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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

17km SE of Anza, CA

· 10 km deep · released about 41 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Diego County 52 kmRiverside County 59 kmOrange County 117 kmImperial County 119 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 2.1 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
San Diego County, 52 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1712 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 41 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 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 33.4462, -116.5443. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Diego County, CA 52 km (32 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Diego County
Riverside County, CA 59 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Riverside County
Orange County, CA 117 km (73 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Orange County
Imperial County, CA 119 km (74 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Imperial County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 18km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA
  2. 1.6 24km ESE of Anza, CA
  3. 1.8 8km NE of Borrego Springs, CA
  4. 1.9 4km S of Idyllwild, CA
  5. 1.5 4km S of Idyllwild, CA
  6. 2.0 16km ESE of Anza, CA
  7. 1.6 19km E of Julian, CA
  8. 2.0 23km ESE of Anza, CA
  9. 2.1 5km SW of Palomar Observatory, CA
  10. 1.8 12km W of Ocotillo Wells, CA
  11. 2.4 15km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA
  12. 2.3 9km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA
  13. 1.8 2km WNW of Valle Vista, CA
  14. 1.7 11km ENE of Aguanga, CA
  15. 2.2 11km ESE of Borrego Springs, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.2 on 2016-06-10 — it released about 45,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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