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M 1.6ml

10km ESE of Maricopa, CA

· 14 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 63 kmVentura County 76 kmSanta Barbara County 87 kmSan Luis Obispo County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kern County, 63 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2288 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 7.8 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 35.0273, -119.2977. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 63 km (39 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 76 km (47 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 87 km (54 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 112 km (70 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Kings County, CA 125 km (78 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kings County
Los Angeles County, CA 132 km (82 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 24km NNE of Montecito, CA
  2. 1.6 2km SE of Frazier Park, CA
  3. 2.0 14km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  4. 1.6 5km SE of Frazier Park, CA
  5. 1.6 19km WNW of Grapevine, CA
  6. 1.9 5km NNE of Taft, CA
  7. 2.0 10km SW of Buttonwillow, CA
  8. 2.3 2km SE of Frazier Park, CA
  9. 1.8 6km WSW of Gorman, CA
  10. 1.5 20km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
  11. 1.9 12km N of Grapevine, CA
  12. 1.9 23km SW of Lamont, CA
  13. 1.8 20km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
  14. 1.8 20km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
  15. 1.5 16km NW of Grapevine, 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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