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M 1.8ml

16km NE of Lebec, CA

· 8.3 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 44 kmVentura County 75 kmLos Angeles County 94 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
8.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kern County, 44 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2134 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 16 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 34.9475, -118.7443. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 44 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 75 km (46 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Los Angeles County, CA 94 km (59 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Santa Barbara County, CA 127 km (79 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara 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.

  1. 1.6 18km SW of Lamont, CA
  2. 1.8 23km ENE of Arvin, CA
  3. 1.6 2km SE of Frazier Park, CA
  4. 2.0 14km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  5. 1.6 12km W of Mojave, CA
  6. 1.6 5km SE of Frazier Park, CA
  7. 1.6 19km WNW of Grapevine, CA
  8. 1.7 12km NNE of Piru, CA
  9. 2.3 2km SE of Frazier Park, CA
  10. 1.5 6km WNW of Rosamond, CA
  11. 1.8 6km WSW of Gorman, CA
  12. 2.2 21km NNE of Arvin, CA
  13. 1.5 20km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
  14. 1.9 12km N of Grapevine, CA
  15. 1.9 23km NNW of Tehachapi, 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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