Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
8km E of Bakersfield, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 18 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Kern County, 19 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2616 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 35.3438, -118.9438. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 19 km (12 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Tulare County, CA | 99 km (62 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Ventura County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kings County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 134 km (83 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 11km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.0 12km N of Grapevine, CA
- 2.5 6km WSW of Shafter, CA
- 1.6 5 km ESE of Rosedale, CA
- 1.5 6km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.0 10km W of Grapevine, CA
- 1.9 19km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.7 10km WSW of Shafter, CA
- 2.0 23km NE of Arvin, CA
- 1.5 15km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.2 4km WSW of McFarland, CA
- 1.7 12km NW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.9 18km NNW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.6 6km SW of Shafter, CA
- 1.9 6km WSW of Shafter, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.9 on 2016-02-24 — it released about 95,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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