Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.7mw
22km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.7 (mw)
- Depth
- 4.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 47 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity VI (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Kern County, 18 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2985 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 47 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.2 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 33,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.7 about 5.2 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 11× more
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 35.3920, -118.5445. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 18 km (11 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Tulare County, CA | 95 km (59 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Ventura County, CA | 127 km (79 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kings County, CA | 137 km (85 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
35 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 23km NW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.8 23km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.8 12km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.8 22km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.8 7km S of Lamont, CA
- 1.6 10km ESE of Kernville, CA
- 1.7 10km ESE of Kernville, CA
- 1.8 20km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 2.0 19km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 22km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 2.1 19km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.9 26km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 27km NE of Arvin, CA
- 1.7 20km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 2.0 11km SW of Bodfish, 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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