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Light mag. 3.7 earthquake - 22 mi south of Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA, on Wednesday, Oct 12, 2022 at 5:54 am (GMT -7) -

Light magnitude 3.7 earthquake at 12 km depth

12 Oct 12:57 UTC: First to report: USGS after 3 minutes.
12 Oct 13:00: Magnitude recalculated from 3.3 to 3.7.
12 Oct 17:04: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 7.1 to 12.3 km (from 4.4 to 7.6 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1 km (0.6 mi) towards S.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Oct 12, 2022 12:54:07 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Oct 12, 2022 at 5:54 am (GMT -7)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.7
Depth	12.3 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	35.04867°N / 118.99583°W (Kern, California, United States)
Antipode	35.049°S / 61.004°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Coso (152 km / 94 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	3 km (2 mi) SW of Mettler (pop: 136) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 23 km (15 mi) SW of Arvin (pop: 20,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 25 km (15 mi) SSW of Lamont (Kern County) (pop: 15,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 36 km (22 mi) S of Bakersfield (pop: 373,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 41 km (26 mi) S of Oildale (Kern County) (pop: 32,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 76 km (47 mi) NNW of Valencia (pop: 148,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) NNW of Santa Clarita (pop: 182,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 452 km (281 mi) SSE of Sacramento (pop: 490,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 19.1°C (66 F), humidity: 44%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from S
Estimated seismic energy released	2.2 x 10¹⁰ joules (6.22 megawatt hours, equivalent to 5.35 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.7	12 km	13km NNW of Grapevine, CA	USGS
3.7	12 km	Central California	RaspberryShake
3.4	10 km	Central California	IRIS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Arvin (ARV/CI network) | Distance from quake: 17 km / 11 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Arvin: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

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Pine Mountain Club / Weak shaking (MMI III) / single lateral shake / very short

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