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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Vincent, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Vincent in the 24 hours to 3:21 am PST (11:21 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 60 km (38 mi) W, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Vincent
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) north-northwest of Vincent, CA, at 8:13 am PDT on 23 May 2022 (15:13 UTC), 13 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 5km NNW of Vincent, CA
6 km (4 mi) SSW of Palmdale, CA · 64 km (40 mi) NNE of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 8:13 am PDT on 23 May 2022 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) north-northwest of Vincent, CA · earthquakes near Vincent
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 40 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, under 1 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 1556 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Vincent, 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Palmdale, Desert View Highlands, Acton, Littlerock, Quartz Hill, Sun Village.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 18 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 4.2 on 2020-07-30 — about 3,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 26 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 45 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 26 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 26 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 33 km SSE 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 34.5410, -118.1273. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 40 km (25 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 94 km (59 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Orange County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Kern County, CA | 105 km (65 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kern County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
42 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 8km SSW of Mojave, CA
- 2.5 13km N of La Verne, CA
- 1.8 10km E of Santa Clarita, CA
- 1.6 6km SSW of Pearblossom, CA
- 1.8 11km E of Santa Clarita, CA
- 1.8 3km SE of Highland Park, CA
- 1.6 12km NNE of Glendora, CA
- 1.8 2km ESE of Granada Hills, CA
- 1.5 7km SW of Pearblossom, CA
- 1.5 14km N of Bradbury, CA
- 2.1 7km SW of Pearblossom, CA
- 2.5 6km NW of Castaic, CA
- 1.6 7km S of Pearblossom, CA
- 2.9 2km WSW of Sylmar, CA
- 1.9 7km SW of Pearblossom, 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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