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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Los Angeles, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Los Angeles in the 24 hours to 2:59 am PST (10:59 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 1.5 earthquake was recorded 40 km (25 mi) west-northwest of Los Angeles, CA, at 6:22 pm PST on 8 November 2026 (02:22 UTC), 4.6 km deep.
USGS: 1 km SSW of Chatsworth, CA
13 km (8 mi) E of Simi Valley, CA · 31 km (19 mi) NW of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 6:22 pm PST on 8 November 2026 ()
- Where
- 40 km (25 mi) west-northwest of Los Angeles, CA · earthquakes near Los Angeles
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 32 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Simi-Santa Rosa fault, 6 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 3 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Los Angeles, 40 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Hidden Hills, Oak Park, Simi Valley, Stevenson Ranch, Agoura, Topanga.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 4.7 on 2024-09-12 — about 61,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 19 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 7 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 29 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 11 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 29 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 29 km NE 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 34.2463, -118.6063. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 32 km (20 mi) | E | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 50 km (31 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Orange County, CA | 99 km (62 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Orange County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
3 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 | |
| longitude | -118.61 | -118.61 | |
| latitude | 34.25 | 34.25 | |
| depth | 3.26 | 4.56 | |
| magnitude | 1.67 | 1.52 | |
| longitude | -118.61 | -118.61 | |
| latitude | 34.25 | 34.25 | |
| depth | 3.79 | 3.26 | |
| magnitude | 1.68 | 1.67 |
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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