Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
14km WNW of Tehachapi, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Kern County, 22 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2322 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 730,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 65× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 35.1743, -118.5997. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 22 km (14 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Ventura County, CA | 103 km (64 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Tulare County, CA | 118 km (74 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Kings County, CA | 148 km (92 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.0 24km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.6 23km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 3.3 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.0 12km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 24km NE of Arvin, CA
- 1.5 7km S of Mojave, CA
- 1.5 21km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.9 17km SE of Arvin, CA
- 1.7 9km SSE of Tehachapi, CA
- 2.3 12km ESE of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.8 19km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.6 7km S of Mojave, CA
- 2.0 24km N of Tehachapi, CA
- 2.0 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 7km S of Mojave, 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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