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M 2.0ml

39 km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX

Yes. A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 39 km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX, at 3:54 pm PDT on 29 September 2026 (22:54 UTC), 15 km deep.

· 15 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 44 days ago

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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. 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 33 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2018-07-25 — about 1,700 times the energy of this one.

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 31.9397, -116.2188. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

7 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.7 6 km NE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX
  2. 2.0 26 km ESE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  3. 1.9 36 km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
  4. 1.0 31 km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX
  5. 1.6 6 km NE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX
  6. 2.0 55 km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX
  7. 1.7 32 km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX

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.

Revisions

USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.

What changedFromToWhen
review statusautomaticreviewed
longitude-116.22-116.22
latitude31.9431.94
depth14.214.96
magnitude2.112.03
longitude-116.22-116.22
latitude31.9431.94
depth14.3514.2
magnitude2.152.11

On USGS

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