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M 2.5ml

4km SE of Malibu, CA

· 15 km deep · released about 150 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ventura County 53 kmLos Angeles County 54 kmOrange County 99 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Ventura County, 53 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3237 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 150 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 99,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 70,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 150 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 33.9797, -118.7820. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ventura County, CA 53 km (33 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Los Angeles County, CA 54 km (33 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 99 km (61 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Orange County
Santa Barbara County, CA 131 km (81 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 5km NNE of Granada Hills, CA
  2. 2.1 9km WNW of Malibu, CA
  3. 1.5 2km ENE of Simi Valley, CA
  4. 2.2 1km NNE of Hermosa Beach, CA
  5. 2.2 17km SSE of Malibu, CA
  6. 2.4 15km WNW of Malibu, CA
  7. 1.7 8km S of Malibu Beach, CA
  8. 2.4 16km SW of Malibu, CA
  9. 1.9 4km WSW of Compton, CA
  10. 1.7 18km SSE of Malibu, CA
  11. 1.5 6km NNE of Granada Hills, CA
  12. 2.5 3km N of Carson, CA
  13. 1.7 12km S of Malibu Beach, CA
  14. 2.0 14km SW of Port Hueneme, CA
  15. 1.7 6km ESE of Port Hueneme, 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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