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M 1.3ml

Earthquake near Los Angeles, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Los Angeles in the 24 hours to 11:32 am PST (19:32 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 1.3 earthquake was recorded 24 km (15 mi) north of Los Angeles, CA, at 4:48 am PDT on 3 October 2026 (11:48 UTC), 7.2 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

USGS: 3 km ENE of Sunland, CA

10 km (6 mi) NNE of Burbank, CA · 30 km (19 mi) NNE of Los Angeles, CA

4:48 am PDT, Oct 3, 2026 · · 7.2 km deep · released about 2.8 lb of TNT

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When
4:48 am PDT on 3 October 2026 ()
Where
24 km (15 mi) north of Los Angeles, CA · earthquakes near Los Angeles
Magnitude
M 1.3 (ml)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Los Angeles County, 8 km S
Nearest mapped fault
Sierra Madre fault, 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 40 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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: La Crescenta-Montrose, Burbank, La Cañada Flintridge, Glendale, Altadena, Pasadena.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 5,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 3,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 340× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.3 about 2.8 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 4.5 on 2020-09-19 — about 70,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 22 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 25 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 18 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 29 km SE of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 20 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 18 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 34.2692, -118.2767. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Los Angeles County, CA 8 km (5 mi) S earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Ventura County, CA 79 km (49 mi) W earthquakes near Ventura County
Orange County, CA 80 km (50 mi) SE earthquakes near Orange County
Kern County, CA 127 km (79 mi) NNW earthquakes near Kern County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.8 10 km N of Azusa, CA
  2. 1.4 1 km W of Chatsworth, CA
  3. 2.3 0 km SSE of Chatsworth, CA
  4. 1.4 1 km S of Chatsworth, CA
  5. 1.1 2 km NW of Universal City, CA
  6. 0.5 2 km ENE of South El Monte, CA
  7. 1.3 3 km WNW of La Mirada, CA
  8. 1.1 6 km NNW of Azusa, CA
  9. 1.2 6 km NNE of Azusa, CA
  10. 1.8 2 km SE of Chatsworth, CA
  11. 1.8 2 km ENE of Gardena, CA
  12. 0.9 12 km NNW of Chatsworth, CA
  13. 0.5 6 km N of Altadena, CA
  14. 0.9 3 km S of San Dimas, CA
  15. 1.0 3 km SE of South El Monte, 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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