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M 1.7ml

10km SW of La Jolla, CA

· 16 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
San Diego County, 59 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1271 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 32.7770, -117.3358. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Diego County, CA 59 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Orange County, CA 108 km (67 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Orange County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 48 km WSW of Coronado, CA
  2. 1.7 4 km ENE of Rancho San Diego, CA
  3. 1.9 8 km ESE of Tijuana, B.C., MX
  4. 2.8 17 km SW of Coronado, CA
  5. 1.7 4 km NE of Rancho San Diego, CA
  6. 2.2 45 km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
  7. 1.8 28 km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
  8. 1.5 5 km NE of Rancho San Diego, CA
  9. 1.5 6 km NNW of Lakeside, CA
  10. 1.9 15 km NW of Rosarito, B.C., MX
  11. 2.1 16 km SW of La Jolla, CA
  12. 1.5 5 km NE of Rancho San Diego, CA
  13. 1.8 37 km W of La Jolla, CA
  14. 3.0 18 km WSW of La Jolla, CA
  15. 2.4 14 km ENE of Tijuana, 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.

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