Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.4ml
1 km NW of Keene, California
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 9 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Kern County, 19 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3421 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 100 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.1× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 35.2352, -118.5772. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 19 km (12 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Ventura County, CA | 110 km (68 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Tulare County, CA | 112 km (70 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Kings County, CA | 146 km (90 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 11km SE of Tehachapi, CA
- 2.3 7km E of Oildale, CA
- 1.7 12km WNW of Mojave, CA
- 1.6 13km W of Mojave, CA
- 1.5 13km SE of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.5 6km SSW of Mojave, CA
- 1.5 17km SSE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.7 12km WNW of Mojave, CA
- 1.6 26km NE of Arvin, CA
- 1.9 12km WNW of Mojave, CA
- 2.2 12km WNW of Mojave, CA
- 1.9 17km SSE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.2 20km ESE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 16km SSE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 16km SSE of Bodfish, 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.
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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