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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

29km WSW of Maricopa, CA

· 6.9 km deep · released about 7.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Santa Barbara County 57 kmSan Luis Obispo County 83 kmVentura County 85 kmKern County 98 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
6.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Santa Barbara County, 57 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2476 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 34.9635, -119.6960. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Santa Barbara County, CA 57 km (35 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 83 km (52 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Ventura County, CA 85 km (53 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Kern County, CA 98 km (61 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kern County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 19km E of Maricopa, CA
  2. 2.0 19km E of Maricopa, CA
  3. 1.5 20km NNE of Carpinteria, CA
  4. 1.8 25km NNE of Montecito, CA
  5. 3.0 15km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA
  6. 3.9 15km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA
  7. 1.5 11km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  8. 1.6 14km SW of Taft, CA
  9. 2.0 25km NNE of Montecito, CA
  10. 1.6 16km SW of Buttonwillow, CA
  11. 1.6 25km NNE of Montecito, CA
  12. 1.7 25km NNE of Montecito, CA
  13. 1.6 19km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  14. 1.6 19km ENE of Maricopa, CA
  15. 1.6 15km W of Taft, 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.

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