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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

6 km NW of Rico, Colorado

· 5.0 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Juan County 37 kmDolores County 37 kmSan Miguel County 43 kmOuray County 53 kmLa Plata County 54 kmHinsdale County 62 kmMontezuma County 63 kmMontrose County 77 kmMineral County 97 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Juan County, 37 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 475 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 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 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 37.7333, -108.0814. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Juan County, CO 37 km (23 mi) W of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Dolores County, CO 37 km (23 mi) E of here earthquakes near Dolores County
San Miguel County, CO 43 km (27 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Miguel County
Ouray County, CO 53 km (33 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Ouray County
La Plata County, CO 54 km (34 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near La Plata County
Hinsdale County, CO 62 km (38 mi) W of here earthquakes near Hinsdale County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 15 km SSW of Sawpit, Colorado
  2. 2.5 12 km SE of Silverton, 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.

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