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M 1.6ml

13km NNW of Tecate, B.C., MX

· 20 km deep · released about 9 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Diego County, 40 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2985 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 9 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 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 9 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 32.6760, -116.6693. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Diego County, CA 40 km (25 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Riverside County, CA 133 km (82 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Riverside County
Orange County, CA 152 km (94 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Orange County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 23km ENE of Pine Valley, CA
  2. 1.9 28km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
  3. 1.7 17km ESE of Julian, CA
  4. 2.8 26km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
  5. 1.6 11km NNE of Pine Valley, CA
  6. 1.6 2km ENE of San Ysidro, CA
  7. 1.8 23km ENE of Pine Valley, CA
  8. 1.8 26km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
  9. 2.2 32km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  10. 1.7 23km ENE of Pine Valley, CA
  11. 1.8 21km ENE of Pine Valley, CA
  12. 1.7 26km ENE of Pine Valley, CA
  13. 2.6 12km ESE of Pine Valley, CA
  14. 1.6 25km ENE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  15. 1.7 6km N of Lakeside, 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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