Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
24 km E of Maricopa, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Kern County, 47 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 767 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 15 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 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 35.0867, -119.1428. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 47 km (29 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Ventura County, CA | 81 km (50 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 102 km (63 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 123 km (77 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| Kings County, CA | 125 km (78 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 128 km (79 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 23 km E of Maricopa, CA
- 1.8 20 km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.8 24 km SW of Lamont, CA
- 2.0 23 km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.9 24 km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.9 8 km W of Grapevine, CA
- 1.7 24 km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.0 21 km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.2 20 km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.9 24 km E of Maricopa, CA
- 1.6 22 km ENE of Maricopa, CA
- 1.7 24 km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.6 24 km E of Maricopa, CA
- 1.6 24 km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 2.0 24 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.2 on 2024-08-07 — it released about 130,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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