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M 3.0ml

34km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX

· 16 km deep · released about 990 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
9 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
San Diego County, 113 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2693 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 990 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.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 15,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 990 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 32.0752, -116.3485. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Diego County, CA 113 km (70 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Imperial County, CA 142 km (88 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

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

  1. 1.9 37km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  2. 1.6 33km SE of Campo, CA
  3. 2.3 32km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  4. 3.0 32km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  5. 1.8 30km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  6. 3.4 34km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  7. 1.7 40km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  8. 2.0 45km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  9. 2.3 44km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  10. 2.1 44km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  11. 1.8 27 km S of Tecate, B.C., MX
  12. 2.2 21km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  13. 2.4 43km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  14. 3.9 39km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  15. 2.0 46km ENE of Maneadero, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2018-07-25 — it released about 59 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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