Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.9ml
45km SSE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
Yes. A magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 45km SSE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA, at 6:48 pm PDT on 24 July 2021 (01:48 UTC), 25 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 25 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Clemente fault, 20 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1557 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 570 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 27,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 19,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.7× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 570 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 42km SSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA · 37 km W of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 32.4383, -118.1995. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Aftershocks so far
32 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 35 km SE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 3.0 126 km SSW of Avalon, California
- 2.5 12 km SSE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 2.1 69 km SE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 2.0 63 km WSW of Coronado, CA
- 3.2 72 km SE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 2.6 68 km SE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 2.6 25 km ESE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 1.8 37 km SE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 2.3 55 km SE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 2.6 6 km SE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 3.0 25 km SE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 2.3 6 km SSE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 3.0 8 km SSE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 2.5 31 km ESE 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.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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