176 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico

This was a moderate earthquake. Shaking at this size can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 kilotons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Ridgecrest, California 2019 M 7.1 89× the energy of this one
2. Loma Prieta, California 1989 M 6.9 45× the energy of this one
3. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 22× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 5.8 about 7.6 kilotons of TNT
5. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 this one released 1.4× more
6. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 16,000× 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.4 on 2016-06-01.

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 18.0217, -105.8338. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 4.3 201 km SW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico 10:36 UTC
2. 4.3 153 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico 10:52 UTC
3. 5.3 175 km SW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico 10:21 UTC
4. 5.7 183 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico 10:16 UTC
5. 4.1 149 km SW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico 14:20 UTC
6. 5.4 142 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico 19:05 UTC
7. 4.6 144 km SW of La Manzanilla, Mexico 16:41 UTC
8. 4.5 145 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico 16:34 UTC
9. 4.2 163 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico 08:56 UTC
10. 4.2 151 km SW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico 05:53 UTC
11. 4.3 141 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico 05:42 UTC
12. 4.2 171 km SW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico 10:28 UTC
13. 4.4 149 km SW of Barra de Navidad, Mexico 10:36 UTC
14. 5.6 173 km SW of La Manzanilla, Mexico 10:13 UTC
15. 4.6 181 km SW of La Manzanilla, Mexico 10:03 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 12:49 UTC. 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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