M1.9 earthquake 3km S of Carson, CA

Magnitude

1.9 (mh), micro

Local time

Thu, Feb 8, 1934, 9:58 PM GMT-8

UTC

1934-02-09 05:58:48 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.807° N, 118.277° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

308°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

0

• West Carson, CaliforniaPopulation 21,699. Forecast2 kmSE
• Torrance, CaliforniaPopulation 143,592. Forecast7 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast27 kmS

After

1. 2.817km NNE of Avalon, CASat, Feb 10, 2:52 AM GMT-8 · 33828 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
2. 2.84km E of Ontario, CASun, Feb 11, 1:04 PM GMT-8 · 33826 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
3. 2.43km SW of Calabasas, CASun, Feb 11, 8:28 PM GMT-8 · 33826 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
4. 2.17km E of Ontario, CAMon, Feb 12, 4:06 PM GMT-8 · 33825 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
5. 1.59km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CATue, Feb 13, 6:07 PM GMT-8 · 33824 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
6. 2.97km ENE of North Tustin, CAWed, Feb 14, 9:42 AM GMT-8 · 33823 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
7. 2.22km WNW of Garden Grove, CAWed, Feb 14, 1:57 PM GMT-8 · 33823 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
8. 2.11km NNE of Rossmoor, CAWed, Feb 14, 10:03 PM GMT-8 · 33823 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
9. 2.515km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Feb 15, 2:14 PM GMT-8 · 33822 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
10. 2.61km ENE of Lomita, CASat, Feb 17, 6:49 PM GMT-8 · 33820 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
11. 2.25km WSW of Huntington Beach, CAMon, Feb 19, 1:44 AM GMT-8 · 33819 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
12. 2.32km ESE of Fontana, CAMon, Feb 19, 3:59 AM GMT-8 · 33819 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
13. 1.72km SSW of South Whittier, CAMon, Feb 26, 2:39 PM GMT-8 · 33811 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
14. 2.42km SE of Mead Valley, CAMon, Feb 26, 5:17 PM GMT-8 · 33811 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
15. 1.70km SSE of La Puente, CATue, Feb 27, 2:40 PM GMT-8 · 33810 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
16. 2.16km NW of Glen Avon, CATue, Feb 27, 5:34 PM GMT-8 · 33810 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
17. 2.427km SW of Malibu, CAWed, Feb 28, 2:48 PM GMT-8 · 33809 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
18. 2.120km WSW of Dana Point, CASat, Mar 3, 5:48 AM GMT-8 · 33806 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
19. 3.30km WNW of Huntington Beach, CASat, Mar 3, 7:05 AM GMT-8 · 33806 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
20. 1.710km WSW of Newport Beach, CASat, Mar 3, 7:17 AM GMT-8 · 33806 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
21. 2.77km SE of San Pedro, CASat, Mar 3, 12:45 PM GMT-8 · 33806 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
22. 2.32km WSW of Moorpark, CASun, Mar 4, 12:49 AM GMT-8 · 33806 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
23. 2.810km NW of San Clemente Is. (NW tip), CAMon, Mar 5, 2:04 PM GMT-8 · 33804 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
24. 2.32km S of Gardena, CATue, Mar 6, 12:52 AM GMT-8 · 33804 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
25. 2.61km SSW of Marina del Rey, CATue, Mar 6, 1:46 PM GMT-8 · 33803 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
26. 2.216km SW of Laguna Beach, CAThu, Mar 8, 10:13 AM GMT-8 · 33801 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
27. 2.12km SSE of Marina del Rey, CAThu, Mar 8, 12:34 PM GMT-8 · 33801 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
28. 2.24km S of Long Beach, CAFri, Mar 9, 11:42 AM GMT-8 · 33800 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
29. 2.52km ENE of Rolling Hills Estates, CAFri, Mar 9, 9:29 PM GMT-8 · 33800 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
30. 2.88km W of Avalon, CASat, Mar 10, 1:52 AM GMT-8 · 33800 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
31. 3.521km SSE of Malibu, CASat, Mar 10, 3:03 PM GMT-8 · 33799 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
32. 1.89km SSE of Rancho Palos Verdes, CAWed, Mar 14, 7:37 PM GMT-8 · 33795 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
33. 2.610km SSE of San Pedro, CAFri, Mar 16, 4:52 AM GMT-8 · 33793 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
34. 1.89km SSE of San Pedro, CAFri, Mar 16, 4:54 AM GMT-8 · 33793 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
35. 2.41km ESE of Seal Beach, CAFri, Mar 16, 4:55 AM GMT-8 · 33793 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
36. 1.76km WSW of Laguna Beach, CAMon, Mar 19, 4:47 AM GMT-8 · 33790 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
37. 2.51km SSE of Los Alamitos, CASun, Mar 25, 7:55 AM GMT-8 · 33784 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
38. 2.312km SW of Laguna Beach, CAThu, Mar 29, 10:12 AM GMT-8 · 33780 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
39. 1.94km SSW of Aliso Viejo, CASun, Apr 1, 9:52 PM GMT-8 · 33777 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
40. 2.218km W of Manhattan Beach, CAThu, Apr 5, 2:34 PM GMT-8 · 33773 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
41. 3.322km NE of San Clemente Is. (NW tip), CAThu, Apr 5, 7:36 PM GMT-8 · 33773 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
42. 2.48km SSW of San Joaquin Hills, CASat, Apr 7, 4:06 AM GMT-8 · 33771 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
43. 2.32km WNW of Manhattan Beach, CASat, Apr 7, 4:45 PM GMT-8 · 33771 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
44. 2.83km NNW of Santa Ana, CASun, Apr 8, 6:15 AM GMT-8 · 33770 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away

