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M 2.4ml
Earthquake near Agua Dulce, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Agua Dulce in the 24 hours to 6:42 am PST (14:42 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 42 km (26 mi) WSW, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Agua Dulce
This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) south-southwest of Agua Dulce, CA, at 12:19 am PST on 16 February 2018 (08:19 UTC), 7.0 km deep. 22 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 12km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA
14 km (8 mi) E of Santa Clarita, CA · 42 km (26 mi) N of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 12:19 am PST on 16 February 2018 ()
- Where
- 12 km (7 mi) south-southwest of Agua Dulce, CA · earthquakes near Agua Dulce
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 22 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 24 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Gabriel fault, 6 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 3152 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Agua Dulce, 12 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.
Likely felt in: Santa Clarita 17 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 130 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 80,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.2× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 26 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 3 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 45 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 18 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 3 km NNW 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 34.3950, -118.3545. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 24 km (15 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 72 km (44 mi) | W | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Orange County, CA | 96 km (60 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Kern County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kern County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 1km ESE of Maywood, CA
- 1.6 3km ESE of Fillmore, CA
- 1.5 11km E of Santa Clarita, CA
- 1.6 2km NW of Marina del Rey, CA
- 1.8 3km SE of Vincent, CA
- 1.9 3km NE of Vincent, CA
- 1.8 2km NW of Lennox, CA
- 1.8 2km NW of Lennox, CA
- 1.8 1km WSW of Inglewood, CA
- 1.9 2km ENE of Studio City, CA
- 1.7 9km S of Quartz Hill, CA
- 1.9 6km S of Littlerock, CA
- 1.9 4km SE of Piru, CA
- 1.6 6km S of Littlerock, CA
- 1.9 3km SE of Piru, 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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