M2.0 earthquake 2km NE of Paramount, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 2km NE of Paramount, CA on Mon, Oct 2, 1933, 2:25 AM GMT-8 (10:25 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 1km SSE of Bell Gardens, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1933-10-02 10:25:18 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.902° N, 118.142° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 31.5 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 343°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 2
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.61km NNW of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.45km NW of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.22km SE of Redondo Beach, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.62km WNW of Bellflower, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.33km WSW of Downey, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.12km NE of Hermosa Beach, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.93km SW of Paramount, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.16km WSW of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.93km NNW of Paramount, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.61km W of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.91km SW of Westminster, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.82km E of Downey, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.33km SW of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.14km WNW of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.54km WNW of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.310km S of Avalon, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.45km NW of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.55km WSW of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.41km NNW of Rolling Hills, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.01km ENE of Torrance, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.22km ENE of Lomita, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.03km N of Signal Hill, CA · 33965 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.80km ESE of Pico Rivera, CA · 33965 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.83km W of Signal Hill, CA · 33965 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.46km WSW of Signal Hill, CA · 33965 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.81km S of Long Beach, CA · 33965 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.13km E of Long Beach, CA · 33965 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.716km SSW of Edwards Air Force Base, CA · 33965 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.63km SSE of Lomita, CA · 33965 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.02km SE of Long Beach, CA · 33964 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.52km S of Lakewood, CA · 33964 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.52km S of Redondo Beach, CA · 33964 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.20km NNW of Palos Verdes Estates, CA · 33964 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.73km SSW of Marina del Rey, CA · 33964 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.21km SSW of Culver City, CA · 33964 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.34km SE of Woodland Hills, CA · 33964 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.53km SE of Gardena, CA · 33964 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.81km W of Paramount, CA · 33963 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.93km E of Long Beach, CA · 33963 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.02km SW of Carson, CA · 33963 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.94km SSW of Redlands, CA · 33963 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.21km NW of Signal Hill, CA · 33963 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.52km E of Lomita, CA · 33963 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.01km NE of Carson, CA · 33963 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.91km S of Arcadia, CA · 33962 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.73km NE of Torrance, CA · 33962 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.92km SSW of Signal Hill, CA · 33962 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.05km E of Carson, CA · 33962 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.82km SE of Carson, CA · 33962 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.67km SSW of Avalon, CA · 33962 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.73km NNE of Carson, CA · 33962 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.72km SSE of Lawndale, CA · 33962 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.95km WNW of Signal Hill, CA · 33962 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.25km SW of Signal Hill, CA · 33961 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.21km NNW of Long Beach, CA · 33961 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.03km SSW of Signal Hill, CA · 33961 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.92km NE of Rialto, CA · 33960 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.61km SE of Rolling Hills, CA · 33960 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.710km SSW of San Pedro, CA · 33959 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.85km W of Good Hope, CA · 33959 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 150.
Before
- 2.54km SW of Paramount, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.52km SSW of Lawndale, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.92km ESE of Lynwood, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.55km SW of Paramount, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.12km N of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.71km N of Paramount, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.02km SSE of Bell Gardens, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.94km S of Compton, CA · 33966 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.02km NNE of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.62km NE of Long Beach, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.81km SE of Lakewood, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.43km N of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.83km NW of San Pedro, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.03km W of Seal Beach, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.75km E of Carson, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.82km N of Signal Hill, CA · 33966 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.35km SSW of San Joaquin Hills, CA · 33969 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.62km SW of Lakewood, CA · 33969 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.08km WSW of Laguna Beach, CA · 33970 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.810km SW of Laguna Beach, CA · 33970 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3361396. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:48 AM UTC.