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M 0.5ml
Earthquake near South El Monte, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in South El Monte in the 24 hours to 2:59 am PST (10:59 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 32 km (20 mi) SSW, at 12:44 am PDT on 9 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,090 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near South El Monte
This page: a magnitude 0.5 earthquake was recorded in South El Monte, CA, at 1:28 am PST on 6 November 2026 (09:28 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 2 km ENE of South El Monte, CA
in El Monte, CA · 36 km (22 mi) E of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 1:28 am PST on 6 November 2026 ()
- Where
- in South El Monte, CA · earthquakes near South El Monte
- Magnitude
- M 0.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 27 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Raymond fault, 10 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 6 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 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: El Monte, Avocado Heights, Rosemead, North El Monte, West Puente Valley, South San Gabriel.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 0.19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 80,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 57,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5,100× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 0.5 about 0.19 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 1,000,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 15 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 47 km S of this epicentre
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 5 km W of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 49 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 24 km N of this epicentre
- 5.5 The 1990 Upland, California Earthquake · 32 km ENE 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 34.0557, -118.0275. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 27 km (17 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 48 km (30 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Ventura County, CA | 107 km (67 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| San Diego County, CA | 163 km (101 mi) | SE | earthquakes near San Diego County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
9 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.1 1 km SSE of Yorba Linda, CA
- 1.3 3 km SW of Yorba Linda, CA
- 1.6 1 km ESE of Baldwin Hills, CA
- 1.7 2 km E of Granada Hills, CA
- 0.6 3 km SSW of Charter Oak, CA
- 1.5 3 km WNW of Signal Hill, CA
- 1.0 3 km ENE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- 0.8 10 km N of Azusa, CA
- 1.1 2 km NW 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.
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 | 2 km SE of El Monte, CA | 2 km ENE of South El Monte, CA | |
| longitude | -118.02 | -118.03 | |
| latitude | 34.06 | 34.06 | |
| depth | 11.61 | 11.81 | |
| magnitude | 0.67 | 0.53 |
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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