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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Rancho Palos Verdes in the 24 hours to 3:34 pm PST (23:34 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 19 km (12 mi) ENE, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Rancho Palos Verdes
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 22 km (13 mi) west of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, at 4:41 am PDT on 2 September 2024 (11:41 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 22 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
39 km (24 mi) SSW of Los Angeles, CA · 25 km (16 mi) SW of Redondo Beach, CA
- When
- 4:41 am PDT on 2 September 2024 ()
- Where
- 22 km (13 mi) west of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · earthquakes near Rancho Palos Verdes
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- -0.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 63 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Pedro Basin fault, 4 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 758 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Rancho Palos Verdes, 22 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: Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 35 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 4.6 on 2024-02-09 — about 7,200 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.5 11km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 50 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.3 2 km SSW of Santa Monica, California · 33 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 The 1973 Point Mugu, California Earthquake · 49 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.2 1 km SW of Las Flores, California · 35 km N of this epicentre
- 5.2 13km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 23 km NNW 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 33.7160, -118.6185. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 63 km (39 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 78 km (48 mi) | E | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Ventura County, CA | 86 km (53 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 5 km N of Malibu, CA
- 1.6 6 km N of Malibu, CA
- 1.6 1 km NW of Inglewood, CA
- 1.8 1 km WNW of Lennox, CA
- 2.9 1 km WNW of Lennox, CA
- 3.1 6 km NNE of Malibu, CA
- 1.8 6 km N of Malibu, CA
- 1.9 6 km N of Malibu, CA
- 2.8 6 km N of Malibu, CA
- 1.5 4 km NNE of Malibu, CA
- 2.9 6 km N of Malibu, CA
- 1.6 6 km N of Malibu, CA
- 3.7 6 km N of Malibu, CA
- 2.3 6 km N of Malibu, CA
- 1.9 6 km NNE of Malibu, 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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