M2.6 earthquake 8km WSW of Devore, CA
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8km WSW of Devore, CA on Tue, Apr 4, 1961, 4:00 PM GMT-8 (00:00 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 0km NE of Pico Rivera, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1961-04-05 00:00:20 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.185° N, 117.478° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.80km NE of Pico Rivera, CA · 23906 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.93km WNW of Ontario, CA · 23882 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.77km NNE of Running Springs, CA · 23881 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.18km NW of Granada Hills, CA · 23879 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.74km SSE of Running Springs, CA · 23867 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.635km ENE of Big Bear City, CA · 23862 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.94km S of MacArthur Park, CA · 23860 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.67km S of Running Springs, CA · 23857 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.02km E of Calimesa, CA · 23857 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3344891. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC.