M2.6 earthquake 7km W of El Segundo, CA
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 7km W of El Segundo, CA on Sun, Nov 28, 1976, 4:40 PM PST (00:40 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 11km ESE of Piru, 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
- 1976-11-29 00:40:02 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.909° N, 118.494° 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.
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.812km NNE of Bradbury, CA · 18202 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.42km WSW of Silver Lake, CA · 18200 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.624km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 18199 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.410km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 18194 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.43km SW of Westminster, CA · 18193 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.09km WSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 18193 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.410km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 18190 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.29km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 18190 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.810km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 18190 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.310km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 18188 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.36km SW of Pearblossum, CA · 18188 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.16km SW of Pearblossum, CA · 18188 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.318km W of Malibu, CA · 18187 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.718km W of Malibu, CA · 18187 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.618km W of Malibu, CA · 18187 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.010km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 18187 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.63km NNW of Valencia, CA · 18186 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.41km ESE of Rowland Heights, CA · 18184 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.13km NNW of Fontana, CA · 18183 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.227km S of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 18183 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.86km NE of Lake View Terrace, CA · 18180 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.211km SE of Malibu, CA · 18178 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.61km S of South Pasadena, CA · 18176 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.46km SW of Pearblossum, CA · 18174 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.38km W of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 18172 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.63km WNW of Lytle Creek, CA · 18171 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.13km S of Calabasas, CA · 18170 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.14km NNE of Walnut, CA · 18170 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.97km SW of Pearblossum, CA · 18169 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.512km NNE of Simi Valley, CA · 18169 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.05km N of Fontana, CA · 18169 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.66km NW of Granada Hills, CA · 18167 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.511km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 18166 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.212km NE of Simi Valley, CA · 18165 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.814km WSW of Malibu, CA · 18165 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.04km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 18159 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.813km WNW of Malibu, CA · 18158 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.58km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 18157 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.85km SW of Pearblossum, CA · 18156 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.116km SSE of Carpinteria, CA · 18155 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.05km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 18155 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.712km S of Las Flores, CA · 18154 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.411km ESE of Piru, CA · 18153 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.211km ESE of Piru, CA · 18153 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.511km NNE of Simi Valley, CA · 18153 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.312km ESE of Piru, CA · 18153 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.111km NNE of Simi Valley, CA · 18153 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.712km ESE of Piru, CA · 18153 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.82km SSW of Malibu, CA · 18152 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.15km E of Malibu, CA · 18151 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.617km S of Carpinteria, CA · 18151 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.813km N of Fillmore, CA · 18150 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.612km ESE of Piru, CA · 18148 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.610km ESE of Piru, CA · 18147 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.312km SW of Valencia, CA · 18147 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.010km WSW of Malibu, CA · 18147 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.14km NW of Pacoima, CA · 18146 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.93km NNE of San Juan Capistrano, CA · 18146 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.04km SSW of Ladera Ranch, CA · 18146 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.82km E of Compton, CA · 18146 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 65.
Before
- 2.38km SSW of Malibu, CA · 18204 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.01km E of Compton, CA · 18206 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.720km SSW of San Pedro, CA · 18207 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.98km WNW of Castaic, CA · 18208 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.810km S of Las Flores, CA · 18208 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.210km S of Las Flores, CA · 18208 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.418km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 18209 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.920km S of Port Hueneme, CA · 18210 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.34km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 18213 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.35km N of Fontana, CA · 18213 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.112km NNE of Simi Valley, CA · 18213 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.016km NNE of Ojai, CA · 18214 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.73km E of Lennox, CA · 18216 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.95km N of Fontana, CA · 18217 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.026km SSE of Malibu, CA · 18223 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.66km W of Lake Hughes, CA · 18224 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.92km ESE of Paramount, CA · 18224 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.412km ESE of Piru, CA · 18225 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.712km ESE of Piru, CA · 18227 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.11km SSW of Gardena, CA · 18227 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci152321. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.