Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0ml
14km SW of Searles Valley, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- 8 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Inyo County, 99 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2290 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 8 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 320,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 14,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 10,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 1,100 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 35.6768, -117.5188. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inyo County, CA | 99 km (62 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Kern County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Tulare County, CA | 129 km (80 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Tulare 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.
- 1.5 14km NE of Ridgecrest, CA
- 1.8 16km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA
- 1.6 16km W of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.5 13km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.4 15km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.2 22km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 1.9 23km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 1.8 22km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 1.6 16km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.0 19km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA
- 2.1 18km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.9 17km S of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.8 14km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.5 12km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.2 15km ENE 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 7.1 on 2019-07-06 — it released about 1,300,000 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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