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M 3.3ml

Earthquake near Manhattan Beach, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Manhattan Beach in the 24 hours to 9:15 am PST (17:15 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 24 km (15 mi) ESE, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Manhattan Beach

This page: a magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) west-southwest of Manhattan Beach, CA, at 12:15 pm PDT on 10 June 2025 (19:15 UTC), 10 km deep. 851 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 14 km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA

25 km (16 mi) SSW of Los Angeles, CA · 14 km (9 mi) W of Redondo Beach, CA

12:15 pm PDT, Jun 10, 2025 · · 10 km deep · released about 1.1 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Los Angeles County 49 kmOrange County 74 kmVentura County 80 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
12:15 pm PDT on 10 June 2025 ()
Where
14 km (9 mi) west-southwest of Manhattan Beach, CA · earthquakes near Manhattan Beach
Magnitude
M 3.3 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
851 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 49 km NNE
Nearest mapped fault
San Pedro Basin fault, 9 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 449 days ago

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 48 km (30 mi) from the epicentre. In Manhattan Beach, 14 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: Manhattan Beach 14 km, intensity III · Palos Verdes Estates 15 km, intensity III · Redondo Beach 15 km, intensity III · Rancho Palos Verdes 18 km, intensity III · Torrance 20 km, intensity II · Lawndale 20 km, intensity II · Hawthorne 21 km, intensity II · Santa Monica 22 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1.1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 6,700× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,700× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.3 about 1.1 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.4× 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 160 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 43 km N of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 2 km SSW of Santa Monica, California · 20 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.3 The 1973 Point Mugu, California Earthquake · 49 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 1 km SW of Las Flores, California · 24 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.2 13km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16 km NW 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 33.8272, -118.5517. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Los Angeles County, CA 49 km (30 mi) NNE earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Orange County, CA 74 km (46 mi) ESE earthquakes near Orange County
Ventura County, CA 80 km (50 mi) NW earthquakes near Ventura County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 2 km NNE of Lomita, CA
  2. 2.0 18 km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA
  3. 1.9 11 km WNW of Malibu, CA
  4. 1.7 11 km WNW of Malibu, CA
  5. 1.7 3 km SSE of Malibu, CA
  6. 1.8 17 km WSW of El Segundo, CA
  7. 1.6 5 km SSE of Malibu, CA
  8. 1.7 2 km SW of Los Angeles, CA
  9. 1.7 4 km N of Gardena, CA
  10. 2.1 3 km N of Gardena, CA
  11. 1.5 4 km NNE of Gardena, CA
  12. 1.6 4 km N of Gardena, CA
  13. 2.3 4 km NNE of Gardena, CA
  14. 2.1 4 km NNE of Gardena, CA
  15. 2.0 4 km N of Gardena, 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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