QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

3km SSW of La Jolla, CA

· 9.7 km deep · released about 29 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Diego County 53 kmOrange County 106 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
9.7 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
San Diego County, 53 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2055 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 29 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 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 32.8192, -117.2888. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Diego County, CA 53 km (33 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Orange County, CA 106 km (66 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

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

  1. 2.5 22km W of La Jolla, CA
  2. 1.5 38km W of La Jolla, CA
  3. 1.5 5km ESE of Chula Vista, CA
  4. 1.6 5km NE of San Ysidro, CA
  5. 1.6 6km NNW of Lakeside, CA
  6. 1.7 30km WSW of La Jolla, CA
  7. 1.7 18km WSW of La Jolla, CA
  8. 1.6 5km NE of Rancho San Diego, CA
  9. 1.6 4km NNE of San Ysidro, CA
  10. 1.6 3km NNE of San Ysidro, CA
  11. 1.6 6km NNW of Lakeside, CA
  12. 2.0 13km NW of Rosarito, B.C., MX
  13. 1.6 3km ENE of Rancho San Diego, CA
  14. 2.7 33km WSW of La Jolla, CA
  15. 1.6 5km SE of Chula Vista, 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.

On USGS

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.