Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
12 km S of Mulford, Colorado
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Pitkin County, 21 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 149 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
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.
Where
Epicentre 39.2916, -107.1436. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitkin County, CO | 21 km (13 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Pitkin County |
| Eagle County, CO | 54 km (33 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Eagle County |
| Lake County, CO | 69 km (43 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Gunnison County, CO | 69 km (43 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Gunnison County |
| Garfield County, CO | 74 km (46 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Delta County, CO | 79 km (49 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Delta 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.
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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