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M 1.6ml

31 km ESE of Avalon, CA

· 12 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Orange County 54 kmLos Angeles County 110 kmSan Diego County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Orange County, 54 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 411 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 7.3 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 33.2315, -118.0227. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Orange County, CA 54 km (34 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 110 km (68 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
San Diego County, CA 118 km (74 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Diego 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. 2.3 46 km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
  2. 2.4 29 km SSW of Dana Point, CA
  3. 1.4 31 km SW of Dana Point, CA
  4. 1.8 28 km ESE of Avalon, CA
  5. 2.1 27 km ESE of Avalon, CA
  6. 2.0 27 km ESE of Avalon, CA
  7. 2.0 27 km ESE of Avalon, CA
  8. 3.3 26 km ESE of Avalon, CA
  9. 3.0 26 km ESE of Avalon, CA
  10. 2.5 26 km ESE of Avalon, CA
  11. 1.5 17 km SSE of San Pedro, CA
  12. 2.2 48 km WSW of Encinitas, CA
  13. 1.8 48 km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
  14. 2.3 20 km SSE of San Pedro, CA
  15. 2.2 18 km NE of Avalon, 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.

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