Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.2ml
11km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 20 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1665 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 52 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 290,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 52 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 34.3695, -118.3205. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 20 km (12 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 75 km (46 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Orange County, CA | 92 km (57 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Kern County, CA | 115 km (71 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 6km ESE of Piru, CA
- 1.5 6km SSE of Pearblossom, CA
- 2.6 1km NE of Canoga Park, CA
- 1.7 8km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA
- 2.0 5km SSE of Piru, CA
- 1.8 2km WNW of Glendora, CA
- 1.6 2km ENE of Granada Hills, CA
- 1.5 3km SSE of Castaic, CA
- 1.7 7km SW of Pearblossom, CA
- 1.6 4km SSW of Llano, CA
- 3.3 4km SSW of Llano, CA
- 1.6 6km SW of Pearblossom, CA
- 1.8 2km ESE of Chatsworth, CA
- 1.7 6km W of Marina del Rey, CA
- 1.9 3km S of Duarte, 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 4.5 on 2020-09-19 — it released about 3,700 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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