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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Pine Mountain Club, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Pine Mountain Club in the 24 hours to 3:34 pm PST (23:34 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 62 km (38 mi) SE, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Pine Mountain Club

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) north-northeast of Pine Mountain Club, CA, at 9:10 pm PDT on 15 March 2026 (04:10 UTC), 1.5 km deep. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 10 km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CA

47 km (29 mi) S of Bakersfield, CA · 121 km (75 mi) NNW of Los Angeles, CA

9:10 pm PDT, Mar 15, 2026 · · 1.5 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Pine Mountain Club Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kern County 58 kmVentura County 64 kmSanta Barbara County 95 kmLos Angeles County 114 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
9:10 pm PDT on 15 March 2026 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) north-northeast of Pine Mountain Club, CA · earthquakes near Pine Mountain Club
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
1.5 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Kern County, 58 km NE
Nearest mapped fault
Pleito fault, 4 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 242 days ago

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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Pine Mountain Club, 10 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: Frazier Park 20 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 19,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 20 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 11 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 20 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 Near Bakersfield, California · 50 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 7 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 28 km SSE 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 34.9345, -119.1202. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kern County, CA 58 km (36 mi) NE earthquakes near Kern County
Ventura County, CA 64 km (40 mi) S earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 95 km (59 mi) WSW earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Los Angeles County, CA 114 km (71 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.

  1. 1.9 3 km SSE of Frazier Park, CA
  2. 4.1 2 km ESE of Frazier Park, CA
  3. 1.6 16 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  4. 1.6 7 km W of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  5. 1.8 20 km NNW of Piru, CA
  6. 2.4 20 km NNW of Piru, CA
  7. 1.6 18 km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  8. 1.8 25 km SW of Maricopa, CA
  9. 2.0 20 km NW of Grapevine, CA
  10. 2.0 8 km W of Pine Mountain Club, CA
  11. 1.8 21 km NNW of Piru, CA
  12. 1.9 21 km NNW of Piru, CA
  13. 1.8 21 km NNW of Piru, CA
  14. 2.0 3 km ENE of Frazier Park, CA
  15. 1.6 20 km NNW of Piru, 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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