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M 2.4ml
Earthquake near Palos Verdes Estates, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Palos Verdes Estates in the 24 hours to 5:00 am PST (13:00 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 19 km (12 mi) E, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Palos Verdes Estates
This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 12 km (8 mi) west of Palos Verdes Estates, CA, at 12:05 am PDT on 5 July 2022 (07:05 UTC), 12 km deep. 8 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 13km W of Palos Verdes Estates, CA
29 km (18 mi) SSW of Los Angeles, CA · 14 km (9 mi) WSW of Redondo Beach, CA
- When
- 12:05 am PDT on 5 July 2022 ()
- Where
- 12 km (8 mi) west of Palos Verdes Estates, CA · earthquakes near Palos Verdes Estates
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- 8 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 52 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Pedro Basin fault, 7 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 1521 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 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Palos Verdes Estates, 12 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: Palos Verdes Estates 12 km, intensity II · Rancho Palos Verdes 13 km, intensity II · Redondo Beach 15 km, intensity II · Manhattan Beach 16 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.1× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 4.3 on 2021-09-18 — about 760 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 48 km N of this epicentre
- 5.3 2 km SSW of Santa Monica, California · 24 km N of this epicentre
- 5.2 1 km SW of Las Flores, California · 30 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.2 13km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 21 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.1 The 1941 Torrance-Gardena, California Earthquakes (Second Event) · 24 km E 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 33.7812, -118.5255. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 52 km (32 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 70 km (44 mi) | E | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Ventura County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | NW | 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 5km WSW of Huntington Beach, CA
- 1.5 2km NNW of Rolling Hills Estates, CA
- 2.1 2km NNW of Rolling Hills Estates, CA
- 1.7 13km WNW of Malibu, CA
- 2.0 12km WNW of Malibu, CA
- 2.8 24km ESE of Santa Barbara Is., CA
- 1.9 15km S of Malibu Beach, CA
- 1.5 15km SE of Malibu, CA
- 1.6 16km SE of Malibu, CA
- 1.6 16km S of Malibu Beach, CA
- 2.8 15km S of Malibu Beach, CA
- 2.9 17km S of Malibu Beach, CA
- 3.6 16km S of Malibu Beach, CA
- 4.2 16km S of Malibu Beach, CA
- 2.3 2km NNE of Sherman Oaks, 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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- 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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