Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.0ml
Earthquake near Mojave, CA
USGS: 12 km N of Mojave, CA
52 km (32 mi) N of Lancaster, CA · 128 km (80 mi) N of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 5:13 pm PDT on 30 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 12 km (8 mi) N of Mojave, CA · earthquakes near Mojave
- Magnitude
- M 1.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kern County, 53 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Garlock fault, 15 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 2 days ago
A magnitude 1.0 earthquake was recorded 12 km (8 mi) N of Mojave, CA, at 5:13 pm PDT on 30 September 2026 (00:13 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: California City, Tehachapi, Golden Hills.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 0.89 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 17,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1,100× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.0 about 0.89 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 4.3 on 2024-04-18 — about 100,000 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 · 13 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.6 19km N of Tehachapi, CA · 30 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.6 14km NNW of Tehachapi, CA · 29 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.5 22km N of Tehachapi, CA · 31 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.4 25km SSW of Bodfish, CA · 41 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 35.1603, -118.1927. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 53 km (33 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 107 km (67 mi) | S | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Tulare County, CA | 130 km (81 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Tulare County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| review status | automatic | reviewed | |
| longitude | -118.2 | -118.19 | |
| latitude | 35.16 | 35.16 | |
| depth | 4.8 | 7.47 | |
| magnitude | 1.36 | 0.98 |
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.