Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.3ml
8km SE of Tehachapi, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Kern County, 42 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 711 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 82 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 82 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 35.0787, -118.3993. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 99 km (61 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 104 km (65 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Ventura County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
45 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 25km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.9 8km SE of Tehachapi, CA
- 2.1 13km W of Mojave, CA
- 1.6 8km NNE of Grapevine, CA
- 1.6 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.6 9km NE of Grapevine, CA
- 1.9 8km NNE of Grapevine, CA
- 1.6 7km S of Mojave, CA
- 1.8 8km NE of Grapevine, CA
- 2.6 8km NE of Grapevine, CA
- 1.7 35km ESE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.7 21km ESE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.7 20km NW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.9 21km N of Neenach, CA
- 1.9 19km 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.
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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