Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
5km WNW of Borrego Springs, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 3.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 42 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1461 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 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 810,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 72× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 33.2668, -116.4300. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Riverside County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Imperial County, CA | 103 km (64 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
43 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 2km WSW of Lake Henshaw, CA
- 1.5 11km NE of Julian, CA
- 1.6 3km SSE of Lake Henshaw, CA
- 1.8 27km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.9 13km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.5 7km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.5 9km N of Julian, CA
- 1.6 9km N of Julian, CA
- 1.6 9km N of Julian, CA
- 2.0 9km N of Julian, CA
- 1.6 5km NW of Palomar Observatory, CA
- 2.0 3km SSE of Lake Henshaw, CA
- 1.5 4km NNW of Anza, CA
- 1.5 21km ESE of Anza, CA
- 2.5 10km N 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 140,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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