M2.4 earthquake 17km WNW of Malibu, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 17km WNW of Malibu, CA on Wed, Jun 16, 1982, 5:37 AM PDT (12:37 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 10km SSW of Malibu Beach, 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
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-06-16 12:37:00 UTC
- Depth
- 12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.049° N, 118.985° 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
- 56°
- 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: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.922km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16181 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.36km SW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16181 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.420km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16180 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.14km NNW of Frazier Park, CA · 16180 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.619km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16180 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.56km SSE of Montecito, CA · 16177 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.37km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 16174 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.59km WSW of Isla Vista, CA · 16174 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.912km N of Sunland, CA · 16173 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.423km NNE of Avalon, CA · 16168 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.212km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 16165 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.910km NE of Sunland, CA · 16165 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.96km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 16163 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.916km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16162 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.222km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16162 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.816km S of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 16162 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.022km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16161 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.07km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16161 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.02km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 16161 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.03km SW of La Mirada, CA · 16159 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.44km SW of El Segundo, CA · 16159 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.419km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16158 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.317km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16157 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.13km WSW of Huntington Beach, CA · 16156 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.03km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 16154 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.322km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16147 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.22km NE of West Hills, CA · 16147 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.415km WNW of Malibu, CA · 16147 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.37km SW of Santa Clarita, CA · 16146 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.31km SE of Lennox, CA · 16146 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.53km E of Ojai, CA · 16146 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.13km S of Frazier Park, CA · 16144 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.421km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16143 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.312km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA · 16142 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.824km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16141 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.52km WNW of Northridge, CA · 16140 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.715km S of Camarillo, CA · 16139 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.410km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16139 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.09km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16139 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.18km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16138 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.417km WNW of Malibu, CA · 16132 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.33km NE of Simi Valley, CA · 16130 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.55km W of Chatsworth, CA · 16128 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.310km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 16125 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.616km NNE of Avalon, CA · 16125 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.711km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA · 16123 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.211km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16123 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.712km SSW of San Pedro, CA · 16123 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.112km SSW of San Pedro, CA · 16122 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 2.223km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16184 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.424km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16184 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.222km SSE of Malibu, CA · 16186 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.110km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 16186 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.122km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16189 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.09km WNW of Frazier Park, CA · 16189 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.526km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16191 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.84km NW of Castaic, CA · 16193 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.621km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16193 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.620km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16195 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.722km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16195 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.26km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA · 16195 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.08km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA · 16196 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.520km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16197 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.08km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16198 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.321km S of San Pedro, CA · 16201 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.33km NNE of Pacoima, CA · 16201 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.714km ESE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16202 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.02km E of Hawaiian Gardens, CA · 16202 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.08km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16203 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
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