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M 2.1ml
Earthquake near Campo, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Campo in the 24 hours to 6:04 am PST (14:04 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 122 km (76 mi) E, at 10:27 am PST on 3 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 321 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Campo
This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) south-southeast of Campo, CA, at 5:20 am PDT on 23 March 2019 (12:20 UTC), 15 km deep.
USGS: 43km SSE of Campo, CA
- When
- 5:20 am PDT on 23 March 2019 ()
- Where
- 43 km (27 mi) south-southeast of Campo, CA · earthquakes near Campo
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 98 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2789 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Campo, 43 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 49 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 310,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 220,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 49 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.2 on 2018-07-25 — about 1,200 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.8 34km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 49 km S of this epicentre
- 6.1 49 km SSE of Rumorosa, Mexico · 47 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.1 30km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 38 km S of this epicentre
- 5.8 44km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 46 km E of this epicentre
- 5.6 37km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 33 km S of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 32.2682, -116.2417. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Imperial County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Imperial County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
22 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 43km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
- 1.7 42km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
- 2.7 24km ESE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
- 1.9 36km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX
- 1.6 21km NE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
- 1.6 36km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
- 1.7 37km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX
- 2.3 36km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
- 1.8 36km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
- 2.1 42km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
- 2.2 38km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
- 1.5 25km SSE of Campo, CA
- 2.0 40km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
- 1.6 33km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
- 2.5 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.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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