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M 2.0ml

1 km NW of Keene, California

· 6.8 km deep · released about 32 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 19 kmVentura County 110 kmTulare County 112 kmLos Angeles County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
6.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 32 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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 35.2350, -118.5775. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
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. 1.8 26km SSW of Bodfish, CA
  2. 1.8 11km SE of Tehachapi, CA
  3. 2.3 7km E of Oildale, CA
  4. 1.7 12km WNW of Mojave, CA
  5. 1.6 13km W of Mojave, CA
  6. 1.5 13km SE of Tehachapi, CA
  7. 1.5 6km SSW of Mojave, CA
  8. 1.5 17km SSE of Bodfish, CA
  9. 2.7 12km WNW of Mojave, CA
  10. 1.6 26km NE of Arvin, CA
  11. 1.9 12km WNW of Mojave, CA
  12. 2.2 12km WNW of Mojave, CA
  13. 1.9 17km SSE of Bodfish, CA
  14. 2.2 20km ESE of Bodfish, CA
  15. 1.5 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.

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