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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Mojave, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Mojave in the 24 hours to 1:46 pm PST (21:46 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 44 km (27 mi) NE, at 8:01 am PDT on 23 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Mojave
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) north of Mojave, CA, at 6:11 pm PST on 10 February 2022 (02:11 UTC), 4.4 km deep.
USGS: 8km N of Mojave, CA
48 km (30 mi) N of Lancaster, CA · 125 km (77 mi) N of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 6:11 pm PST on 10 February 2022 ()
- Where
- 8 km (5 mi) north of Mojave, CA · earthquakes near Mojave
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kern County, 58 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Garlock fault, 16 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 1736 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Mojave, 8 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.
Likely felt in: Mojave 8 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 5,100 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.7 12km NW of California City, California · 13 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.6 19km N of Tehachapi, CA · 35 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.6 14km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 34 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.5 22km N of Tehachapi, CA · 36 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.4 25km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 46 km NW 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 35.1213, -118.1595. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 58 km (36 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 103 km (64 mi) | S | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 123 km (76 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 5km N of Lancaster, CA
- 2.0 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 8km SSW of Mojave, CA
- 1.9 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 6km S of Mojave, CA
- 1.6 5km NW of Boron, CA
- 1.6 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.7 15km SSE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 30km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.9 5km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.6 5km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.9 6km N of Boron, CA
- 1.8 8km NNE of Mojave, CA
- 1.6 22km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.6 22km ESE 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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