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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Bodfish, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bodfish in the 24 hours to 7:18 am PST (15:18 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 1.5 earthquake was recorded 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Bodfish, CA, at 12:55 pm PDT on 5 May 2022 (19:55 UTC), 8.1 km deep.
USGS: 30km SE of Bodfish, CA
67 km (42 mi) E of Bakersfield, CA
- When
- 12:55 pm PDT on 5 May 2022 ()
- Where
- 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Bodfish, CA · earthquakes near Bodfish
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kern County, 39 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Southern Sierra Nevada fault, 21 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 1652 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Bodfish, 30 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.
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 14 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.3 The 1946 Walker Pass, California Earthquake · 48 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.8 Near Bakersfield, California · 47 km W of this epicentre
- 5.7 12km NW of California City, California · 28 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.6 19km N of Tehachapi, CA · 17 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.6 14km NNW 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 35.3728, -118.2952. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 39 km (25 mi) | W | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Tulare County, CA | 105 km (65 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Ventura County, CA | 136 km (85 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.
- 1.8 4km NE of Lake Isabella, CA
- 1.5 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.0 27km N of Mojave, CA
- 1.5 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 12km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 12km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.9 12km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.0 28km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.7 21km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 22km ESE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.5 12km SE of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.6 7km SSW of Mojave, CA
- 1.6 5km SW of Bodfish, CA
- 1.9 12km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.2 13km SE 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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