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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2ml

24km WSW of Lamont, CA

· 21 km deep · released about 54 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 43 kmVentura County 89 kmSanta Barbara County 107 kmKings County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kern County, 43 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2351 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 54 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 280,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 54 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 35.1593, -119.1445. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 43 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 89 km (55 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 107 km (66 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Kings County, CA 118 km (73 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kings County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 121 km (75 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Tulare County, CA 123 km (77 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Tulare County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 17km NW of Grapevine, CA
  2. 2.0 21km ENE of Arvin, CA
  3. 1.7 13km S of Arvin, CA
  4. 1.5 3km WNW of Frazier Park, CA
  5. 1.6 16km NW of Grapevine, CA
  6. 1.8 13km NW of Grapevine, CA
  7. 2.5 18km WNW of Tehachapi, CA
  8. 1.6 14km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  9. 2.0 12km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  10. 1.6 24km NW of Grapevine, CA
  11. 1.8 6km S of Lamont, CA
  12. 1.7 15km S of Arvin, CA
  13. 2.5 14km S of Arvin, CA
  14. 2.9 14km S of Arvin, CA
  15. 2.3 15km S of Arvin, 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 11,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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