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M 3.2ml

9km ESE of Maricopa, CA

· 11 km deep · released about 1.1 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 63 kmVentura County 77 kmSanta Barbara County 87 kmSan Luis Obispo County 111 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
Magnitude
M 3.2 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
13 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Kern County, 63 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3211 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 13 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1.1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 160,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,200× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,100× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1.1 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.2× more

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 35.0328, -119.3032. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 63 km (39 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 77 km (48 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 87 km (54 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 111 km (69 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Kings County, CA 125 km (77 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kings County
Los Angeles County, CA 133 km (83 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles 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. 1.9 9km WSW of Arvin, CA
  2. 2.1 21km E of Maricopa, CA
  3. 2.0 11km W of Buttonwillow, CA
  4. 2.1 16km SSW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  5. 1.6 2km S of Lamont, CA
  6. 2.1 7km S of Lamont, CA
  7. 2.8 7km S of Lamont, CA
  8. 1.6 14km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  9. 2.8 15km NW of Grapevine, CA
  10. 1.8 15km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  11. 2.2 14km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  12. 2.3 11km WSW of Grapevine, CA
  13. 2.6 15km NW of Grapevine, CA
  14. 1.6 3km N of Grapevine, CA
  15. 1.6 15km NW of Grapevine, 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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