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M 1.8ml

2km W of El Segundo, CA

· 12 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Los Angeles County 35 kmOrange County 67 kmVentura County 80 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 35 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2840 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 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 68× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 33.9203, -118.4428. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Los Angeles County, CA 35 km (22 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 67 km (42 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Orange County
Ventura County, CA 80 km (50 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Ventura County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 0km NNW of Century City, CA
  2. 1.5 0km NNW of Century City, CA
  3. 1.6 0km WNW of Century City, CA
  4. 2.9 0km SSW of Century City, CA
  5. 1.5 2km WNW of Willowbrook, CA
  6. 1.9 16km S of San Pedro, CA
  7. 1.7 8km NNE of Malibu, CA
  8. 2.0 3km ESE of Northridge, CA
  9. 2.7 3km ESE of Northridge, CA
  10. 1.7 4km SE of San Fernando, CA
  11. 1.6 2km W of Bell Gardens, CA
  12. 1.5 6km N of Pacoima, CA
  13. 1.7 1km NNE of Inglewood, CA
  14. 1.9 2km NNW of Inglewood, CA
  15. 2.0 7km ESE of San Pedro, 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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