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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Rosedale, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Rosedale in the 24 hours to 12:42 pm PST (20:42 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 121 km (75 mi) E, at 9:40 am PDT on 13 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Rosedale
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) south-southwest of Rosedale, CA, at 1:49 pm PDT on 24 June 2020 (20:49 UTC), 21 km deep. 32 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 13km SSW of Rosedale, CA
16 km (10 mi) SW of Bakersfield, CA
- When
- 1:49 pm PDT on 24 June 2020 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) south-southwest of Rosedale, CA · earthquakes near Rosedale
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 21 km below the surface
- Felt
- 32 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Kern County, 42 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1917 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. In Rosedale, 13 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.
Likely felt in: Rosedale 13 km, intensity II · Bakersfield 18 km, intensity II · Oildale 22 km, intensity II · Lamont 24 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 700 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 15,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 700 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 4.9 on 2016-02-24 — about 870 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 19 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 38 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 48 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.8 Near Bakersfield, California · 35 km E of this epicentre
- 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 35 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.7 11km N of Lamont, CA · 27 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 35.2710, -119.1785. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Ventura County, CA | 102 km (63 mi) | S | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kings County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Tulare County, CA | 112 km (70 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | W | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo 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 8km WSW of Shafter, CA
- 3.1 10km SSW of Rosedale, CA
- 2.0 24km ENE of Maricopa, CA
- 1.8 17km SE of Buttonwillow, CA
- 1.6 18km SW of Lamont, CA
- 2.0 14km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA
- 2.0 8km ENE of Oildale, CA
- 1.6 19km WNW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.9 5km NNE of Taft, CA
- 2.0 10km SW of Buttonwillow, CA
- 2.2 21km NNE of Arvin, CA
- 1.9 12km N of Grapevine, CA
- 1.9 23km SW of Lamont, CA
- 1.5 16km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.1 21km N 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
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- 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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