M2.4 earthquake 3km WSW of Malibu, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 3km WSW of Malibu, CA on Tue, Oct 5, 1982, 9:10 AM PDT (16:10 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 16km WNW of Malibu, 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 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-10-05 16:10:10 UTC
- Depth
- 12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.991° N, 118.838° 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
- 115°
- 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: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.24km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16058 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.33km NE of Granada Hills, CA · 16057 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.94km N of Lake View Terrace, CA · 16056 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.516km WNW of Malibu, CA · 16055 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.64km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 16052 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.94km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 16052 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.71km ENE of Walnut, CA · 16052 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.04km NW of Diamond Bar, CA · 16052 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.94km S of Charter Oak, CA · 16052 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.613km N of Bradbury, CA · 16051 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.61km SE of West Hills, CA · 16050 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.30km NNE of West Hills, CA · 16049 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.04km NNW of Pacoima, CA · 16048 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.821km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16047 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.85km NW of Ventura, CA · 16046 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.37km SSW of San Pedro, CA · 16046 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.63km WSW of Rossmoor, CA · 16045 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.822km SSW of Carpinteria, CA · 16045 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.513km W of Malibu, CA · 16045 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.69km W of Malibu, CA · 16044 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.16km SE of Carson, CA · 16041 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.24km W of Signal Hill, CA · 16041 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.13km SW of Castaic, CA · 16040 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.68km SSW of Port Hueneme, CA · 16039 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.210km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 16038 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.22km WSW of Willowbrook, CA · 16037 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.70km SSE of Compton, CA · 16036 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.411km W of Ventura, CA · 16033 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.810km SW of Valencia, CA · 16028 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.42km ENE of Fullerton, CA · 16028 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.59km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA · 16028 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.65km W of Signal Hill, CA · 16027 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.22km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 16025 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.54km SSE of Long Beach, CA · 16023 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.510km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16023 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.412km W of Malibu, CA · 16021 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.44km E of Malibu, CA · 16021 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.31km WSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16020 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.91km NE of Lakewood, CA · 16020 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.823km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 16019 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.422km ESE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 16019 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.97km SSW of Littlerock, CA · 16016 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.415km N of Castaic, CA · 16015 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.44km SW of Signal Hill, CA · 16014 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.43km N of Diamond Bar, CA · 16013 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.21km WNW of West Hills, CA · 16011 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.11km NE of Highland Park, CA · 16009 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.415km W of Malibu, CA · 16008 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.528km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16007 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.619km WSW of Ventura, CA · 16007 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.93km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 16006 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.518km NNE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 16006 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.923km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16005 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.520km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16004 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.92km S of Littlerock, CA · 16003 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.523km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16002 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.322km S of San Pedro, CA · 16002 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.117km SW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16000 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.315km SSW of Carpinteria, CA · 16000 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.717km SW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16000 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 2.419km SE of Port Hueneme, CA · 16058 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.321km NNE of Avalon, CA · 16059 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.020km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16060 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.417km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA · 16060 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.421km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 16062 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.24km SSW of Palmdale, CA · 16064 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.41km SSE of Gorman, CA · 16065 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.620km SSW of Carpinteria, CA · 16067 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.14km NNW of Villa Park, CA · 16067 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.41km NNW of Los Alamitos, CA · 16068 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.16km S of Avalon, CA · 16068 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.215km WNW of Malibu, CA · 16069 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.820km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16071 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.24km ESE of Goleta, CA · 16072 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.97km SSE of Malibu, CA · 16073 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.46km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 16073 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.53km NNE of Granada Hills, CA · 16074 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.23km SSW of San Fernando, CA · 16074 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.34km W of Florence-Graham, CA · 16076 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.14km E of Lennox, CA · 16076 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci510574. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.