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M 2.3ml
Earthquake near Hawthorne, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Hawthorne in the 24 hours to 6:31 am PST (14:31 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 6 km (4 mi) ESE, at 2:31 pm PDT on 31 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Hawthorne
This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Hawthorne, CA, at 12:40 pm PDT on 10 September 2026 (19:40 UTC), 19 km deep.
USGS: 3 km ENE of Hawthorne, CA
13 km (8 mi) SE of Los Angeles, CA · in Hawthorne, CA
- When
- 12:40 pm PDT on 10 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Hawthorne, CA · earthquakes near Hawthorne
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 19 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 31 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Newport-Inglewood-Rose Canyon fault, under 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 62 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 2 km (1 mi) from the epicentre. In Hawthorne, 3 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: West Athens, Westmont, Lennox, Alondra Park, Gardena, Del Aire.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 79 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 190,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 79 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 4,500 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 17 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 38 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.4 The 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake · 44 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 27 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 42 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.8 The 1991 Sierra Madre, California Earthquake · 49 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 33.9252, -118.3225. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 31 km (19 mi) | N | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 58 km (36 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Ventura County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 14 km W of Manhattan Beach, CA
- 1.2 4 km SSW of Yorba Linda, CA
- 1.5 3 km SSW of Encino, CA
- 0.5 5 km ENE of Los Angeles, CA
- 1.4 4 km SSW of Westwood, CA
- 3.2 2 km SW of Signal Hill, CA
- 1.4 11 km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA
- 1.5 3 km NW of Baldwin Park, CA
- 1.3 5 km NNW of West Hills, CA
- 0.7 1 km NNW of South Pasadena, CA
- 1.2 1 km WSW of Pico Rivera, CA
- 0.9 0 km SW of Charter Oak, CA
- 0.9 3 km NE of Montebello, CA
- 1.3 3 km ENE of Sunland, CA
- 0.9 1 km SSW of Pasadena, 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
- 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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