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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Campo, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Campo in the 24 hours to 6:25 am PST (14:25 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 122 km (76 mi) E, at 10:27 am PST on 3 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 321 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Campo
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 28 km (17 mi) east-southeast of Campo, CA, at 11:31 pm PDT on 20 August 2024 (06:31 UTC), 13 km deep.
USGS: 28 km ESE of Campo, CA
94 km (58 mi) ESE of San Diego, CA
- When
- 11:31 pm PDT on 20 August 2024 ()
- Where
- 28 km (17 mi) east-southeast of Campo, CA · earthquakes near Campo
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 79 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 813 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Campo, 28 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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 27 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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 since 2016 was M 4.8 on 2023-12-01 — about 18,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 8km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 36 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.2 21km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 42 km N of this epicentre
- 5.1 40km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 49 km ESE 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 32.4958, -116.2057. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 79 km (49 mi) | NW | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Imperial County, CA | 100 km (62 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Imperial County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
42 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 21 km SW of Ocotillo, CA
- 2.0 13 km SE of Ocotillo, CA
- 1.5 17 km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX
- 1.6 26 km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX
- 1.9 25 km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX
- 1.8 15 km ESE of Ocotillo, CA
- 3.6 61 km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
- 1.6 22 km ESE of Campo, CA
- 1.8 26 km ENE of Pine Valley, CA
- 1.6 34 km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
- 1.6 44 km SSE of Campo, CA
- 1.5 28 km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.7 28 km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 2.3 28 km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.5 28 km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, 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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