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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Frazier Park, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Frazier Park in the last 24 hours. M 2.3, in Frazier Park, at 3:50 pm PST on 12 November 2026 (23:50 UTC); the estimated shaking in Frazier Park was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Frazier Park
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) west-northwest of Frazier Park, CA, at 3:29 pm PDT on 18 June 2020 (22:29 UTC), 8.6 km deep.
USGS: 9km WNW of Frazier Park, CA
54 km (34 mi) S of Bakersfield, CA · 110 km (68 mi) NNW of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 3:29 pm PDT on 18 June 2020 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) west-northwest of Frazier Park, CA · earthquakes near Frazier Park
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 57 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 4 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2337 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Frazier Park, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Pine Mountain Club, Lebec.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2016-03-12 — about 6,700 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 18 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 11 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 13 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 13 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 18 km S of this epicentre
- 5.5 13km ENE of Grapevine, CA · 25 km ENE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 34.8635, -119.0320. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 57 km (35 mi) | S | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kern County, CA | 60 km (38 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 99 km (61 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 102 km (64 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
44 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 10km SSW of Arvin, CA
- 2.3 10km SSW of Arvin, CA
- 1.6 18km N of Fillmore, CA
- 1.6 18km N of Fillmore, CA
- 2.7 10km WNW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.7 14km S of Arvin, CA
- 1.6 18km SSW of Lamont, CA
- 2.0 21km N of Fillmore, CA
- 1.7 15km N of Castaic, CA
- 1.9 17km SE of Arvin, CA
- 1.8 19km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.6 15km N of Castaic, CA
- 1.6 14km N of Castaic, CA
- 2.3 14km N of Castaic, CA
- 1.9 11km NE of Pine Mountain Club, 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.
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
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