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M 2.1ml

25km E of Maricopa, CA

· 3.1 km deep · released about 41 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 46 kmVentura County 82 kmSanta Barbara County 104 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
3.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kern County, 46 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2635 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 41 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 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 35.1002, -119.1305. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 46 km (28 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 82 km (51 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 104 km (65 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Kings County, CA 125 km (77 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kings County
Los Angeles County, CA 128 km (80 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 6km WSW of Shafter, CA
  2. 2.0 15km NW of Grapevine, CA
  3. 2.9 15km NW of Grapevine, CA
  4. 1.9 21km N of Neenach, CA
  5. 1.8 11km NW of Grapevine, CA
  6. 2.0 12km N of Grapevine, CA
  7. 2.5 6km WSW of Shafter, CA
  8. 1.6 5 km ESE of Rosedale, CA
  9. 1.5 6km NW of Grapevine, CA
  10. 2.0 10km W of Grapevine, CA
  11. 1.7 10km WSW of Shafter, CA
  12. 1.5 15km NW of Grapevine, CA
  13. 1.9 18km NNW of Grapevine, CA
  14. 2.6 6km SW of Shafter, CA
  15. 2.5 10km SSW of Maricopa, 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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