Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0ml
13 km N of Tecate, B.C., MX
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 24 km below the surface
- Felt
- 222 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- San Diego County, 39 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 87 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 222 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 860 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 390,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 18,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 860 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 32.6852, -116.6585. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego County, CA | 39 km (24 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Riverside County, CA | 131 km (82 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Orange County, CA | 152 km (94 mi) | SE of here | 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.
- 0.5 4 km N of Julian, CA
- 1.2 12 km NNW of Pine Valley, CA
- 1.6 22 km ESE of Julian, CA
- 1.1 18 km ESE of Julian, CA
- 0.6 11 km E of Julian, CA
- 1.5 28 km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 0.6 27 km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.0 22 km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA
- 1.3 2 km NE of Imperial Beach, CA
- 1.2 6 km W of Tecate, B.C., MX
- 0.8 16 km SE of Julian, CA
- 0.7 11 km E of Julian, CA
- 1.1 6 km ESE of Chula Vista, CA
- 0.5 7 km W of Tecate, B.C., MX
- 0.8 10 km NW of Pine Valley, 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 2025-04-14 — it released about 2,300 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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.