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M 2.7ml

3km S of Santa Clarita, CA

· 0.3 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Los Angeles County 31 kmVentura County 57 kmOrange County 104 kmKern County 108 km
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
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
0.3 km below the surface
Felt
345 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 31 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3518 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 345 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 34.3910, -118.5078. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Los Angeles County, CA 31 km (19 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 57 km (36 mi) E of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Orange County, CA 104 km (65 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Orange County
Kern County, CA 108 km (67 mi) S of here earthquakes near Kern County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 0km SE of Century City, CA
  2. 1.6 6km ESE of Agoura Hills, CA
  3. 1.9 7km WSW of Santa Clarita, CA
  4. 1.7 4km SSE of Encino, CA
  5. 1.9 9km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA
  6. 2.1 4km NNE of Granada Hills, CA
  7. 1.5 9km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA
  8. 1.9 9km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA
  9. 1.9 9km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA
  10. 1.6 9km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA
  11. 1.6 1km SE of Malibu Beach, CA
  12. 1.5 14km N of Fillmore, CA
  13. 1.9 14km N of Castaic, CA
  14. 2.4 3km ENE of Granada Hills, CA
  15. 1.8 2km S of Sherman Oaks, 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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