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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Los Angeles, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Los Angeles in the 24 hours to 6:23 am PST (14:23 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 30 km (19 mi) S, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Los Angeles

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) west-northwest of Los Angeles, CA, at 2:11 pm PDT on 29 October 2016 (21:11 UTC), 5.6 km deep. 186 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 1km S of Sherman Oaks, CA

14 km (9 mi) NNW of Los Angeles, CA · 12 km (8 mi) WSW of Burbank, CA

2:11 pm PDT, Oct 29, 2016 · · 5.6 km deep · released about 77 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
2:11 pm PDT on 29 October 2016 ()
Where
21 km (13 mi) west-northwest of Los Angeles, CA · earthquakes near Los Angeles
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
5.6 km below the surface
Felt
186 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 18 km ENE
Nearest mapped fault
Hollywood fault, 8 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 3564 days ago

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 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Los Angeles, 21 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.

Likely felt in: Burbank 13 km, intensity II · Santa Monica 14 km, intensity II · Glendale 18 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 77 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 77 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 24 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 11 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 31 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 35 km ESE of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 15 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 31 km NNE 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 34.1440, -118.4473. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Los Angeles County, CA 18 km (11 mi) ENE earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 67 km (42 mi) WNW earthquakes near Ventura County
Orange County, CA 81 km (50 mi) SE earthquakes near Orange County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 9km NNE of Castaic, CA
  2. 1.7 8km SE of Malibu, CA
  3. 2.1 4km SW of Baldwin Hills, CA
  4. 1.6 4km SSE of San Fernando, CA
  5. 2.7 3km NNW of Malibu, CA
  6. 1.6 2km WSW of Lakewood, CA
  7. 2.3 11km WNW of Malibu, CA
  8. 1.6 2km SE of Hawthorne, CA
  9. 1.9 7km NNW of Granada Hills, CA
  10. 1.8 7km NNW of Granada Hills, CA
  11. 1.8 5km S of Sherman Oaks, CA
  12. 1.9 2km NW of Willowbrook, CA
  13. 1.6 3km WSW of Compton, CA
  14. 1.6 1km ESE of Hawthorne, CA
  15. 1.9 1km SSE of View Park-Windsor 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.

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