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M 3.8mw
Earthquake near Los Angeles, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Los Angeles in the 24 hours to 3:43 pm PST (23:43 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 30 km (19 mi) S, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Los Angeles
This page: a magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Los Angeles, CA, at 10:13 pm PST on 2 March 2025 (06:13 UTC), 16 km deep. 10,512 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 2 km ESE of North Hollywood, CA
17 km (10 mi) NNE of Los Angeles, CA · in Burbank, CA
- When
- 10:13 pm PST on 2 March 2025 ()
- Where
- 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Los Angeles, CA · earthquakes near Los Angeles
- Magnitude
- M 3.8 (mw)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- 10,512 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 9 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Verdugo fault, 5 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 138 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 81 km (50 mi) from the epicentre. In Los Angeles, 16 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Burbank 5 km, intensity III · Glendale 9 km, intensity III · Los Angeles 16 km, intensity III · Pasadena 19 km, intensity III · South Pasadena 19 km, intensity III · Santa Monica 20 km, intensity III · Altadena 21 km, intensity III · Alhambra 22 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 22,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.8 about 7.6 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 16× more
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 23 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 25 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 18 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 28 km N of this epicentre
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 28 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 18 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 28 km N 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 34.1615, -118.3533. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 9 km (6 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 75 km (47 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Orange County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
22 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 1 km N of Universal City, CA
- 2.1 8 km SE of Malibu, CA
- 1.8 1 km NE of Sherman Oaks, CA
- 1.6 7 km S of Las Flores, CA
- 1.8 3 km SSE of Cudahy, CA
- 2.0 1 km E of Palos Verdes Estates, CA
- 1.6 1 km NW of Rolling Hills Estates, CA
- 1.8 3 km NE of Vincent, 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
- 1.8 2 km N of Universal City, 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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