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M 2.1ml

9km NW of Adelanto, CA

· 5.9 km deep · released about 41 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
5.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 88 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1434 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 41 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 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 34.6423, -117.4712. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Los Angeles County, CA 88 km (55 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 111 km (69 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Orange County
San Bernardino County, CA 120 km (75 mi) W of here earthquakes near San Bernardino County
Kern County, CA 139 km (86 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kern 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. 1.7 4km NNW of Boron, CA
  2. 1.6 4km NW of Boron, CA
  3. 1.5 11km S of Wrightwood, CA
  4. 1.5 2km WSW of Devore, CA
  5. 1.6 4km NNW of Boron, CA
  6. 1.5 7km SW of Pearblossom, CA
  7. 1.6 4km NW of Boron, CA
  8. 1.8 5km NNW of Boron, CA
  9. 1.7 5km NNW of Boron, CA
  10. 1.8 6km SSE of Barstow, CA
  11. 2.1 7km SW of Pearblossom, CA
  12. 1.6 7km S of Pearblossom, CA
  13. 1.8 5km NNW of Boron, CA
  14. 1.9 5km NW of Boron, CA
  15. 1.9 7km SW of Pearblossom, 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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