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M 2.1ml

Earthquake near Los Angeles, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Los Angeles in the 24 hours to 2:10 pm PST (22:10 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 30 km (19 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 Los Angeles

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) west-southwest of Los Angeles, CA, at 11:58 pm PST on 2 February 2022 (07:58 UTC), 12 km deep. 27 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 1km WSW of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA

6 km (4 mi) ESE of Los Angeles, CA · in Inglewood, CA

11:58 pm PST, Feb 2, 2022 · · 12 km deep · released about 38 lb of TNT

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When
11:58 pm PST on 2 February 2022 ()
Where
13 km (8 mi) west-southwest of Los Angeles, CA · earthquakes near Los Angeles
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
27 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 25 km NNE
Nearest mapped fault
Newport-Inglewood-Rose Canyon 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 1743 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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Los Angeles, 13 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: Inglewood 3 km, intensity II · Westmont 7 km, intensity II · Hawthorne 8 km, intensity II · Florence-Graham 11 km, intensity II · Lawndale 11 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 38 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 280,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 25× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 38 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 5,100 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 · 30 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 47 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 27 km ENE of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 34 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 47 km N 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 33.9903, -118.3582. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Los Angeles County, CA 25 km (15 mi) NNE earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 64 km (40 mi) ESE earthquakes near Orange County
Ventura County, CA 82 km (51 mi) WNW earthquakes near Ventura County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 6km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA
  2. 1.8 2km W of Lakewood, CA
  3. 1.6 3km SE of South Whittier, CA
  4. 1.9 17km SSE of San Pedro, CA
  5. 2.1 4km S of Huntington Beach, CA
  6. 1.9 4km N of Fountain Valley, CA
  7. 2.3 10km SSW of Valencia, CA
  8. 1.8 10km SSW of Valencia, CA
  9. 1.6 10km SSW of Valencia, CA
  10. 1.7 5km WNW of Huntington Beach, CA
  11. 2.3 17km SSE of San Pedro, CA
  12. 1.6 17km SSE of San Pedro, CA
  13. 1.6 0km SSE of Baldwin Hills, CA
  14. 1.8 6km WSW of Malibu, CA
  15. 1.5 4km ENE of Hawthorne, 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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