Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0ml
7km SW of Niland, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- 12 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Imperial County, 27 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2573 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 12 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 890 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 380,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 17,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 890 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 33.1988, -115.5783. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial County, CA | 27 km (17 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Imperial County |
| Riverside County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | E 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
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 18km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.6 8km SSE of Brawley, CA
- 2.0 4km ENE of Westmorland, CA
- 1.8 3km WSW of Holtville, CA
- 1.6 13km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.5 8km SE of Niland, CA
- 1.7 9km SW of Salton City, CA
- 1.5 8km W of Holtville, CA
- 2.3 8km W of Holtville, CA
- 1.7 7km W of Holtville, CA
- 1.7 7km W of Holtville, CA
- 1.6 8km WNW of Holtville, CA
- 2.2 8km W of Holtville, CA
- 1.6 12km WNW of Calipatria, CA
- 1.6 12km WNW of Calipatria, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.3 on 2016-09-27 — it released about 110 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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