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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Ridgecrest, CA

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Ridgecrest in the last 24 hours. M 1.5, 7 km (4 mi) E of Ridgecrest, at 3:54 am PST on 12 November 2026 (11:54 UTC); the estimated shaking in Ridgecrest was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Ridgecrest

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 42 km (26 mi) northwest of Ridgecrest, CA, at 7:19 am PDT on 13 June 2019 (14:19 UTC), 3.7 km deep.

USGS: 4km WSW of Little Lake, CA

7:19 am PDT, Jun 13, 2019 · · 3.7 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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When
7:19 am PDT on 13 June 2019 ()
Where
42 km (26 mi) northwest of Ridgecrest, CA · earthquakes near Ridgecrest
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
3.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Tulare County, 82 km WNW
Nearest mapped fault
Southern Sierra Nevada fault, 7 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 2690 days ago

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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Ridgecrest, 42 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.3 The 1946 Walker Pass, California Earthquake · 25 km S of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 16km NNE of Ridgecrest, California · 34 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.4 14km NW of Inyokern, CA · 23 km S of this epicentre
  4. 5.4 4km N of Inyokern, CA · 30 km SSE of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 17km N of Ridgecrest, California · 31 km ESE 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 35.9282, -117.9493. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Tulare County, CA 82 km (51 mi) WNW earthquakes near Tulare County
Inyo County, CA 86 km (53 mi) NE earthquakes near Inyo County
Kern County, CA 96 km (59 mi) SW earthquakes near Kern County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.2 12km WSW of Searles Valley, CA
  2. 3.0 14km WSW of Searles Valley, CA
  3. 3.0 11km SW of Searles Valley, CA
  4. 3.9 13km SW of Searles Valley, CA
  5. 2.8 12km W of Searles Valley, CA
  6. 3.6 12 km ENE of Ridgecrest, California
  7. 3.2 15km WSW of Searles Valley, CA
  8. 3.3 12km WSW of Searles Valley, CA
  9. 3.4 14km WSW of Searles Valley, CA
  10. 3.5 12km SW of Searles Valley, CA
  11. 4.1 12km SW of Searles Valley, CA
  12. 3.8 15km NE of Ridgecrest, CA
  13. 3.1 13km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA
  14. 3.7 12km SW of Searles Valley, CA
  15. 3.1 6km SE of Ridgecrest, 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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