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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Taft, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Taft in the 24 hours to 7:24 am PST (15:24 UTC). The last one was M 4.1, 61 km (38 mi) SE, at 3:38 am PDT on 12 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 798 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Taft
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) southwest of Taft, CA, at 7:03 am PDT on 11 July 2025 (14:03 UTC), 15 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 12 km SW of Taft, CA
56 km (35 mi) WSW of Bakersfield, CA
- When
- 7:03 am PDT on 11 July 2025 ()
- Where
- 12 km (7 mi) southwest of Taft, CA · earthquakes near Taft
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Santa Barbara County, 74 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas 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 489 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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Taft, 12 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: Taft Heights, South Taft, Ford City, Maricopa.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 22 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 680,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 480,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 43× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 22 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 5.2 on 2024-08-07 — about 92,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 46 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.4 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 47 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.2 21km SW of Lamont, California · 42 km E of this epicentre
- 5.0 19km NW of Grapevine, CA · 42 km E 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 35.0785, -119.5587. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Kern County, CA | 81 km (50 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| Ventura County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kings County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 154 km (96 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Los Angeles 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.
- 3.0 22 km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 3.2 24 km SW of Maricopa, CA
- 1.8 18 km SE of Buttonwillow, CA
- 2.1 16 km WNW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.5 19 km WSW of Lamont, CA
- 1.6 16 km SE of Maricopa, CA
- 1.7 18 km S of Maricopa, CA
- 1.5 9 km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA
- 2.0 25 km SW of Maricopa, CA
- 2.5 24 km SW of Maricopa, CA
- 2.4 10 km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA
- 1.6 24 km NW of Grapevine, CA
- 1.5 13 km NE of Maricopa, CA
- 2.5 25 km SW of Maricopa, CA
- 2.8 7 km NNE of Taft, 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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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