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M 2.0ml

20km NNW of Tehachapi, CA

· 7.5 km deep · released about 36 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
7.5 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kern County, 16 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3253 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 36 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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 35.2837, -118.5652. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 16 km (10 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kern County
Tulare County, CA 107 km (66 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Ventura County, CA 115 km (72 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Kings County, CA 143 km (89 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. 2.2 23km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  2. 1.6 7km SSW of Mojave, CA
  3. 1.8 10km SSW of Bakersfield, CA
  4. 1.5 13km SE of Tehachapi, CA
  5. 1.6 7km SSW of Mojave, CA
  6. 1.6 6km WSW of Mojave, CA
  7. 2.2 17km NNW of Grapevine, CA
  8. 1.6 9km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  9. 1.7 6km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA
  10. 1.7 5km SW of Bodfish, CA
  11. 3.7 22km SSW of Bodfish, CA
  12. 1.8 9km ESE of Lake Isabella, CA
  13. 1.7 3km SE of Bodfish, CA
  14. 1.5 7km S of Mojave, CA
  15. 1.5 13km W of Mojave, 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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