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M 2.8ml

7km NW of Malibu, CA

· 2.8 km deep · released about 420 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ventura County 43 kmLos Angeles County 57 kmOrange County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
2.8 km below the surface
Felt
186 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Ventura County, 43 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2767 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 186 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 420 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 36,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 26,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 420 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 34.0518, -118.8567. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ventura County, CA 43 km (26 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Los Angeles County, CA 57 km (35 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 108 km (67 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Orange County
Santa Barbara County, CA 121 km (75 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

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

  1. 1.6 7km N of Moorpark, CA
  2. 2.1 14km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA
  3. 3.7 16km S of Camarillo, CA
  4. 2.0 0km ESE of San Fernando, CA
  5. 1.7 6km NNW of Pacoima, CA
  6. 1.8 6km NNW of Pacoima, CA
  7. 2.5 5km NNW of Pacoima, CA
  8. 1.7 9km SE of Santa Paula, CA
  9. 1.6 9km S of Malibu Beach, CA
  10. 1.6 9km S of Malibu Beach, CA
  11. 1.9 2km SSE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA
  12. 1.9 7km SSW of Agoura Hills, CA
  13. 1.9 17km W of Manhattan Beach, CA
  14. 3.0 31km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA
  15. 1.7 4km WSW of Marina del Rey, 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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