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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Rosedale, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Rosedale in the 24 hours to 11:24 am PST (19:24 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 121 km (75 mi) E, at 9:40 am PDT on 13 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Rosedale

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Rosedale, CA, at 3:50 pm PDT on 22 June 2024 (22:50 UTC), 22 km deep.

USGS: 3 km ENE of Rosedale, CA

8 km (5 mi) WNW of Bakersfield, CA

3:50 pm PDT, Jun 22, 2024 · · 22 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Rosedale Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 35 kmTulare County 98 kmKings County 99 kmVentura County 115 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
3:50 pm PDT on 22 June 2024 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Rosedale, CA · earthquakes near Rosedale
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kern County, 35 km E
Nearest mapped fault
New Hope fault, 12 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 872 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Rosedale, 3 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: Greenacres, Bakersfield, Oildale, Shafter, Lamont, Weedpatch.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 4.9 on 2016-02-24 — about 83,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 22 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 49 km SSE of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 Near Bakersfield, California · 30 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 46 km S of this epicentre
  4. 5.7 11km N of Lamont, CA · 20 km E of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 6km SSE of Arvin, CA · 38 km SE 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 35.3892, -119.1112. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kern County, CA 35 km (22 mi) E earthquakes near Kern County
Tulare County, CA 98 km (61 mi) NNE earthquakes near Tulare County
Kings County, CA 99 km (62 mi) NW earthquakes near Kings County
Ventura County, CA 115 km (71 mi) S earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 127 km (79 mi) SW earthquakes near Santa Barbara 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. 2.3 22 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  2. 2.3 22 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  3. 2.2 25 km ENE of Maricopa, CA
  4. 2.2 25 km SW of Lamont, CA
  5. 2.0 24 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  6. 2.3 22 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  7. 2.3 21 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  8. 3.2 23 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  9. 2.0 24 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  10. 2.5 21 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  11. 2.5 15 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  12. 2.2 20 km NNW of Grapevine, CA
  13. 3.1 24 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  14. 2.9 23 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  15. 3.6 23 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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