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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Fruita, CO
No earthquake was likely felt in Fruita in the 24 hours to 8:12 pm MST (03:12 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 14 km (9 mi) NE, at 1:44 am MDT on 17 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Fruita
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 29 km (18 mi) north-northeast of Fruita, CO, at 1:59 am MDT on 28 March 2019 (07:59 UTC), 2.4 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 28 km NNE of Fruita, Colorado
35 km (21 mi) N of Grand Junction, CO
- When
- 1:59 am MDT on 28 March 2019 ()
- Where
- 29 km (18 mi) north-northeast of Fruita, CO · earthquakes near Fruita
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Mesa County, 44 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2714 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 23 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Fruita, 29 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Loma.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2018-08-24 — about 180 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.4 46 km NW of Parachute, Colorado · 48 km NNE of this epicentre
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 39.3984, -108.6044. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa County, CO | 44 km (27 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Mesa County |
| Garfield County, CO | 64 km (40 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Rio Blanco County, CO | 73 km (45 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Rio Blanco County |
| Delta County, CO | 87 km (54 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Delta County |
| Grand County, UT | 96 km (60 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Grand County |
| Uintah County, UT | 112 km (70 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Uintah County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
13 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 15 km WSW of Collbran, Colorado
- 2.0 14 km NE of Fruita, Colorado
- 2.8 29 km WNW of De Beque, Colorado
- 1.7 24 km NNE of Loma, Colorado
- 2.5 Colorado
- 1.5 28 km NW of De Beque, Colorado
- 2.0 15 km ENE of Palisade, Colorado
- 1.7 12 km SE of De Beque, Colorado
- 1.6 22 km NNE of Loma, Colorado
- 1.6 35 km NNE of Loma, Colorado
- 2.2 17 km WNW of Loma, Colorado
- 1.5 19 km WSW of Redlands, Colorado
- 2.7 26 km NNE of Loma, Colorado
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.
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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