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M 1.7ml

16km S of San Clemente, CA

· 11 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Orange County 46 kmSan Diego County 82 kmLos Angeles County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 46 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1726 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 33.2870, -117.5942. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Orange County, CA 46 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Orange County
San Diego County, CA 82 km (51 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Los Angeles County, CA 118 km (74 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 3km N of Murrieta, CA
  2. 1.6 24km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
  3. 1.8 4km NNW of San Joaquin Hills, CA
  4. 1.7 44km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
  5. 1.6 26km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
  6. 1.9 9km SSW of Wildomar, CA
  7. 1.8 29km SSW of Dana Point, CA
  8. 2.0 4km SW of Newport Beach, CA
  9. 1.8 3km SSW of Newport Beach, CA
  10. 1.8 3km SW of Newport Beach, CA
  11. 1.6 9km SSE of San Clemente, CA
  12. 1.8 22km SSW of Newport Beach, CA
  13. 1.6 2km SSE of Dana Point, CA
  14. 2.2 28km E of Avalon, CA
  15. 2.3 42km WSW of Encinitas, 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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