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M 2.7ml

Earthquake near La Habra, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in La Habra in the 24 hours to 2:27 am PST (10:27 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 27 km (17 mi) SW, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near La Habra

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded in La Habra, CA, at 8:21 am PDT on 3 June 2018 (15:21 UTC), 9.3 km deep. 419 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 2km ENE of La Habra, CA

in La Habra, CA · 45 km (28 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA

8:21 am PDT, Jun 3, 2018 · · 9.3 km deep · released about 390 lb of TNT

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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
8:21 am PDT on 3 June 2018 ()
Where
in La Habra, CA · earthquakes near La Habra
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
9.3 km below the surface
Felt
419 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Orange County, 32 km SSE
Nearest mapped fault
Puente Hills blind thrust system, 5 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 3030 days ago

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 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. 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.

Likely felt in: La Habra in town, intensity III · Brea 4 km, intensity III · Rowland Heights 5 km, intensity III · Hacienda Heights 7 km, intensity III · Fullerton 8 km, intensity III · La Mirada 8 km, intensity III · Placentia 9 km, intensity III · La Puente 9 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 390 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 39,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 28,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 390 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 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 35 km S of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 19 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 37 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 31 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 15 km E 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 33.9392, -117.9270. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Orange County, CA 32 km (20 mi) SSE earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 42 km (26 mi) NW earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 120 km (75 mi) WNW earthquakes near Ventura County
San Diego County, CA 148 km (92 mi) SE earthquakes near San Diego County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 4km N of La Verne, CA
  2. 1.9 3km NNW of La Verne, CA
  3. 1.8 3km N of La Verne, CA
  4. 1.6 3km NNW of La Verne, CA
  5. 1.5 3km NE of San Dimas, CA
  6. 1.5 3km NNW of La Verne, CA
  7. 2.5 4km N of La Verne, CA
  8. 1.5 3km NNW of La Verne, CA
  9. 1.8 2km NNW of La Verne, CA
  10. 3.4 4km N of La Verne, CA
  11. 4.4 4km N of La Verne, CA
  12. 1.6 1km ENE of Lennox, CA
  13. 1.6 12km SSE of San Pedro, CA
  14. 2.5 2km NE of Villa Park, CA
  15. 1.9 4km SE of Home Gardens, 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

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