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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Encinitas, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Encinitas in the 24 hours to 4:54 am PST (12:54 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 141 km (88 mi) NE, at 5:56 pm PST on 19 January 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 8,214 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Encinitas
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 25 km (15 mi) west-southwest of Encinitas, CA, at 2:32 pm PST on 18 November 2022 (22:32 UTC), 18 km deep.
USGS: 25km WSW of Encinitas, CA
39 km (24 mi) WNW of San Diego, CA · 28 km (17 mi) WSW of Encinitas, CA
- When
- 2:32 pm PST on 18 November 2022 ()
- Where
- 25 km (15 mi) west-southwest of Encinitas, CA · earthquakes near Encinitas
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 18 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 71 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Carlsbad fault, 5 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1453 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Encinitas, 25 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Del Mar, Solana Beach, Carlsbad.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.4 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.5 The 1986 Oceanside, California Earthquake · 32 km W of this epicentre
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 32.9392, -117.5285. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | E | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Orange County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
44 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 45 km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
- 1.8 8 km WNW of Camp Pendleton South, CA
- 1.8 28 km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
- 1.6 29 km SSW of San Clemente, CA
- 1.5 31 km WSW of Camp Pendleton South, CA
- 2.0 43 km ENE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 2.1 16 km SW of La Jolla, CA
- 1.6 43 km ENE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 2.0 42 km ENE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 2.6 42 km ENE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA
- 1.8 37 km W of La Jolla, CA
- 3.0 18 km WSW of La Jolla, CA
- 2.1 42 km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
- 1.5 32 km W of La Jolla, CA
- 1.6 16 km SW of La Jolla, 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.
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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