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M 1.9ml

19km S of Malibu Beach, CA

· 13 km deep · released about 24 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Los Angeles County 53 kmVentura County 69 kmOrange County 86 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 53 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3518 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 24 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 640,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 450,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 40× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 24 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 33.8657, -118.6750. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Los Angeles County, CA 53 km (33 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 69 km (43 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Orange County, CA 86 km (53 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Orange County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 1km SE of Malibu Beach, CA
  2. 2.3 5km W of El Segundo, CA
  3. 2.4 3km ENE of Granada Hills, CA
  4. 1.9 2km SE of Carson, CA
  5. 1.8 2km S of Sherman Oaks, CA
  6. 1.5 2km NNW of Silver Lake, CA
  7. 1.5 4km SW of Encino, CA
  8. 1.6 12km SSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  9. 1.9 3km E of Gardena, CA
  10. 3.3 17km W of Malibu, CA
  11. 1.6 5 km SSW of Malibu, California
  12. 2.0 5 km SE of San Pedro, California
  13. 1.6 4 km NNW of Malibu, California
  14. 1.9 3 km NNW of Malibu, California
  15. 2.1 3 km NNW of Malibu, California

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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