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M 2.0ml

15km SE of Joshua Tree, CA

· 7.6 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Riverside County 38 kmSan Bernardino County 92 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
7.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Riverside County, 38 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1512 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 33 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 34.0310, -116.2032. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Riverside County, CA 38 km (24 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Riverside County
San Bernardino County, CA 92 km (57 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Bernardino County
San Diego County, CA 124 km (77 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Imperial County, CA 135 km (84 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Imperial County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 18km N of Indio, CA
  2. 2.0 18km N of Indio, CA
  3. 1.6 19km N of Indio, CA
  4. 1.6 10km ENE of Indio, CA
  5. 1.8 14km W of Morongo Valley, CA
  6. 1.5 12km NNE of Cabazon, CA
  7. 1.6 22km N of Yucca Valley, CA
  8. 2.6 6km WNW of Desert Hot Springs, CA
  9. 1.7 15km S of Joshua Tree, CA
  10. 1.6 24km N of Yucca Valley, CA
  11. 2.1 14km NNE of Cabazon, CA
  12. 1.7 12km NE of Coachella, CA
  13. 1.6 9km NE of Indio, CA
  14. 2.0 17km NE of Indio, CA
  15. 1.9 9km NE of Indio, 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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