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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Lamont, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Lamont in the 24 hours to 7:39 am PST (15:39 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 10 km (6 mi) SW, at 2:35 am PDT on 29 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Lamont
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) northeast of Lamont, CA, at 4:09 am PST on 27 November 2023 (12:09 UTC), 6.9 km deep.
USGS: 22 km NE of Lamont, CA
27 km (17 mi) E of Bakersfield, CA
- When
- 4:09 am PST on 27 November 2023 ()
- Where
- 21 km (13 mi) northeast of Lamont, CA · earthquakes near Lamont
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kern County, 6 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Edison fault, 10 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 1079 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 Lamont, 21 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: Arvin, Weedpatch, Bakersfield, Oildale, Bear Valley Springs.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 4.0 on 2021-08-27 — about 5,400 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 22 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.8 Near Bakersfield, California · 12 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.7 11km N of Lamont, CA · 14 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.6 19km N of Tehachapi, CA · 28 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.6 14km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 28 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.5 13km ENE of Grapevine, CA · 46 km S 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 35.3992, -118.7503. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 6 km (4 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Tulare County, CA | 92 km (57 mi) | N | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Ventura County, CA | 121 km (75 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kings County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 152 km (94 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 25 km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 2.3 23 km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.7 25 km S of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 14 km ENE of Lake Isabella, CA
- 1.6 14 km ENE of Lake Isabella, CA
- 3.3 14 km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA
- 2.1 14 km ESE of Wofford Heights, CA
- 1.6 20 km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.6 26 km NE of Lamont, CA
- 1.8 23 km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.5 25 km NE of Arvin, CA
- 1.8 33 km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.7 25 km NE of Arvin, CA
- 2.3 25 km NE of Arvin, CA
- 1.9 12 km SE of Bodfish, 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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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