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M 2.5ml
Earthquake near Delta, CO
No earthquake was likely felt in Delta in the 24 hours to 1:25 pm MST (20:25 UTC). The last one was M 5.0, 702 km (436 mi) ESE, at 4:21 am MDT on 23 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 499 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Delta
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) west-northwest of Delta, CO, at 1:42 pm MDT on 2 June 2021 (19:42 UTC), 4.7 km deep.
USGS: 26 km WNW of Delta, Colorado
35 km (22 mi) SSE of Grand Junction, CO
- When
- 1:42 pm MDT on 2 June 2021 ()
- Where
- 27 km (17 mi) west-northwest of Delta, CO · earthquakes near Delta
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mesa County, 24 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1922 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 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Delta, 27 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: Orchard Mesa.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 38.8209, -108.3608. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa County, CO | 24 km (15 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mesa County |
| Delta County, CO | 43 km (27 mi) | E | earthquakes near Delta County |
| Montrose County, CO | 47 km (29 mi) | S | earthquakes near Montrose County |
| Ouray County, CO | 89 km (55 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Ouray County |
| San Miguel County, CO | 90 km (56 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Miguel County |
| Garfield County, CO | 95 km (59 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Garfield County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
7 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 15 km WSW of Collbran, Colorado
- 3.2 34 km W of Delta, Colorado
- 1.9 19 km SSE of Orchard Mesa, Colorado
- 1.9 34 km W of Delta, Colorado
- 1.7 20 km SSW of Orchard Mesa, Colorado
- 2.0 15 km ENE of Palisade, Colorado
- 2.1 20 km WNW of Delta, 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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