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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Alpaugh, CA

USGS: 20km WSW of Alpaugh, CA

76 km (47 mi) NW of Bakersfield, CA · 38 km (23 mi) W of Delano, CA

4:39 am PDT, Jun 3, 2016 · · 0.1 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kings County 33 kmSan Luis Obispo County 83 kmTulare County 94 kmKern County 99 kmFresno County 107 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
4:39 am PDT on 3 June 2016 ()
Where
20 km (12 mi) WSW of Alpaugh, CA · earthquakes near Alpaugh
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
0.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kings County, 33 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3773 days ago

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 20 km (12 mi) WSW of Alpaugh, CA, at 4:39 am PDT on 3 June 2016 (11:39 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Lost Hills.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 92,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.9 on 2016-02-24 — about 5,200 times the energy of this one.

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 35.7947, -119.6785. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kings County, CA 33 km (21 mi) NNW earthquakes near Kings County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 83 km (52 mi) WSW earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Tulare County, CA 94 km (58 mi) ENE earthquakes near Tulare County
Kern County, CA 99 km (62 mi) ESE earthquakes near Kern County
Fresno County, CA 107 km (67 mi) N earthquakes near Fresno County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 3 km SSE of Avenal, California
  2. 1.5 2 km S of Avenal, California
  3. 1.7 3 km ESE of Avenal, California
  4. 1.7 3 km E of Avenal, California
  5. 1.5 3 km E of Avenal, California
  6. 2.1 4 km E of Avenal, California
  7. 2.3 2 km SSE of Avenal, California
  8. 1.7 Central California
  9. 1.6 3 km ESE of Avenal, California
  10. 2.8 2 km SSE of Avenal, California
  11. 1.6 2 km ESE of Avenal, California
  12. 1.9 9km W of Pixley, CA
  13. 2.0 22 km NNW of Lost Hills, California
  14. 2.0 4km NNW of Delano, CA
  15. 1.8 12 km SSE of Huron, 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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