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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Mojave, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Mojave in the 24 hours to 8:17 am PST (16:17 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 44 km (27 mi) NE, at 8:01 am PDT on 23 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Mojave
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Mojave, CA, at 2:30 am PDT on 28 August 2024 (09:30 UTC), 9.4 km deep.
USGS: 7 km NNW of Mojave, CA
46 km (29 mi) N of Lancaster, CA · 122 km (76 mi) N of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 2:30 am PDT on 28 August 2024 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Mojave, CA · earthquakes near Mojave
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kern County, 54 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Garlock fault, 10 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 806 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 Mojave, 7 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: Mojave 7 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 35 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 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 870 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.7 12km NW of California City, California · 18 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.6 19km N of Tehachapi, CA · 32 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.6 14km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 30 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.5 22km N of Tehachapi, CA · 34 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.4 25km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 44 km NW 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 35.1055, -118.2122. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 54 km (34 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | S | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 118 km (73 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 5 km NW of Boron, CA
- 1.5 5 km NW of Boron, CA
- 1.6 4 km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.6 5 km NW of Boron, CA
- 1.7 13 km SSE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.2 25 km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.5 12 km SE of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.5 5 km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.5 29 km NNW of California City, CA
- 2.2 30 km NNW of California City, CA
- 1.5 5 km NNW of Boron, CA
- 1.6 13 km SSE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 30 km NNW of California City, CA
- 1.8 5 km NNW of Boron, CA
- 2.1 12 km SSE 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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