Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.1ml
Earthquake near Pine Mountain Club, CA
USGS: 24 km SW of Pine Mountain Club, CA
48 km (30 mi) NE of Santa Barbara, CA · 116 km (72 mi) NW of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 8:39 am PDT on 30 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 24 km (15 mi) SW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · earthquakes near Pine Mountain Club
- Magnitude
- M 1.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ventura County, 45 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 21 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 2 days ago
A magnitude 1.1 earthquake was recorded 24 km (15 mi) SW of Pine Mountain Club, CA, at 8:39 am PDT on 30 September 2026 (15:39 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 10,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 660× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.1 about 1.4 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 5.2 on 2024-08-07 — about 1,400,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 14 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.5 The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake · 43 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Tejon Pass, California · 47 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.8 13km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 39 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.5 Southwest of Tejon Pass, California · 33 km E of this epicentre
- 5.5 10 km NE of Toro Canyon, California · 27 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 34.7147, -119.3580. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 65 km (41 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Santa Barbara County |
| Kern County, CA | 91 km (56 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | NW | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
2 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| review status | automatic | reviewed | |
| location | 25 km SW of Pine Mountain Club, CA | 24 km SW of Pine Mountain Club, CA | |
| longitude | -119.37 | -119.36 | |
| latitude | 34.72 | 34.71 | |
| depth | 10.56 | 12.63 | |
| magnitude | 1.18 | 1.12 |
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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