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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near El Segundo, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in El Segundo in the 24 hours to 6:37 am PST (14:37 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 26 km (16 mi) SE, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near El Segundo
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) west-southwest of El Segundo, CA, at 6:30 am PDT on 19 October 2019 (13:30 UTC), 7.4 km deep. 15 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 4km WSW of El Segundo, CA
14 km (9 mi) SSW of Los Angeles, CA · 8 km (5 mi) NW of Redondo Beach, CA
- When
- 6:30 am PDT on 19 October 2019 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) west-southwest of El Segundo, CA · earthquakes near El Segundo
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 15 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 38 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Palos Verdes fault, 3 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 2579 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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In El Segundo, 5 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.
Likely felt in: Manhattan Beach 5 km, intensity II · Redondo Beach 9 km, intensity II · Lawndale 10 km, intensity II · Hawthorne 10 km, intensity II · Inglewood 12 km, intensity II · Palos Verdes Estates 13 km, intensity II · Torrance 13 km, intensity II · Santa Monica 14 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 36 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 36 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 39 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 42 km N of this epicentre
- 5.3 2 km SSW of Santa Monica, California · 12 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.2 1 km SW of Las Flores, California · 22 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 33.9000, -118.4598. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 38 km (23 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Ventura County, CA | 80 km (50 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 9km WNW of Malibu, CA
- 2.1 5km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA
- 2.1 12km SSE of San Pedro, CA
- 1.9 2km ENE of Northridge, CA
- 1.5 0km ESE of Redondo Beach, CA
- 1.5 10km NW of Malibu, CA
- 2.1 1km S of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA
- 2.9 1km W of Chatsworth, CA
- 3.1 1km NW of Chatsworth, CA
- 2.2 11km SSE of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
- 2.4 10km SSE of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
- 1.5 3km W of Highland Park, CA
- 2.4 8km WSW of Westlake Village, CA
- 2.1 10km SW of Westlake Village, CA
- 1.6 0km S of View Park-Windsor Hills, 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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- 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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