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M 1.6ml

50 km SSW of San Clemente, CA

· 5.8 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
5.8 km below the surface
Felt
25 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Orange County, 72 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1125 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 25 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.3 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 33.0323, -117.8685. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Orange County, CA 72 km (45 mi) S of here earthquakes near Orange County
San Diego County, CA 102 km (63 mi) W 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

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

  1. 1.8 27 km WNW of La Jolla, CA
  2. 2.3 26 km SSW of Newport Beach, CA
  3. 1.8 50 km WSW of Encinitas, CA
  4. 1.8 6 km WNW of Camp Pendleton South, CA
  5. 2.6 27 km WSW of Dana Point, CA
  6. 2.6 27 km WSW of Dana Point, CA
  7. 2.8 27 km WSW of Dana Point, CA
  8. 1.6 42 km WSW of Encinitas, CA
  9. 2.4 40 km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
  10. 2.6 6 km SE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
  11. 1.7 33 km W of La Jolla, CA
  12. 2.7 42 km NE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
  13. 3.0 45 km NE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
  14. 2.0 41 km NE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
  15. 3.6 44 km NE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), 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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