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M 2.8ml
Earthquake near Long Beach, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Long Beach in the last 24 hours. M 2.4, 10 km (6 mi) SSW of Long Beach, at 6:11 pm PST on 12 November 2026 (02:11 UTC); the estimated shaking in Long Beach was intensity II (weak). 14 people have reported feeling it to USGS. Every earthquake near Long Beach
This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) west-southwest of Long Beach, CA, at 4:14 pm PST on 24 December 2016 (00:14 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 30km WSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
49 km (30 mi) SSW of Los Angeles, CA · 35 km (22 mi) SW of Redondo Beach, CA
- When
- 4:14 pm PST on 24 December 2016 ()
- Where
- 48 km (30 mi) west-southwest of Long Beach, CA · earthquakes near Long Beach
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- -0.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 73 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Pedro Basin fault, 14 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 3565 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 26 km (16 mi) from the epicentre. In Long Beach, 48 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 38,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 27,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 400 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 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.5 11km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 41 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.3 2 km SSW of Santa Monica, California · 43 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 The 1973 Point Mugu, California Earthquake · 49 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.2 1 km SW of Las Flores, California · 43 km N of this epicentre
- 5.2 13km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 30 km N 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 33.6488, -118.6922. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 73 km (45 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | E | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Ventura County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 8km SSE of San Pedro, CA
- 1.5 4km WNW of Willowbrook, CA
- 2.0 17km SSE of Malibu, CA
- 1.7 15km SW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
- 1.5 6km SSE of Malibu, CA
- 1.5 2km NW of Lennox, CA
- 1.8 17km SSE of Malibu, CA
- 1.7 6km SW of Signal Hill, CA
- 1.8 0km WNW of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA
- 1.7 0km SSE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA
- 1.6 2km WSW of San Pedro, CA
- 1.6 1km SE of Malibu Beach, CA
- 2.3 5km W of El Segundo, CA
- 1.9 2km SE of Carson, CA
- 1.6 12km SSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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