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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.8ml

12km N of Grapevine, CA

· 8.3 km deep · released about 400 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 38 kmVentura County 79 kmLos Angeles County 113 kmSanta Barbara County 116 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 2.8 (ml)
Depth
8.3 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kern County, 38 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 38,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 27,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 400 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 35.0523, -118.9358. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 38 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 79 km (49 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Los Angeles County, CA 113 km (70 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Santa Barbara County, CA 116 km (72 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Kings County, CA 139 km (86 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kings County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 25km E of Maricopa, CA
  2. 1.9 11km NNW of Grapevine, CA
  3. 1.7 12km SSE of Arvin, CA
  4. 1.5 23km ENE of Arvin, CA
  5. 1.7 18km NW of Grapevine, CA
  6. 1.7 10km SW of Arvin, CA
  7. 1.8 18km NW of Grapevine, CA
  8. 1.9 17km NW of Grapevine, CA
  9. 1.7 17km NW of Grapevine, CA
  10. 1.6 11km ENE of Oildale, CA
  11. 1.5 26km SSW of Bodfish, CA
  12. 1.9 19km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  13. 1.6 4km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
  14. 2.3 8km SE of Tehachapi, CA
  15. 1.5 19km N 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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