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M 2.1ml

10km N of Mojave, CA

· 6.8 km deep · released about 51 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
6.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kern County, 56 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1908 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 51 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 51 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 35.1437, -118.1623. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 56 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kern County
Los Angeles County, CA 106 km (66 mi) N of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 124 km (77 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Ventura County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
  2. 1.9 12km ESE of Bodfish, CA
  3. 1.6 4km NNW of Boron, CA
  4. 1.9 10km SE of Bodfish, CA
  5. 3.7 14km W of Mojave, CA
  6. 2.0 15km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  7. 1.9 4km NW of Boron, CA
  8. 1.8 16km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  9. 1.9 12km SE of Bodfish, CA
  10. 1.6 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
  11. 1.8 22km ESE of Bodfish, CA
  12. 2.0 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
  13. 2.6 6km SE of Mojave, CA
  14. 2.1 20km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  15. 1.6 4km NNW of Boron, 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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