M2.4 earthquake 2km NW of Carson, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 2km NW of Carson, CA on Mon, Sep 1, 1941, 12:01 PM GMT-8 (20:01 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 10km WSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1941-09-01 20:01:34 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.842° N, 118.291° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 267°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 3
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.41km SSW of El Segundo, CA · 31067 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.94km WNW of Seal Beach, CA · 31064 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.12km SE of Fountain Valley, CA · 31053 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.910km WSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 31035 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.03km SSW of MacArthur Park, CA · 31017 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.7The 1941 Torrance-Gardena, California Earthquakes (First Event) · 31017 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.63km SW of Torrance, CA · 31017 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
Before
- 2.84km N of Loma Linda, CA · 31071 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.35km WSW of Devore, CA · 31078 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.922km W of Avalon, CA · 31083 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.21km NNW of Diamond Bar, CA · 31089 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.85km N of San Bernardino, CA · 31091 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3365728. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.