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M 1.9ml

25km SW of Bodfish, CA

· 4.0 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
4.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kern County, 10 km SSW
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. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 730,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 520,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 46× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 35.4312, -118.6830. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 10 km (6 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kern County
Tulare County, CA 89 km (55 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Kings County, CA 125 km (77 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kings County
Ventura County, CA 126 km (78 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ventura 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. 1.6 24km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  2. 1.7 17km SE of Bodfish, CA
  3. 2.2 7km NW of Wofford Heights, CA
  4. 2.1 17km SE of Bodfish, CA
  5. 2.6 7km SSW of Lamont, CA
  6. 2.4 17km SE of Bodfish, CA
  7. 2.3 12km SE of Bodfish, CA
  8. 1.6 14km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA
  9. 2.6 24km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  10. 1.6 8km E of Bakersfield, CA
  11. 1.6 6km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA
  12. 1.9 6km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA
  13. 1.8 18km WNW of Tehachapi, CA
  14. 1.7 17km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  15. 1.8 23km NNW of Tehachapi, 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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