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M 2.4ml

40km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX

· 15 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Diego County, 129 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2984 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 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 31.9647, -116.2125. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Diego County, CA 129 km (80 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Imperial County, CA 144 km (90 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Imperial 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. 1.7 67km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  2. 3.0 34km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  3. 3.1 70km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  4. 2.0 71km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  5. 1.6 41km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX
  6. 2.3 50km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX
  7. 2.6 38km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX
  8. 1.7 60km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  9. 2.2 32km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  10. 2.5 22km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  11. 2.1 66km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  12. 2.1 34km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  13. 2.8 71km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  14. 2.4 59km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  15. 2.1 32km NE 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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