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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

2km SW of Lake Elsinore, CA

· 5.0 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Orange County 41 kmSan Diego County 88 kmLos Angeles County 104 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Orange County, 41 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2575 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 33.6563, -117.3378. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Orange County, CA 41 km (25 mi) E of here earthquakes near Orange County
San Diego County, CA 88 km (54 mi) NW of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Los Angeles County, CA 104 km (65 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 5km SE of Home Gardens, CA
  2. 2.6 11km WNW of Lake Elsinore, CA
  3. 1.5 5km SSE of Home Gardens, CA
  4. 1.7 7km NE of Moreno Valley, CA
  5. 1.6 8km ESE of Yorba Linda, CA
  6. 1.8 6km ENE of North Tustin, CA
  7. 1.7 1km SW of Calimesa, CA
  8. 1.6 9km SE of Valle Vista, CA
  9. 1.6 7km NW of Aguanga, CA
  10. 1.7 5km NNE of Pala, CA
  11. 1.6 3km NNW of Mira Loma, CA
  12. 1.8 6km N of Beaumont, CA
  13. 1.6 13km WNW of Anza, CA
  14. 1.6 5 km SE of Home Gardens, CA
  15. 1.9 3km NE of San Jacinto, 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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