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M 2.3ml

17km NNW of Mojave, CA

· 1.7 km deep · released about 91 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 48 kmLos Angeles County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
1.7 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kern County, 48 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2644 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 91 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 91 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 35.1970, -118.2332. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 48 km (30 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kern County
Los Angeles County, CA 111 km (69 mi) N of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 124 km (77 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Tulare County, CA 125 km (78 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tulare County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 19km W of Johannesburg, CA
  2. 1.7 25km NNE of California City, CA
  3. 1.9 24km NNE of California City, CA
  4. 2.1 25km NNE of California City, CA
  5. 1.6 24km W of Johannesburg, CA
  6. 2.1 24km NNE of California City, CA
  7. 3.1 24km NNE of California City, CA
  8. 1.6 22km W of Johannesburg, CA
  9. 2.4 19km W of Johannesburg, CA
  10. 1.8 24km NNE of California City, CA
  11. 1.6 24km W of Johannesburg, CA
  12. 1.7 25km N of California City, CA
  13. 1.8 23km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  14. 2.1 20km W of Johannesburg, CA
  15. 1.7 25km NNE of California City, 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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