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M 1.8ml

32km WSW of Encinitas, CA

· 15 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Diego County 79 kmOrange County 83 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Diego County, 79 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2195 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 810,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 72× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 32.9377, -117.6115. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Diego County, CA 79 km (49 mi) W of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Orange County, CA 83 km (52 mi) S of here earthquakes near Orange County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 9km SSE of San Clemente, CA
  2. 2.3 42km WSW of Encinitas, CA
  3. 2.5 44km SE of Avalon, CA
  4. 1.6 25km WSW of Encinitas, CA
  5. 2.1 29km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
  6. 1.7 17km W of La Jolla, CA
  7. 2.0 49km ENE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
  8. 1.9 47km SSW of San Clemente, CA
  9. 1.6 49km ENE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
  10. 2.3 36km NE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
  11. 2.3 45km NE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
  12. 1.7 4km WNW of Camp Pendleton South, CA
  13. 2.1 39km W of La Jolla, CA
  14. 1.8 16km WSW of La Jolla, CA
  15. 1.7 38km WSW of Carlsbad, 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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