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M 1.9ml

11km WSW of Imperial Beach, CA

· 17 km deep · released about 18 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Diego County, 68 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2060 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 18 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 32.5467, -117.2238. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Diego County, CA 68 km (42 mi) SW of here earthquakes near San Diego County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 22km W of La Jolla, CA
  2. 2.6 10km SE of Tijuana, B.C., MX
  3. 1.5 5km ESE of Chula Vista, CA
  4. 1.6 5km NE of San Ysidro, CA
  5. 1.7 20km NNE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  6. 1.6 6km NNW of Lakeside, CA
  7. 1.7 30km WSW of La Jolla, CA
  8. 1.7 18km WSW of La Jolla, CA
  9. 1.6 5km NE of Rancho San Diego, CA
  10. 1.7 21km NNE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  11. 1.6 21km NNE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  12. 1.6 4km NNE of San Ysidro, CA
  13. 1.6 3km NNE of San Ysidro, CA
  14. 1.6 6km NNW of Lakeside, CA
  15. 2.0 13km NW of Rosarito, 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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