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M 2.5ml

25km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX

Yes. A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 25km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX, at 8:30 pm PDT on 4 June 2021 (03:30 UTC), 16 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

· 16 km deep · released about 180 lb of TNT

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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 2.5 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
San Diego County, 124 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1751 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 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 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 83,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 59,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 4.2 on 2018-07-25 — about 320 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 31.9565, -116.3768. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
San Diego County, CA 124 km (77 mi) NNW earthquakes near San Diego County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 34km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  2. 1.6 32km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  3. 3.4 40km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  4. 3.0 40km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  5. 2.9 40km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  6. 2.7 41km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  7. 2.6 53km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  8. 2.1 53km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  9. 2.0 36km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  10. 2.4 29km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  11. 1.9 59km SE of Campo, CA
  12. 2.0 36km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  13. 2.7 54km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX
  14. 1.8 45km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  15. 2.5 54km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX

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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