Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.8ml
23km N of Ridgecrest, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Inyo County, 85 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2219 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 420 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 36,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 26,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 420 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 35.8293, -117.6543. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inyo County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Tulare County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Kern County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Kern 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.
- 1.5 13km W of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.7 15km W of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.1 16 km W of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.8 14km W of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.2 11 km SW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.5 18km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 1.6 10 km NE of Coso Junction, CA
- 1.9 13km ENE of Ridgecrest, CA
- 1.6 17 km E of Ridgecrest, CA
- 1.9 16km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.8 20km W of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.6 20km E of Little Lake, CA
- 1.6 14km S of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.5 12km N of Coso Junction, CA
- 1.8 9km NE of Coso Junction, 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 7.1 on 2019-07-06 — it released about 3,200,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.