Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.3ml
20km ESE of Anza, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 52 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1305 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 94 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 160,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 94 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 33.4858, -116.4782. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 52 km (32 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 58 km (36 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Imperial County, CA | 116 km (72 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
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 14km WNW of Anza, CA
- 1.6 6km NW of Anza, CA
- 1.6 8km SE of Valle Vista, CA
- 1.5 9km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.8 9km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.8 7km NNW of Anza, CA
- 1.7 7km NNW of Anza, CA
- 1.7 5km WNW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.8 7km WSW of Anza, CA
- 1.7 9km SE of Valle Vista, CA
- 1.6 8km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.6 8km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.8 8km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.8 8km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.5 9km SSW 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 19,000 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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