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M 1.7ml

13km S of Arvin, CA

· 2.4 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 29 kmVentura County 87 kmLos Angeles County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
2.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kern County, 29 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2077 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 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 35.0960, -118.8082. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 29 km (18 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 87 km (54 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Los Angeles County, CA 112 km (69 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Santa Barbara County, CA 128 km (80 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Kings County, CA 142 km (88 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

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

  1. 3.2 10km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  2. 1.7 10km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  3. 1.9 22km ENE of Arvin, CA
  4. 1.6 17km NNW of Neenach, CA
  5. 1.9 24km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  6. 1.6 19km NW of Tehachapi, CA
  7. 1.6 16km SW of Frazier Park, CA
  8. 2.2 19km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  9. 1.6 16km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  10. 2.1 15km ESE of Arvin, CA
  11. 3.1 10km SSW of Rosedale, CA
  12. 1.5 23km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
  13. 2.0 24km ENE of Maricopa, CA
  14. 1.6 3km NW of Frazier Park, CA
  15. 1.5 24km NNW of Tehachapi, 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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