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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Lakewood, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Lakewood in the 24 hours to 6:29 pm PST (02:29 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 9 km (5 mi) SSW, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Lakewood
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) west of Lakewood, CA, at 10:08 am PDT on 22 May 2022 (17:08 UTC), 13 km deep.
USGS: 2km W of Lakewood, CA
29 km (18 mi) SE of Los Angeles, CA · in Lakewood, CA
- When
- 10:08 am PDT on 22 May 2022 ()
- Where
- 2 km (1 mi) west of Lakewood, CA · earthquakes near Lakewood
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 39 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Puente Hills blind thrust system, 5 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 1634 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 2 km (1 mi) from the epicentre. In Lakewood, 2 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: Lakewood 2 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 14 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 68× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 4.5 on 2020-09-19 — about 14,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 14 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 29 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 24 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 48 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.4 5km S of Chino Hills, CA · 38 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.3 2 km SSW of Santa Monica, California · 35 km WNW 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 33.8575, -118.1592. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 39 km (24 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 41 km (25 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Ventura County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Ventura 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.
- 1.8 3km NE of Silver Lake, CA
- 3.1 5km ESE of Yorba Linda, CA
- 1.6 3km S of Westminster, CA
- 1.5 4km S of Westminster, CA
- 1.9 17km NE of Avalon, CA
- 1.7 3km SW of La Verne, CA
- 1.7 4km ENE of Villa Park, CA
- 1.8 19km NNE of Avalon, CA
- 1.8 8km SE of San Pedro, CA
- 2.2 22km SSW of Newport Beach, CA
- 2.9 4km W of Manhattan Beach, CA
- 2.0 9km ENE of Villa Park, CA
- 1.9 4km NW of Villa Park, CA
- 1.7 1km SSE of Carson, CA
- 2.0 10km SW of Corona, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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