41km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 27 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 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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 32.0237, -116.2198. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 1.6 33km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX 10:49 UTC
2. 2.2 69km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX 19:14 UTC
3. 2.5 32km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX 08:26 UTC
4. 2.1 70km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX 15:54 UTC
5. 2.5 54km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX 01:13 UTC
6. 1.7 27km ESE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX 08:49 UTC
7. 1.5 27km ESE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX 06:24 UTC
8. 2.6 71km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX 22:41 UTC
9. 2.6 64km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX 23:45 UTC
10. 2.0 47km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX 22:53 UTC
11. 1.9 52km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX 06:39 UTC
12. 2.3 51km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX 02:15 UTC
13. 2.7 70km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX 19:43 UTC
14. 1.8 34km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX 00:19 UTC
15. 2.1 43km SSE of Campo, CA 12:20 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 14:14 UTC. 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 4.2 on 2018-07-25 — it released about 2,100 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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