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M 1.6ml

18km SSW of Lamont, CA

· 18 km deep · released about 8.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 37 kmVentura County 85 kmSanta Barbara County 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kern County, 37 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2155 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 8.4 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 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.4 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 35.1202, -119.0260. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 37 km (23 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 85 km (53 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 113 km (70 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Los Angeles County, CA 124 km (77 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Kings County, CA 128 km (79 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

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

  1. 1.6 16km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  2. 2.1 15km ESE of Arvin, CA
  3. 1.5 8km WSW of Shafter, CA
  4. 3.1 10km SSW of Rosedale, CA
  5. 1.5 23km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  6. 2.0 24km ENE of Maricopa, CA
  7. 1.6 3km NW of Frazier Park, CA
  8. 1.7 24km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  9. 1.8 17km SE of Buttonwillow, CA
  10. 1.8 24km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  11. 1.6 18km SW of Lamont, CA
  12. 1.8 23km ENE of Arvin, CA
  13. 1.6 2km SE of Frazier Park, CA
  14. 2.0 14km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  15. 1.6 5km SE of Frazier Park, 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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