Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.2ml
9km N of Oildale, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Kern County, 31 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3258 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 54 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 280,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 54 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 35.4968, -119.0170. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 31 km (19 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Tulare County, CA | 84 km (52 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Kings County, CA | 96 km (60 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 142 km (88 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 12km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 2.8 7km S of Lamont, CA
- 1.8 20km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 2.0 19km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 22km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 2.1 19km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.9 26km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 27km NE of Arvin, CA
- 1.7 20km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 2.0 11km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 12km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 2.6 11km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 23km NW of Tehachapi, CA
- 2.0 23km NW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.7 7km SW of Shafter, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.9 on 2016-02-24 — it released about 11,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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