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M 2.3ml

3km SSE of Charter Oak, CA

· 14 km deep · released about 91 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 41 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2965 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 91 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 91 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 34.0778, -117.8360. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Los Angeles County, CA 41 km (26 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 45 km (28 mi) N of here earthquakes near Orange County
Ventura County, CA 123 km (77 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
San Diego County, CA 153 km (95 mi) NW of here earthquakes near San Diego County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 4km ENE of Lytle Creek, CA
  2. 2.9 4km N of La Verne, CA
  3. 1.6 1km ESE of Maywood, CA
  4. 1.7 1km SSW of Gardena, CA
  5. 1.7 8km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  6. 1.6 5km SE of Home Gardens, CA
  7. 1.5 7km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  8. 3.0 9km WSW of Wrightwood, CA
  9. 1.6 12km SSE of Corona, CA
  10. 1.9 4km N of La Verne, CA
  11. 2.1 9km ENE of North Tustin, CA
  12. 1.8 8km E of Yorba Linda, CA
  13. 1.9 2km WNW of Orange, CA
  14. 1.7 3km W of Orange, CA
  15. 1.7 4km SSE of Devore, 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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