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M 2.6ml

11km SW of Bodfish, CA

· -0.9 km deep · released about 280 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.9 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kern County, 23 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2985 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 280 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 55,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 39,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 35.5185, -118.5805. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 23 km (15 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Kern County
Tulare County, CA 81 km (50 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Kings County, CA 127 km (79 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kings County
Inyo County, CA 157 km (98 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Inyo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 21km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  2. 1.6 12km SW of Bodfish, CA
  3. 2.2 12km SW of Bodfish, CA
  4. 1.6 12km SW of Bodfish, CA
  5. 1.8 12km SW of Bodfish, CA
  6. 3.1 22km SSW of Bodfish, CA
  7. 3.0 20km ESE of Bodfish, CA
  8. 1.8 11km SSE of Bodfish, CA
  9. 2.0 24km E of Kernville, CA
  10. 1.6 12km WNW of Tehachapi, CA
  11. 1.7 20km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  12. 1.8 16km ESE of Lake Isabella, CA
  13. 3.2 16km E of Kernville, CA
  14. 1.6 9km W of Tehachapi, CA
  15. 2.0 6km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA

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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