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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

5km W of Malibu, CA

· 11 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ventura County 45 kmLos Angeles County 59 kmOrange County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Ventura County, 45 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1643 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 34.0133, -118.8683. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ventura County, CA 45 km (28 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Los Angeles County, CA 59 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 108 km (67 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Orange County
Santa Barbara County, CA 122 km (76 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 3km E of Malibu, CA
  2. 1.6 6km ESE of Piru, CA
  3. 1.8 10km NW of Malibu, CA
  4. 2.6 1km NE of Canoga Park, CA
  5. 2.9 4km W of Manhattan Beach, CA
  6. 1.5 9km NW of Malibu, CA
  7. 2.0 5km SSE of Piru, CA
  8. 1.6 2km ENE of Granada Hills, CA
  9. 1.8 2km ESE of Chatsworth, CA
  10. 1.9 1km SSW of Port Hueneme, CA
  11. 1.7 6km W of Marina del Rey, CA
  12. 1.8 6km NNW of Ventura, CA
  13. 2.4 13km W of Palos Verdes Estates, CA
  14. 2.7 7km NNE of Ventura, CA
  15. 2.3 12km WSW of Manhattan 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2020-01-02 — it released about 2,100 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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