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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Lebec, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Lebec in the 24 hours to 3:27 am PST (11:27 UTC). The last one was M 1.9, 9 km (5 mi) ENE, at 9:24 pm PST on 5 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Lebec
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) east-northeast of Lebec, CA, at 5:08 pm PST on 20 November 2019 (01:08 UTC), 7.8 km deep.
USGS: 9km ENE of Lebec, CA
57 km (36 mi) SSE of Bakersfield, CA · 102 km (63 mi) NNW of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 5:08 pm PST on 20 November 2019 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) east-northeast of Lebec, CA · earthquakes near Lebec
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kern County, 52 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Garlock fault, under 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2548 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Lebec, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Frazier Park, Stallion Springs.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2016-03-12 — about 5,400 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 22 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 11 km W of this epicentre
- 5.8 Near Bakersfield, California · 46 km N of this epicentre
- 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 28 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.6 14km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 48 km NNE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 34.8832, -118.7763. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 52 km (32 mi) | N | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Ventura County, CA | 67 km (42 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 90 km (56 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 13km SSW of Lamont, CA
- 1.5 12km SE of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.8 14km WNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.7 2km SSE of Castaic, CA
- 2.4 13km N of Piru, CA
- 1.6 14km N of Castaic, CA
- 1.5 14km N of Castaic, CA
- 1.8 14km W of Mojave, CA
- 2.2 14km N of Castaic, CA
- 1.8 9km NE of Piru, CA
- 2.7 22km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 2.2 24km WSW of Lamont, CA
- 2.1 15km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA
- 1.9 19km SSE of Pine Mountain Club, CA
- 1.7 8km ENE of Lebec, 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
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- 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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