M2.3 earthquake 7km NNW of Pacoima, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 7km NNW of Pacoima, CA on Mon, Dec 27, 1982, 6:16 AM PST (14:16 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 4km N of Fontana, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-12-27 14:16:54 UTC
- Depth
- 3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.345° N, 118.460° 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
- 103°
- 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: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.824km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 15986 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.726km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 15986 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.65km S of Malibu, CA · 15985 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.26km SSW of Malibu, CA · 15985 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.05km SSW of Malibu, CA · 15985 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.610km N of Santa Paula, CA · 15984 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.96km S of Malibu, CA · 15984 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.85km W of Devore, CA · 15983 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.78km SSW of Malibu, CA · 15983 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.28km S of Malibu, CA · 15983 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.82km SSW of Lawndale, CA · 15983 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.61km ENE of South Gate, CA · 15982 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.115km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15980 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.612km NNE of Piru, CA · 15980 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.518km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 15980 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.316km NW of Tehachapi, CA · 15980 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.67km NE of Santa Paula, CA · 15977 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.95km W of Muscoy, CA · 15976 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.216km W of Malibu, CA · 15976 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.64km N of Fontana, CA · 15975 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.04km N of Fontana, CA · 15975 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.64km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.04km N of Fontana, CA · 15975 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.04km N of Fontana, CA · 15975 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.04km N of Fontana, CA · 15975 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.58km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 15975 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.56km E of Villa Park, CA · 15974 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.44km N of Fontana, CA · 15974 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.96km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15974 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.08km ESE of Malibu, CA · 15974 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.05km E of Malibu, CA · 15973 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.36km SW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15973 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.53km ESE of Anaheim, CA · 15973 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.86km SW of Malibu Beach, CA · 15973 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.54km NE of Fontana, CA · 15973 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.94km N of Fontana, CA · 15973 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.53km S of Frazier Park, CA · 15972 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.83km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 15972 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.93km SE of Frazier Park, CA · 15972 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.63km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 15972 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.110km SW of Ojai, CA · 15972 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.14km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15972 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.40km SW of West Hills, CA · 15971 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.519km S of Camarillo, CA · 15971 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.55km S of Devore, CA · 15970 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.512km NW of Grapevine, CA · 15967 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.94km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15966 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.56km WNW of Granada Hills, CA · 15965 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.82km WNW of Devore, CA · 15965 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.93km NW of Devore, CA · 15965 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.94km NNE of Vincent, CA · 15965 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.64km N of Fontana, CA · 15964 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.94km N of Fontana, CA · 15964 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.615km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA · 15964 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.46km N of San Dimas, CA · 15962 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.55km NNE of Malibu, CA · 15961 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.38km ESE of Yorba Linda, CA · 15961 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15959 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.88km W of Castaic, CA · 15959 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.26km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA · 15959 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of 116.
Before
- 1.78km N of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 15987 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.72km WSW of Carpinteria, CA · 15988 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.716km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 15991 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.34km SSW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 15993 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.93km NNE of Fontana, CA · 15994 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.213km NNW of Grapevine, CA · 15995 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.58km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 15999 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.316km SSW of San Pedro, CA · 16000 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.75km SE of Seal Beach, CA · 16001 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.84km SE of Seal Beach, CA · 16002 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.214km SSW of Gorman, CA · 16003 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.59km S of Las Flores, CA · 16006 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.515km W of Manhattan Beach, CA · 16006 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.99km NNE of Bradbury, CA · 16008 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.43km ENE of Brea, CA · 16008 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.13km SW of Willowbrook, CA · 16008 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.44km WNW of Inglewood, CA · 16009 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.417km N of Santa Paula, CA · 16010 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.62km ESE of Inglewood, CA · 16011 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.322km S of San Pedro, CA · 16013 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci500572. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC.