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M 2.8ml

24km ESE of Santa Barbara Is., CA

· 5.8 km deep · released about 530 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Orange County 99 kmLos Angeles County 100 kmVentura County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
5.8 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Orange County, 99 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1261 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 530 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 29,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 20,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 530 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 33.4217, -118.8062. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Orange County, CA 99 km (62 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Orange County
Los Angeles County, CA 100 km (62 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 108 km (67 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Ventura County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 22 km WSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  2. 2.2 22 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  3. 3.2 22 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  4. 2.8 22 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  5. 1.9 25 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  6. 3.1 22 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  7. 2.3 22 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  8. 2.0 22 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  9. 3.1 21 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  10. 1.9 21 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  11. 1.9 21 km S of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  12. 3.1 22 km SSE of Malibu, CA
  13. 2.0 6 km S of Avalon, CA
  14. 2.6 13 km S of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  15. 1.9 7 km S of Rancho Palos Verdes, 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.

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