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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Pine Mountain Club, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Pine Mountain Club in the 24 hours to 2:05 pm PST (22:05 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 62 km (38 mi) SE, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Pine Mountain Club
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 17 km (10 mi) north of Pine Mountain Club, CA, at 12:05 am PDT on 15 June 2023 (07:05 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 17km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA
41 km (26 mi) SSW of Bakersfield, CA · 129 km (80 mi) NNW of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 12:05 am PDT on 15 June 2023 ()
- Where
- 17 km (10 mi) north of Pine Mountain Club, CA · earthquakes near Pine Mountain Club
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- -0.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kern County, 56 km NE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wheeler Ridge fault, 2 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 1246 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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Pine Mountain Club, 17 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: Maricopa, Frazier Park.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 810,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 72× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 16 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 27 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.8 Near Bakersfield, California · 47 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 10 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.7 11km N of Lamont, CA · 47 km NNE 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 34.9962, -119.1670. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Ventura County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | S | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 95 km (59 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| Kings County, CA | 133 km (83 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kings County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 9 km S of Shafter, CA
- 1.6 4 km SSE of Frazier Park, CA
- 1.9 24 km SW of Lamont, CA
- 1.5 24 km SW of Lamont, CA
- 2.6 5 km SE of Oildale, CA
- 1.7 9 km ENE of Pine Mountain Club, CA
- 1.7 16 km ESE of Arvin, CA
- 1.7 16 km ESE of Maricopa, CA
- 2.4 12 km ENE of Lebec, CA
- 1.8 17 km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.1 14 km SW of Buttonwillow, CA
- 2.3 18 km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA
- 1.5 8 km E of Bakersfield, CA
- 2.4 20 km WNW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.8 18 km NW 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
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- 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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