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M 1.9ml

Earthquake near Huntington Park, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Huntington Park in the 24 hours to 8:08 am PST (16:08 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 22 km (14 mi) S, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Huntington Park

This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded in Huntington Park, CA, at 12:37 pm PDT on 15 May 2019 (19:37 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 1km N of Huntington Park, CA

18 km (11 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA · in Huntington Park, CA

12:37 pm PDT, May 15, 2019 · · 14 km deep · released about 19 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
12:37 pm PDT on 15 May 2019 ()
Where
in Huntington Park, CA · earthquakes near Huntington Park
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 23 km N
Nearest mapped fault
Puente Hills blind thrust system, 2 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 2691 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 3 km (2 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: Huntington Park in town, intensity II · Florence-Graham 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 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2018-08-29 — about 5,800 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 22 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 38 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 49 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 45 km SSE of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 15 km ENE of this epicentre
  5. 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 40 km NW 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 33.9917, -118.2237. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Los Angeles County, CA 23 km (14 mi) N earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 54 km (34 mi) SE earthquakes near Orange County
Ventura County, CA 93 km (58 mi) WNW earthquakes near Ventura County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 4km SW of San Pedro, CA
  2. 2.4 4km N of Yorba Linda, CA
  3. 2.0 3km E of Hawthorne, CA
  4. 1.6 2km SSW of San Fernando, CA
  5. 2.3 2km SW of San Fernando, CA
  6. 1.7 22km SSW of Seal Beach, CA
  7. 1.7 11km W of Palos Verdes Estates, CA
  8. 3.5 23km SSW of Seal Beach, CA
  9. 2.4 12km S of Las Flores, CA
  10. 1.7 4km WNW of Huntington Beach, CA
  11. 1.5 5km SSW of Baldwin Hills, CA
  12. 2.0 7km E of Topanga, CA
  13. 2.0 0km WNW of Manhattan Beach, CA
  14. 1.8 0km W of Manhattan Beach, CA
  15. 1.7 21km SSW of Seal 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.

On USGS

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