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M 1.8ml

9km ESE of Lake Isabella, CA

· 2.5 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
2.5 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Kern County, 42 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2985 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 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 870,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 620,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 55× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 35.5993, -118.3792. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 42 km (26 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Kern County
Tulare County, CA 79 km (49 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Inyo County, CA 138 km (86 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Inyo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 24km ENE of Arvin, CA
  2. 1.5 20km ENE of Arvin, CA
  3. 2.4 24km NE of Lamont, CA
  4. 1.6 15km NNE of Lamont, CA
  5. 1.8 23km SE of Bodfish, CA
  6. 1.5 12km SW of Bodfish, CA
  7. 1.7 22km ESE of Bodfish, CA
  8. 1.8 6km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA
  9. 2.5 25km S of Bodfish, CA
  10. 2.5 4km SSE of Kernville, CA
  11. 2.0 10km ESE of Kernville, CA
  12. 2.0 16km WNW of Kernville, CA
  13. 1.9 22km ESE of Bodfish, CA
  14. 1.6 23km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  15. 1.7 23km NW 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.

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