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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2ml

15km SSW of Rosedale, CA

· 24 km deep · released about 56 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 44 kmVentura County 100 kmKings County 107 kmSanta Barbara County 111 kmTulare County 115 kmSan Luis Obispo County 115 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kern County, 44 km ENE
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. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 56 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 270,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 190,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 17× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 56 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 35.2545, -119.1960. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 44 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 100 km (62 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Kings County, CA 107 km (66 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kings County
Santa Barbara County, CA 111 km (69 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Tulare County, CA 115 km (71 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Tulare County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 115 km (71 mi) E of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 19km E of Maricopa, CA
  2. 1.6 24km ENE of Maricopa, CA
  3. 2.6 16km NW of Grapevine, CA
  4. 1.7 16km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  5. 2.2 16km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  6. 2.2 3km NW of Frazier Park, CA
  7. 2.2 16km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  8. 1.5 10km SE of Maricopa, CA
  9. 1.6 7km S of Lamont, CA
  10. 1.7 12km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  11. 2.0 12km SW of Taft, CA
  12. 1.9 9km WNW of Frazier Park, CA
  13. 1.5 9km WSW of Grapevine, CA
  14. 2.1 22km NW of Grapevine, CA
  15. 1.8 9km WSW of Lamont, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.9 on 2016-02-24 — it released about 11,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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