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M 1.8ml

22km SSW of Newport Beach, CA

· 13 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 34 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2188 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 15 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 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 33.4253, -117.9925. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Orange County, CA 34 km (21 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 89 km (55 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
San Diego County, CA 122 km (76 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Ventura County, CA 148 km (92 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Ventura 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.

  1. 2.6 17km S of San Pedro, CA
  2. 1.6 1km E of Rolling Hills, CA
  3. 2.2 22km SSE of San Pedro, CA
  4. 1.9 4km NNW of Orange, CA
  5. 1.7 2km SE of Placentia, CA
  6. 2.7 2km SSE of Placentia, CA
  7. 1.8 2km NNE of Villa Park, CA
  8. 1.7 20km SSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  9. 1.8 22km SSE of San Pedro, CA
  10. 2.0 32km SW of Dana Point, CA
  11. 1.9 4km NW of San Clemente, CA
  12. 2.0 11km NNW of Avalon, CA
  13. 2.4 19km S of San Pedro, CA
  14. 2.3 23km SW of Laguna Beach, CA
  15. 1.6 13km S of Rancho Palos Verdes, 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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