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M 2.0ml

19km NNW of Avalon, CA

· 8.6 km deep · released about 32 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Orange County 60 kmLos Angeles County 77 kmVentura County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
8.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Orange County, 60 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3421 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 32 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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 33.5098, -118.3882. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Orange County, CA 60 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 77 km (48 mi) S of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 117 km (73 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

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

  1. 2.3 1km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA
  2. 1.9 2km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA
  3. 1.8 2km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA
  4. 2.3 1km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA
  5. 2.1 3km SSE of Huntington Beach, CA
  6. 2.0 8km SSW of Huntington Beach, CA
  7. 2.1 2km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA
  8. 2.4 28km SSE of Avalon, CA
  9. 1.8 21km S of Malibu, CA
  10. 1.8 9km S of Seal Beach, CA
  11. 3.0 30km SSE of Avalon, CA
  12. 1.7 12km SSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  13. 2.1 5km ESE of San Pedro, CA
  14. 1.9 33km S of Malibu, CA
  15. 3.1 5km WNW of Willowbrook, 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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