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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Pico Rivera, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Pico Rivera in the 24 hours to 2:40 am PST (10:40 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 23 km (14 mi) SSW, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Pico Rivera

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded in Pico Rivera, CA, at 6:01 pm PDT on 14 June 2018 (01:01 UTC), 9.9 km deep.

USGS: 1km NE of Pico Rivera, CA

30 km (19 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA · in Pico Rivera, CA

6:01 pm PDT, Jun 14, 2018 · · 9.9 km deep · released about 5.4 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
6:01 pm PDT on 14 June 2018 ()
Where
in Pico Rivera, CA · earthquakes near Pico Rivera
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
9.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 28 km NW
Nearest mapped fault
Puente Hills blind thrust system, 4 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 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 2 km (1 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: Pico Rivera in town, intensity II · West Whittier-Los Nietos 2 km, intensity II · Montebello 3 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 48 km WNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 41 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 8 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 49 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 32 km NNE 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 33.9897, -118.0892. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Los Angeles County, CA 28 km (17 mi) NW earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 45 km (28 mi) SE earthquakes near Orange County
Ventura County, CA 104 km (65 mi) WNW earthquakes near Ventura 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. 1.9 2km ENE of Studio City, CA
  2. 1.9 9km ENE of Villa Park, CA
  3. 1.5 6km SW of Marina del Rey, CA
  4. 2.4 3km NNW of La Verne, CA
  5. 2.1 4km N of La Verne, CA
  6. 1.8 3km S of Huntington Beach, CA
  7. 1.8 1km W of Manhattan Beach, CA
  8. 2.4 1km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA
  9. 1.8 4km N of La Verne, CA
  10. 1.5 3km NNW of La Verne, CA
  11. 2.1 7km NE of San Pedro, CA
  12. 1.5 3km NNW of La Verne, CA
  13. 2.0 4km N of La Verne, CA
  14. 1.8 3km NNW of La Verne, CA
  15. 1.5 3km N of La Verne, 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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