Before

1. 2.321km S of San Pedro, CAThu, Feb 8, 3:43 AM GMT-8 · 33830 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
2. 2.016km SSE of San Pedro, CAWed, Feb 7, 3:59 AM GMT-8 · 33831 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
3. 3.43km NW of Florence-Graham, CASat, Feb 3, 6:20 PM GMT-8 · 33834 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
4. 2.01km W of Upland, CAThu, Feb 1, 10:50 PM GMT-8 · 33836 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
5. 1.93km ESE of San Joaquin Hills, CAWed, Jan 31, 1:57 PM GMT-8 · 33837 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
6. 2.32km ENE of Topanga, CATue, Jan 30, 8:06 PM GMT-8 · 33838 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
7. 2.219km NNE of Avalon, CAMon, Jan 29, 4:15 PM GMT-8 · 33839 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
8. 1.55km NNE of Glendora, CASat, Jan 27, 10:00 PM GMT-8 · 33841 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
9. 2.64km SSE of Westminster, CAFri, Jan 26, 3:08 PM GMT-8 · 33842 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
10. 2.42km NNE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CAFri, Jan 26, 4:21 AM GMT-8 · 33842 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
11. 1.64km W of MacArthur Park, CAFri, Jan 26, 4:01 AM GMT-8 · 33843 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
12. 2.02km NE of Santa Ana, CAThu, Jan 25, 8:31 PM GMT-8 · 33843 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
13. 2.51km N of Inglewood, CAThu, Jan 25, 2:46 PM GMT-8 · 33843 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
14. 1.92km ESE of Lomita, CATue, Jan 23, 3:32 PM GMT-8 · 33845 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
15. 3.82km SE of Seal Beach, CASat, Jan 20, 1:17 PM GMT-8 · 33848 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
16. 4.511 km WSW of Huntington Beach, CaliforniaSat, Jan 20, 1:17 PM GMT-8 · 33848 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
17. 2.14km SE of Huntington Beach, CASat, Jan 20, 2:27 AM GMT-8 · 33849 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
18. 1.72km W of Glendora, CAFri, Jan 19, 10:08 PM GMT-8 · 33849 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
19. 2.33km E of Seal Beach, CAFri, Jan 19, 3:09 PM GMT-8 · 33849 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
20. 2.12km SSW of Santa Ana, CAThu, Jan 18, 8:33 AM GMT-8 · 33850 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3361963. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:31 PM UTC.