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M 2.7ml

18km WNW of Grapevine, CA

· 10 km deep · released about 360 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 48 kmVentura County 75 kmSanta Barbara County 102 kmLos Angeles County 120 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Kern County, 48 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1786 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 360 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 42,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 30,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 360 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 35.0302, -119.0943. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kern County, CA 48 km (30 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 75 km (46 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 102 km (64 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Los Angeles County, CA 120 km (75 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Kings County, CA 133 km (83 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kings County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 3km SSE of Frazier Park, CA
  2. 2.4 13km NNW of Grapevine, CA
  3. 2.6 12km NNW of Grapevine, CA
  4. 2.8 12km NNW of Grapevine, CA
  5. 3.5 13km NNW of Grapevine, CA
  6. 1.6 25km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
  7. 1.8 19km E of Maricopa, CA
  8. 2.0 19km E of Maricopa, CA
  9. 2.5 18km NE of Lebec, CA
  10. 1.9 18km E of Grapevine, CA
  11. 1.8 13km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  12. 1.6 22km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
  13. 2.0 14km E of Arvin, CA
  14. 3.0 15km SSE of Buttonwillow, CA
  15. 3.9 15km SSE of Buttonwillow, 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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