1.6 9km NE of Aguanga, CA
- 1.6 10km S of Idyllwild, 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 4.4 on 2016-01-06 — it released about 4,100 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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