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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

29 km NW of Kernville, CA

· 12 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tulare County 33 kmKern County 69 kmKings County 109 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Tulare County, 33 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 571 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 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 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× 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 7.6 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 35.9630, -118.6140. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tulare County, CA 33 km (21 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Kern County, CA 69 km (43 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kern County
Kings County, CA 109 km (68 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kings County
Inyo County, CA 127 km (79 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Inyo County
Fresno County, CA 129 km (80 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Fresno County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.4 42 km WSW of Olancha, CA
  2. 2.1 28 km WSW of Olancha, CA
  3. 2.0 23 km SSE of Porterville, CA
  4. 1.5 23 km SSE of Porterville, CA
  5. 2.2 24 km SSE of Porterville, CA
  6. 1.5 14 km NW of Bodfish, CA
  7. 1.7 10 km E of Porterville, CA
  8. 1.8 28 km WSW of Olancha, CA
  9. 1.7 28 km WSW of Olancha, CA
  10. 1.6 28 km WSW of Olancha, CA
  11. 1.8 28 km WSW of Olancha, CA
  12. 1.9 28 km WSW of Olancha, CA
  13. 2.1 40 km WSW of Olancha, CA
  14. 2.1 24 km WSW of Olancha, CA
  15. 3.0 24 km WSW of Olancha, 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.

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