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M 4.8mwr

54 km E of San Felipe, Mexico

Yes. A magnitude 4.8 earthquake was recorded 54 km E of San Felipe, Mexico at 23:36 UTC on 2018-03-19, 10 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

· 10 km deep · released about 240 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.8 (mwr)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 325 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 170 km (106 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 240 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 710× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.8 about 240 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 500× more

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 31.0935, -114.2750. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 48 km W of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico
  2. 3.3 23 km SSE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  3. 3.4 32 km SE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  4. 2.5 31 km SSE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  5. 3.4 46 km SE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  6. 3.3 97 km SE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX
  7. 2.5 26 km SSE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  8. 2.6 27 km SSE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  9. 3.1 35 km SE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  10. 3.8 39 km SE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  11. 2.7 33 km SSE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  12. 3.8 21 km SSE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  13. 3.5 25 km SSE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  14. 3.9 35 km SSE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico
  15. 2.8 41 km SSE of Golfo de Santa Clara, Mexico

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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