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M 1.6ml

26km NE of Arvin, CA

· 3.7 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
3.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kern County, 9 km WSW
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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 35.3868, -118.6423. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 9 km (6 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Kern County
Tulare County, CA 94 km (59 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Ventura County, CA 123 km (76 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Kings County, CA 130 km (81 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

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

  1. 1.6 23km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  2. 1.9 21km SSW of Bodfish, CA
  3. 2.1 22km NE of Arvin, CA
  4. 1.6 5km W of Kernville, CA
  5. 1.7 5km WNW of Kernville, CA
  6. 1.6 24km SSW of Bodfish, CA
  7. 1.6 7km WSW of Tehachapi, CA
  8. 2.7 19km NNE of Tehachapi, CA
  9. 2.3 23km S of Bodfish, CA
  10. 1.6 17km E of Lake Isabella, CA
  11. 1.5 21km ENE of Arvin, CA
  12. 1.8 17km SSE of Bodfish, CA
  13. 1.6 6km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA
  14. 3.0 6km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA
  15. 2.4 6km ESE of Wofford Heights, 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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