California earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 12km SSE of San Pedro, CA

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 12km SSE of San Pedro, CA on Sat, Jul 30, 1949, 1:09 PM GMT-8 (21:09 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 11km S of San Pedro, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1949-07-30 21:09:40 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.641° N, 118.243° W
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 1.6 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
263°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.12km W of Inglewood, CA · 28150 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 3.011km S of San Pedro, CA · 28149 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.93km N of Colton, CA · 28146 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.719km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 28140 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.613km NE of San Clemente Is. (NW tip), CA · 28138 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 3.336km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 28137 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 3.22km NW of Bell Gardens, CA · 28127 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 3.05km SSE of Simi Valley, CA · 28124 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.46km NE of Simi Valley, CA · 28124 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.111km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 28124 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.918km SW of Malibu, CA · 28123 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 2.78km SW of Corona, CA · 28189 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.518km SSW of San Pedro, CA · 28190 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.32km WNW of Irvine, CA · 28194 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.94km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA · 28198 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 3.13km NNW of Colton, CA · 28205 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.33km E of Norwalk, CA · 28206 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.32km SSE of South Whittier, CA · 28206 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.12km SSW of Santa Monica, CA · 28206 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.43km NW of Santa Monica, CA · 28206 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3355607. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:41 AM UTC.