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M 1.7ml

1km SSW of Gardena, CA

· 16 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Los Angeles County 36 kmOrange County 55 kmVentura County 92 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 36 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2895 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 33.8768, -118.3162. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Los Angeles County, CA 36 km (22 mi) S of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 55 km (34 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Orange County
Ventura County, CA 92 km (57 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

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

  1. 1.7 17km WSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  2. 1.8 1km NE of Granada Hills, CA
  3. 2.8 3km ESE of Northridge, CA
  4. 2.1 4km S of Marina del Rey, CA
  5. 2.4 20km S of San Pedro, CA
  6. 1.9 20km SSE of San Pedro, CA
  7. 2.1 2km SSW of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA
  8. 1.5 2km SW of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA
  9. 1.5 7km ESE of San Pedro, CA
  10. 1.8 6km SW of Sherman Oaks, CA
  11. 1.8 3km ESE of Northridge, CA
  12. 2.0 2km E of Santa Monica, CA
  13. 1.5 3km ESE of Northridge, CA
  14. 2.6 3km ESE of Northridge, CA
  15. 2.6 2km ESE of Santa Monica, 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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