M2.4 earthquake 15km W of Malibu, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 15km W of Malibu, CA on Thu, Nov 25, 1982, 12:47 AM PST (08:47 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 5km S 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
- 1982-11-25 08:47:37 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.986° N, 118.974° 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
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 252°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.528km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16015 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.619km WSW of Ventura, CA · 16014 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.93km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 16014 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.518km NNE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 16014 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.923km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16013 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.520km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16012 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.523km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16010 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.322km S of San Pedro, CA · 16009 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.117km SW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16008 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.315km SSW of Carpinteria, CA · 16008 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.717km SW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16008 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.913km SSW of Carpinteria, CA · 16008 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.62km ESE of Inglewood, CA · 16007 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.417km N of Santa Paula, CA · 16006 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.917km SSW of Carpinteria, CA · 16006 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.44km WNW of Inglewood, CA · 16005 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.13km SW of Willowbrook, CA · 16004 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.99km NNE of Bradbury, CA · 16004 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.515km W of Manhattan Beach, CA · 16002 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.59km S of Las Flores, CA · 16002 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.214km SSW of Gorman, CA · 15999 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.84km SE of Seal Beach, CA · 15998 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.75km SE of Seal Beach, CA · 15997 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.316km SSW of San Pedro, CA · 15996 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.58km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 15995 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.716km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 15987 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.72km WSW of Carpinteria, CA · 15984 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.37km NNW of Pacoima, CA · 15983 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.814km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 15983 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.824km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 15982 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.726km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 15982 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.65km S of Malibu, CA · 15981 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.26km SSW of Malibu, CA · 15981 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.05km SSW of Malibu, CA · 15981 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.610km N of Santa Paula, CA · 15980 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.96km S of Malibu, CA · 15980 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.78km SSW of Malibu, CA · 15979 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.28km S of Malibu, CA · 15979 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.82km SSW of Lawndale, CA · 15979 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.61km ENE of South Gate, CA · 15978 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.612km NNE of Piru, CA · 15976 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.518km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 15976 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.67km NE of Santa Paula, CA · 15973 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.216km W of Malibu, CA · 15972 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.96km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15970 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.08km ESE of Malibu, CA · 15970 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.05km E of Malibu, CA · 15969 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.36km SW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15969 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.86km SW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15969 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.53km S of Frazier Park, CA · 15968 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.83km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 15968 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.93km SE of Frazier Park, CA · 15968 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.63km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 15968 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.110km SW of Ojai, CA · 15968 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.40km SW of West Hills, CA · 15967 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.519km S of Camarillo, CA · 15967 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.56km WNW of Granada Hills, CA · 15961 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.615km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA · 15960 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.55km NNE of Malibu, CA · 15957 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 2.11km NE of Highland Park, CA · 16017 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.21km WNW of West Hills, CA · 16019 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.44km SW of Signal Hill, CA · 16022 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.415km N of Castaic, CA · 16022 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.422km ESE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 16027 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.823km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 16027 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.91km NE of Lakewood, CA · 16027 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.31km WSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16028 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.44km E of Malibu, CA · 16029 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.412km W of Malibu, CA · 16029 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.510km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16030 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.54km SSE of Long Beach, CA · 16031 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.22km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 16033 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.65km W of Signal Hill, CA · 16034 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.59km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA · 16035 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.42km ENE of Fullerton, CA · 16036 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.810km SW of Valencia, CA · 16036 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.411km W of Ventura, CA · 16041 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.70km SSE of Compton, CA · 16044 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.22km WSW of Willowbrook, CA · 16044 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
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