QuakeIndex

Fault · California

Kern Front fault

10 kmlong (6 mi), as mapped
not measuredhow fast it slips
last 150 yearssince it last broke the surface
1quakes of M2.5+ within 10 km since 2016

In plain English

It has broken the ground surface within the last 150 years.

This week vs. its last ten years

Too quiet to rank: fewer than half a year's worth of weeks with any M1.5+ quake within 5 km, in ten years. A single quake here would read as "unusual", so we do not score it.

Computed from the USGS catalogue · a description of the past, not a forecast · method

San Andreas faultGreat Valley thrust fault systemGarlock faultSouthern Sierra Nevada faultKern Canyon faultWhite Wolf faultPleito faultWheeler Ridge faultEdison faultBreckenridge faultNew Hope fault
The Kern Front fault as mapped at the surface (glowing), with the other mapped faults nearby, 1 of the M2.5+ earthquakes within 10 km of it since 2016 (dots), . Traces: USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Historic epicentres are estimates.

Every year since 2016

Earthquakes of M2.5+ with an epicentre within 10 km of the mapped trace. Near is not the same as on: some will have slipped on neighbouring faults.

Most recent near it

  1. M 3.2 2km NNE of Oildale, CA
    2020-01-29 · 4 km from the trace

Neighbouring faults

Fault trace, slip rate and age: USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database (public domain), simplified for the web. Earthquakes: USGS ComCat. QuakeIndex does not forecast earthquakes; a fault's history describes the past. For early warning use ShakeAlert.