Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.9ml
23km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 3.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kern County, 16 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2034 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 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 35.3170, -118.5608. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 16 km (10 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Tulare County, CA | 103 km (64 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Ventura County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kings County, CA | 141 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
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 22km ESE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.8 15km ESE of Arvin, CA
- 1.5 6km S of Mojave, CA
- 3.2 10km NW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.7 10km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.6 6km S of Mojave, CA
- 1.5 7km SSW of Mojave, CA
- 1.6 6km S of Mojave, CA
- 2.1 10km N of Mojave, CA
- 1.9 22km ENE of Arvin, CA
- 1.6 17km NNW of Neenach, CA
- 3.5 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 7km S of Mojave, CA
- 1.9 24km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.6 19km NW 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.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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