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M 2.5ml
Earthquake near Long Beach, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Long Beach in the 24 hours to 7:49 pm PST (03:49 UTC). The last one was M 2.5, 10 km (6 mi) SSW, at 6:11 pm PST on 12 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 16 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Long Beach
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) south-southwest of Long Beach, CA, at 6:11 pm PST on 12 November 2026 (02:11 UTC), 7.8 km deep. 16 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 8 km SE of San Pedro, CA
13 km (8 mi) SSW of Long Beach, CA · 41 km (26 mi) SSE of Los Angeles, CA
- When
- 6:11 pm PST on 12 November 2026 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) south-southwest of Long Beach, CA · earthquakes near Long Beach
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 16 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Orange County, 42 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Palos Verdes fault, 1 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 26 hours ago
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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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Long Beach, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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: Long Beach 10 km, intensity II · Seal Beach 14 km, intensity II · Signal Hill 15 km, intensity II · Rancho Palos Verdes 16 km, intensity II · Carson 17 km, intensity II · Palos Verdes Estates 20 km, intensity II · Torrance 20 km, intensity II · Lakewood 21 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 190 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 80,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 57,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.1× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 190 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 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 22 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 45 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 2 km SSW of Santa Monica, California · 43 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.3 7km W of Newport Beach, CA · 22 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.2 13km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 49 km WNW 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 33.6808, -118.2338. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | E | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 57 km (36 mi) | N | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Ventura County, CA | 112 km (70 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further 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 | -118.24 | -118.23 | |
| latitude | 33.68 | 33.68 | |
| depth | 7.81 | 7.84 | |
| magnitude | 2.42 | 2.53 | |
| felt reports | 15 | 16 | |
| felt reports | 14 | 15 | |
| felt reports | 13 | 14 | |
| felt reports | 12 | 13 | |
| felt reports | 10 | 12 | |
| reported intensity | 2.8 | 3.3 | |
| felt reports | 5 | 10 |
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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