Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0ml
6km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- 10 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Kern County, 50 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3148 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 10 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 860 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 390,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 18,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 860 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 35.6957, -118.3875. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 50 km (31 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Tulare County, CA | 69 km (43 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Inyo County, CA | 131 km (81 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Fresno County, CA | 164 km (102 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
44 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 3km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.0 24km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.6 23km NW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.8 28km NNE of Kernville, CA
- 1.8 28km NNE of Kernville, CA
- 1.8 17km W of Inyokern, CA
- 1.9 21km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 22km WNW of Inyokern, CA
- 2.1 22km NE of Arvin, CA
- 1.6 5km W of Kernville, CA
- 1.7 5km WNW of Kernville, CA
- 1.6 24km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 25km NNE of Kernville, CA
- 1.8 25km NNE of Kernville, CA
- 1.5 25km WNW of Inyokern, 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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