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M 2.9ml

1km W of Chatsworth, CA

· 6.6 km deep · released about 630 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Los Angeles County 33 kmVentura County 49 kmOrange County 100 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
6.6 km below the surface
Felt
600 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 33 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2039 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 600 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 630 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 24,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 17,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 630 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 34.2572, -118.6113. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Los Angeles County, CA 33 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 49 km (31 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Orange County, CA 100 km (62 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Orange 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. 2.5 1km ESE of Sylmar, CA
  2. 1.6 1km WNW of San Fernando, CA
  3. 1.7 0km NNW of San Fernando, CA
  4. 2.6 1km ESE of Sylmar, CA
  5. 1.5 1km SW of Sylmar, CA
  6. 2.7 1km SSE of Sylmar, CA
  7. 3.7 1km NNE of San Fernando, CA
  8. 2.1 1km SE of Sylmar, CA
  9. 1.9 1km NW of San Fernando, CA
  10. 3.1 1km N of San Fernando, CA
  11. 2.1 1km NNW of San Fernando, CA
  12. 2.1 1km ESE of Sylmar, CA
  13. 1.9 1km W of Sylmar, CA
  14. 2.1 1km WSW of Sylmar, CA
  15. 2.4 1km WSW of Sylmar, 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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