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M 1.6ml

2km ESE of Santa Monica, CA

· 8.9 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Los Angeles County 28 kmVentura County 72 kmOrange County 74 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
8.9 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 28 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2762 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 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 34.0123, -118.4725. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Los Angeles County, CA 28 km (18 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 72 km (45 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Orange County, CA 74 km (46 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Orange County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 2km NE of Granada Hills, CA
  2. 2.2 3km N of East Los Angeles, CA
  3. 2.4 16km WNW of Malibu, CA
  4. 2.0 1km WNW of Redondo Beach, CA
  5. 2.2 9km NW of Malibu, CA
  6. 2.1 8km NW of Malibu, CA
  7. 2.0 9km NW of Malibu, CA
  8. 1.7 6km NNW of Pacoima, CA
  9. 2.1 14km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA
  10. 2.0 0km ESE of San Fernando, CA
  11. 1.7 6km NNW of Pacoima, CA
  12. 1.8 6km NNW of Pacoima, CA
  13. 2.5 5km NNW of Pacoima, CA
  14. 2.0 4km W of East Los Angeles, CA
  15. 2.6 2km NNE of Gardena, 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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