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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Leona Valley, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Leona Valley in the 24 hours to 3:30 am PST (11:30 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 50 km (31 mi) WSW, at 8:00 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 199 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Leona Valley
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Leona Valley, CA, at 9:51 am PDT on 5 July 2024 (16:51 UTC), 8.7 km deep.
USGS: 6 km SE of Leona Valley, CA
13 km (8 mi) W of Palmdale, CA · 63 km (39 mi) NNE of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 9:51 am PDT on 5 July 2024 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Leona Valley, CA · earthquakes near Leona Valley
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 42 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas 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 858 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Leona Valley, 6 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: Quartz Hill, Desert View Highlands, Agua Dulce, Palmdale, Acton, Vincent.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.4 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 6,500 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 17 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 48 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 21 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 40 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 21 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 21 km SSW 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 34.5722, -118.2470. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | S | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kern County, CA | 97 km (60 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Orange County, CA | 109 km (68 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 3 km NE of Vincent, CA
- 1.7 2 km N of Universal City, CA
- 1.6 2 km NNW of Universal City, CA
- 1.6 1 km NE of Sherman Oaks, CA
- 1.6 2 km NW of Universal City, CA
- 1.8 2 km N of Universal City, CA
- 1.6 7 km NW of Vincent, CA
- 1.7 0 km NNW of Universal City, CA
- 1.7 2 km SE of North Hollywood, CA
- 1.6 2 km NNW of Universal City, CA
- 1.8 2 km NNW of Universal City, CA
- 3.8 2 km ESE of North Hollywood, CA
- 1.8 0 km S of Vincent, CA
- 1.7 6 km E of Palmdale, CA
- 2.2 8 km SSW of Littlerock, 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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