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M 2.2ml
Earthquake near Valencia, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Valencia in the 24 hours to 3:26 pm PST (23:26 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 6 km (4 mi) S, at 8:32 am PDT on 18 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 16 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Valencia
This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 23 km (14 mi) north-northeast of Valencia, CA, at 8:23 am PDT on 20 March 2019 (15:23 UTC), 8.5 km deep.
USGS: 8km SW of Lake Hughes, CA
69 km (43 mi) N of Los Angeles, CA · 25 km (15 mi) N of Santa Clarita, CA
- When
- 8:23 am PDT on 20 March 2019 ()
- Where
- 23 km (14 mi) north-northeast of Valencia, CA · earthquakes near Valencia
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 54 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 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 2794 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 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Valencia, 23 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Castaic, Leona Valley, Agua Dulce, Val Verde, Quartz Hill, Santa Clarita.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 62 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 240,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 62 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 20 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 47 km S of this epicentre
- 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 28 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 46 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 40 km S of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 28 km SSE 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 34.6373, -118.5122. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 54 km (34 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kern County, CA | 81 km (51 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Orange County, CA | 127 km (79 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
32 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 9km SW of Castaic, CA
- 1.9 21km SSW of Frazier Park, CA
- 2.0 12km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA
- 1.7 6km NNW of Pacoima, CA
- 1.6 7km N of Moorpark, CA
- 2.2 13km NNW of Fillmore, CA
- 1.6 4km SE of Vincent, CA
- 1.6 21km N of Neenach, CA
- 2.0 0km ESE of San Fernando, CA
- 1.7 6km NNW of Pacoima, CA
- 1.8 6km NNW of Pacoima, CA
- 2.5 5km NNW of Pacoima, CA
- 1.6 7km S of Mojave, CA
- 2.9 16km SSE of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.5 3km NW of Frazier Park, 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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