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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Bodfish, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bodfish in the 24 hours to 7:20 am PST (15:20 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 10 km (6 mi) SSW, at 3:38 pm PDT on 30 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Bodfish
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) east-southeast of Bodfish, CA, at 9:36 pm PST on 14 November 2021 (05:36 UTC), 2.7 km deep.
USGS: 21km ESE of Bodfish, CA
69 km (43 mi) ENE of Bakersfield, CA
- When
- 9:36 pm PST on 14 November 2021 ()
- Where
- 21 km (13 mi) east-southeast of Bodfish, CA · earthquakes near Bodfish
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kern County, 42 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Kern Canyon fault, 20 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1823 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Bodfish, 21 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Weldon, Lake Isabella, Wofford Heights.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2021-08-27 — about 3,500 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.3 The 1946 Walker Pass, California Earthquake · 40 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.7 12km NW of California City, California · 37 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.6 19km N of Tehachapi, CA · 26 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.6 14km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 32 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.5 22km N of Tehachapi, CA · 23 km SW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 35.4887, -118.2958. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Tulare County, CA | 93 km (58 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Inyo County, CA | 144 km (89 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Inyo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 15km SSE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.7 7km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 30km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.8 8km NNE of Mojave, CA
- 1.6 22km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.6 22km ESE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.1 22km NW of Inyokern, CA
- 1.8 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 25km N of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.5 14km W of Mojave, CA
- 1.9 16km NNW of California City, CA
- 2.5 24km S of Bodfish, CA
- 1.8 22km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 3.3 22km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.7 20km SW of Little Lake, 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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