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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Vincent, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Vincent in the 24 hours to 11:00 pm PST (07:00 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 60 km (38 mi) W, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Vincent
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) southeast of Vincent, CA, at 7:30 am PDT on 22 September 2018 (14:30 UTC), 13 km deep.
USGS: 3km SE of Vincent, CA
12 km (8 mi) S of Palmdale, CA · 59 km (37 mi) NNE of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 7:30 am PDT on 22 September 2018 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) southeast of Vincent, CA · earthquakes near Vincent
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 35 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 5 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 2942 days ago
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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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Vincent, 3 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Acton, Littlerock, Palmdale, Desert View Highlands, Sun Village, Quartz Hill.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 15 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 730,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 65× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 4.4 on 2018-08-29 — about 7,700 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 27 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 47 km S of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 44 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 27 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 27 km WSW 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 34.4815, -118.0885. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 35 km (22 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 94 km (58 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Ventura County, CA | 97 km (60 mi) | W | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kern County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kern County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
38 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 1km N of Caltech, Pasadena, CA
- 1.6 2km NNW of Valinda, CA
- 1.9 2km SSW of La Canada Flintridge, CA
- 2.0 10km S of Agua Dulce, CA
- 2.0 3km ESE of Northridge, CA
- 2.7 3km ESE of Northridge, CA
- 2.1 6km SW of Valencia, CA
- 1.7 4km SE of San Fernando, CA
- 1.5 6km N of Pacoima, CA
- 2.9 7km SSW of Littlerock, CA
- 2.2 8km SW of Lake Hughes, CA
- 2.8 2km ESE of Pacoima, CA
- 1.6 2km ESE of Northridge, CA
- 2.1 4km NNE of Granada Hills, CA
- 1.9 3km ENE of Granada Hills, 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
- 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
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