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M 3.0ml

89km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX

Yes. A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 89km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX, at 2:07 pm PDT on 13 September 2021 (21:07 UTC), 9.7 km deep.

· 9.7 km deep · released about 800 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
9.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1815 days ago

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 33 km (21 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 800 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 19,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 13,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 800 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.1 on 2020-08-17 — about 1,800 times the energy of this one.

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 31.5103, -115.6593. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 83km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  2. 2.3 31 km NE of Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexico
  3. 3.5 83km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  4. 2.3 86km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  5. 2.2 61km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  6. 2.7 84km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  7. 2.4 57km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  8. 2.6 30 km E of San Vicente, Mexico
  9. 2.4 67km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  10. 2.7 76km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  11. 3.0 91km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  12. 3.2 91km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  13. 1.9 64km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
  14. 2.8 110km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  15. 2.5 53 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico

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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