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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Inglewood, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Inglewood in the 24 hours to 5:27 am PST (13:27 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 4 km (3 mi) NNW, at 5:53 pm PST on 10 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Inglewood
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded in Inglewood, CA, at 2:42 am PST on 13 December 2024 (10:42 UTC), 7.0 km deep.
USGS: 1 km SE of Inglewood, CA
10 km (6 mi) SE of Los Angeles, CA · in Inglewood, CA
- When
- 2:42 am PST on 13 December 2024 ()
- Where
- in Inglewood, CA · earthquakes near Inglewood
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 28 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Newport-Inglewood-Rose Canyon fault, under 1 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 699 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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Inglewood in town, intensity II · Westmont 4 km, intensity II · Hawthorne 4 km, intensity II · Lawndale 7 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 4.7 on 2024-09-12 — about 66,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 18 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 34 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 48 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 27 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 38 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 48 km NE 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 33.9525, -118.3412. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 28 km (17 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 61 km (38 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Ventura County, CA | 86 km (53 mi) | WNW | 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.
- 2.0 25 km S of Malibu, CA
- 1.9 26 km SSE of Malibu, CA
- 2.0 27 km S of Malibu, CA
- 2.0 27 km SSE of Malibu, CA
- 3.4 28 km SSE of Malibu, CA
- 3.1 27 km SSE of Malibu, CA
- 1.7 2 km N of Universal City, CA
- 1.6 4 km SE of Rowland Heights, CA
- 1.6 2 km NNW of Universal City, CA
- 1.6 1 km NE of Sherman Oaks, CA
- 2.1 1 km N of Manhattan Beach, CA
- 1.6 2 km NW of Universal City, CA
- 1.7 3 km E of Placentia, CA
- 1.9 2 km E of Placentia, CA
- 1.6 3 km S of Brea, 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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