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M 2.0ml

7km E of Puebla, B.C., MX

· 22 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Imperial County, 54 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2896 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 32.5635, -115.2777. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Imperial County, CA 54 km (33 mi) S of here earthquakes near Imperial County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 6km NNE of Progreso, B.C., MX
  2. 2.2 11km SW of Delta, B.C., MX
  3. 2.1 5km SSW of Brawley, CA
  4. 1.7 6km S of Brawley, CA
  5. 1.7 6km SSW of Brawley, CA
  6. 1.6 2km NNW of El Centro, CA
  7. 1.7 8km NNE of Imperial, CA
  8. 2.3 9km NW of Delta, B.C., MX
  9. 2.7 8km NW of Delta, B.C., MX
  10. 3.3 6km NW of Delta, B.C., MX
  11. 2.3 9km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX
  12. 1.5 8km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX
  13. 1.8 3km SSW of Brawley, CA
  14. 1.5 3km SSW of Brawley, CA
  15. 1.6 4km SSW of Brawley, 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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