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M 3.0ml

Earthquake near Bodfish, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Bodfish in the 24 hours to 11:21 am PST (19:21 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 10 km (6 mi) SSW, at 3:38 pm PDT on 30 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Bodfish

This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) south-southeast of Bodfish, CA, at 11:11 pm PDT on 17 June 2017 (06:11 UTC), 1.6 km deep. 8 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 18km SSE of Bodfish, CA

58 km (36 mi) E of Bakersfield, CA

11:11 pm PDT, Jun 17, 2017 · · 1.6 km deep · released about 890 lb of TNT

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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
11:11 pm PDT on 17 June 2017 ()
Where
18 km (11 mi) south-southeast of Bodfish, CA · earthquakes near Bodfish
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
1.6 km below the surface
Felt
8 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Kern County, 31 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault
Kern Canyon fault, 11 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3368 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 36 km (22 mi) from the epicentre. In Bodfish, 18 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Bodfish 18 km, intensity II · Wofford Heights 30 km, intensity II · Tehachapi 35 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 890 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.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 380,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 17,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 890 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.8 Near Bakersfield, California · 39 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.7 11km N of Lamont, CA · 45 km WSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.7 12km NW of California City, California · 40 km SE of this epicentre
  4. 5.6 19km N of Tehachapi, CA · 16 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.6 14km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 23 km SSW of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 35.4442, -118.4087. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kern County, CA 31 km (19 mi) WSW earthquakes near Kern County
Tulare County, CA 93 km (58 mi) NNW earthquakes near Tulare County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.6 25km W of Johannesburg, CA
  2. 1.7 12km E of Lake Isabella, CA
  3. 1.5 13km SE of Tehachapi, CA
  4. 1.6 9km N of Lamont, CA
  5. 2.0 20km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  6. 1.8 13km NE of Lamont, CA
  7. 1.9 21km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  8. 1.6 5km N of Kernville, CA
  9. 2.2 16km SSE of Bodfish, CA
  10. 1.6 21km S of Bodfish, CA
  11. 1.7 20km S of Bodfish, CA
  12. 2.0 20km S of Bodfish, CA
  13. 2.0 20km S of Bodfish, CA
  14. 2.5 20km S of Bodfish, CA
  15. 1.5 16km WNW of Tehachapi, 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

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