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M 3.8mw

15km NW of Grapevine, CA

· 7.7 km deep · released about 7.1 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 44 kmVentura County 77 kmSanta Barbara County 107 kmLos Angeles County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.8 (mw)
Depth
7.7 km below the surface
Felt
60 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity VI (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Kern County, 44 km NE
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. 60 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 24,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.8 about 7.1 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 15× 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 35.0435, -119.0423. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 44 km (27 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 77 km (48 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 107 km (66 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Los Angeles County, CA 118 km (73 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Kings County, CA 134 km (83 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kings County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 20km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  2. 1.8 21km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
  3. 1.6 9km W of Tehachapi, CA
  4. 2.4 16km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  5. 1.9 9km WSW of Arvin, CA
  6. 2.1 21km E of Maricopa, CA
  7. 1.6 24km ENE of Arvin, CA
  8. 1.7 6km SSW of Gorman, CA
  9. 1.5 20km ENE of Arvin, CA
  10. 1.9 17km SSW of Tehachapi, CA
  11. 2.4 24km NE of Lamont, CA
  12. 2.0 13km E of Arvin, CA
  13. 1.9 6km W of Tehachapi, CA
  14. 1.6 15km NNE of Lamont, CA
  15. 2.1 16km SSW of Pine Mountain Club, 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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