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M 1.9ml

3km NE of Chatsworth, CA

· 7.6 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
7.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 30 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2984 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 25 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 420,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 38× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 34.2720, -118.5788. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Los Angeles County, CA 30 km (19 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 52 km (32 mi) E of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Orange County, CA 99 km (62 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Orange County
Kern County, CA 120 km (75 mi) S of here earthquakes near Kern County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 2km W of El Segundo, CA
  2. 1.9 1km N of Lawndale, CA
  3. 2.6 18km W of Malibu, CA
  4. 1.6 7km SW of Valencia, CA
  5. 1.8 6km WNW of Castaic, CA
  6. 1.6 4km SW of Baldwin Hills, CA
  7. 1.8 7km WSW of Valencia, CA
  8. 2.4 7km WSW of Valencia, CA
  9. 2.1 7km WSW of Valencia, CA
  10. 1.6 12km WNW of Malibu, CA
  11. 2.2 4km WSW of Panorama City, CA
  12. 1.6 9km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA
  13. 1.6 2km NNE of Inglewood, CA
  14. 2.3 4km SE of San Fernando, CA
  15. 1.9 9km SSW of Malibu Beach, 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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