M1.5 earthquake 1km SW of Bell, CA

Magnitude

1.5 (mh), micro

Local time

Wed, Aug 12, 1981, 1:09 PM PDT

UTC

1981-08-12 20:09:32 UTC

Depth

4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.971° N, 118.196° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.3 km horizontally, 21.2 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

168°

Stations used

9

• Bell, CaliforniaPopulation 36,205. Forecast1 kmSW
• East Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 126,496. Forecast6 kmSSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast10 kmSSE

After

1. 1.824km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 5, 2:09 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
2. 2.417km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 5, 2:21 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
3. 1.821km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 5, 2:22 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
4. 2.021km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 5, 2:36 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
5. 1.723km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 5, 2:57 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
6. 1.91km WNW of Buena Park, CASat, Sep 5, 3:35 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
7. 1.918km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 5, 6:54 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
8. 1.818km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 5, 7:59 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
9. 1.818km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 5, 11:18 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
10. 2.120km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 5, 11:20 PM PDT · 16453 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
11. 3.627km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 2:17 AM PDT · 16453 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
12. 1.724km SSE of Malibu, CASun, Sep 6, 2:27 AM PDT · 16453 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
13. 2.019km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 2:30 AM PDT · 16453 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
14. 2.423km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 2:49 AM PDT · 16453 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
15. 2.03km ENE of Colton, CASun, Sep 6, 4:23 AM PDT · 16452 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
16. 1.620km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 4:23 AM PDT · 16452 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
17. 2.232km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 5:20 AM PDT · 16452 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
18. 2.022km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 6:41 AM PDT · 16452 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
19. 3.023km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 11:30 AM PDT · 16452 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
20. 1.822km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 2:58 PM PDT · 16452 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
21. 1.926km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 8:46 PM PDT · 16452 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
22. 1.530km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 5:43 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
23. 1.835km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 5:44 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
24. 2.221km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 8:21 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
25. 1.720km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 9:19 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
26. 1.624km E of Avalon, CAMon, Sep 7, 9:37 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
27. 1.918km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 11:58 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
28. 1.924km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 12:10 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
29. 2.220km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 12:42 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
30. 1.721km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 6:22 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
31. 1.923km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 9:25 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
32. 1.819km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 10:27 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
33. 2.131km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 3:30 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
34. 2.719km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 3:36 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
35. 1.829km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 4:33 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
36. 2.64km SSE of Loma Linda, CATue, Sep 8, 6:20 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
37. 1.724km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 8:43 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
38. 1.820km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 1:08 PM PDT · 16450 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
39. 1.720km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 9:30 PM PDT · 16450 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
40. 1.622km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 11:24 PM PDT · 16450 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
41. 1.623km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 11:26 PM PDT · 16450 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
42. 2.714km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 11:33 PM PDT · 16450 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
43. 1.726km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 2:25 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
44. 1.811km NW of Lake Los Angeles, CAWed, Sep 9, 8:05 AM PDT · 16449 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
45. 1.720km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 12:57 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
46. 1.620km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 4:36 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
47. 1.818km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 5:50 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
48. 2.118km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 6:53 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
49. 2.222km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 6:58 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
50. 3.123km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 10:45 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
51. 1.53km NNE of Claremont, CAWed, Sep 9, 11:44 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
52. 2.325km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 1:54 AM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
53. 2.333km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 2:44 AM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
54. 2.617km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 6:56 AM PDT · 16448 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
55. 2.922km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 11:08 AM PDT · 16448 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
56. 2.53km NNE of Lytle Creek, CAThu, Sep 10, 2:19 PM PDT · 16448 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
57. 1.822km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 8:10 PM PDT · 16448 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
58. 1.931km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 8:30 PM PDT · 16448 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
59. 1.620km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 11:50 PM PDT · 16448 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
60. 2.330km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 11, 2:58 AM PDT · 16448 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci521004. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.