Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.2ml
10km NW of Tehachapi, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 104 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Kern County, 25 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1821 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 104 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 2,000 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 170,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,700× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,400× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 2,000 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.1× more
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 35.2038, -118.5117. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 25 km (16 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Ventura County, CA | 110 km (68 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Tulare County, CA | 117 km (72 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Kings County, CA | 152 km (95 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Kings 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.
- 2.3 25km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 22km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 21km ESE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.7 22km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.6 14km E of Arvin, CA
- 1.8 22km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 13km W of Mojave, CA
- 1.7 6km SSW of Mojave, CA
- 2.6 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 7km SSW of Mojave, CA
- 2.2 19km NW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.8 22km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.8 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 25km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 25km 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
- 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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