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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Frazier Park, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Frazier Park in the 24 hours to 8:43 am PST (16:43 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 51 km (31 mi) SSE, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Frazier Park
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) north-northwest of Frazier Park, CA, at 5:20 am PDT on 21 April 2022 (12:20 UTC), 12 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 4km NNW of Frazier Park, CA
56 km (35 mi) S of Bakersfield, CA · 106 km (66 mi) NNW of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 5:20 am PDT on 21 April 2022 ()
- Where
- 4 km (2 mi) north-northwest of Frazier Park, CA · earthquakes near Frazier Park
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 57 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 4 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 1660 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Frazier Park, 4 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: Frazier Park 4 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 25 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 420,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 38× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 4.1 on 2016-03-12 — about 1,900 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 18 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 12 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 8 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 16 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 18 km S of this epicentre
- 5.5 13km ENE of Grapevine, CA · 21 km NE 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 34.8547, -118.9632. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 57 km (36 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kern County, CA | 59 km (36 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 97 km (61 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 104 km (65 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
44 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 13km NNW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.8 11km NNW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.6 14km NNW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.5 13km NNW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.0 14km NNW of Grapevine, CA
- 3.7 13km NNW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.9 15km NE of Ojai, CA
- 1.8 6km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
- 1.8 13km NNW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.7 12km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.7 12km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.0 3km W of Lebec, CA
- 1.6 11km SW of Frazier Park, CA
- 1.8 10km SW of Frazier Park, CA
- 1.6 14km N of Grapevine, 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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