M2.0 earthquake 4km NNW of Pacoima, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 4km NNW of Pacoima, CA on Fri, Oct 15, 1982, 12:41 PM PDT (19:41 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 21km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-10-15 19:41:56 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.316° N, 118.452° 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
- 110°
- 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: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.821km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16047 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.85km NW of Ventura, CA · 16046 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.37km SSW of San Pedro, CA · 16045 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.63km WSW of Rossmoor, CA · 16045 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.513km W of Malibu, CA · 16044 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.715km NW of Grapevine, CA · 16044 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.69km W of Malibu, CA · 16044 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.16km SE of Carson, CA · 16041 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.24km W of Signal Hill, CA · 16040 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.13km SW of Castaic, CA · 16040 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.68km SSW of Port Hueneme, CA · 16039 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.69km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 16038 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.210km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 16038 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.99km NNE of Grapevine, CA · 16037 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.22km WSW of Willowbrook, CA · 16036 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.70km SSE of Compton, CA · 16036 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.411km W of Ventura, CA · 16032 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.46km SE of Tehachapi, CA · 16031 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.97km ENE of Villa Park, CA · 16029 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.810km SW of Valencia, CA · 16028 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.42km ENE of Fullerton, CA · 16028 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.411km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 16027 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.65km W of Signal Hill, CA · 16026 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.22km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 16025 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.38km SSW of Lytle Creek, CA · 16025 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.84km W of Devore, CA · 16024 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.123km NE of Lake Los Angeles, CA · 16024 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.54km SSE of Long Beach, CA · 16023 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.88km WSW of Corona, CA · 16023 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.510km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16022 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.55km NW of Corona, CA · 16022 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.412km W of Malibu, CA · 16021 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.44km E of Malibu, CA · 16020 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.31km WSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16020 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.91km NE of Lakewood, CA · 16019 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.823km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 16019 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.422km ESE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 16019 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.97km SSW of Littlerock, CA · 16015 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.415km N of Castaic, CA · 16014 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.44km SW of Signal Hill, CA · 16014 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.43km N of Diamond Bar, CA · 16012 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.21km WNW of West Hills, CA · 16011 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.11km NE of Highland Park, CA · 16009 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.04km SW of Norco, CA · 16009 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.415km W of Malibu, CA · 16007 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.528km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16007 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.619km WSW of Ventura, CA · 16006 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.93km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 16006 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.518km NNE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 16006 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.923km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16005 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.520km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16004 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.94km NE of La Verne, CA · 16003 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.92km S of Littlerock, CA · 16003 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.523km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16001 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.322km S of San Pedro, CA · 16001 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.62km ESE of Inglewood, CA · 15999 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.417km N of Santa Paula, CA · 15998 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.44km WNW of Inglewood, CA · 15997 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.13km SW of Willowbrook, CA · 15996 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.43km ENE of Brea, CA · 15996 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 66.
Before
- 3.30km NNE of West Hills, CA · 16048 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.711km W of Corona, CA · 16049 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.61km SE of West Hills, CA · 16050 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.08km WSW of Pinon Hills, CA · 16050 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.98km WSW of Pinon Hills, CA · 16050 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.613km N of Bradbury, CA · 16050 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.68km WSW of Pinon Hills, CA · 16051 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.94km S of Charter Oak, CA · 16051 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.04km NW of Diamond Bar, CA · 16051 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.71km ENE of Walnut, CA · 16051 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.94km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 16052 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.64km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 16052 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.412km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 16052 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.64km WNW of Fontana, CA · 16052 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.516km WNW of Malibu, CA · 16054 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.94km N of Lake View Terrace, CA · 16056 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.33km NE of Granada Hills, CA · 16057 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.24km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16058 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.43km WSW of Malibu, CA · 16058 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.419km SE of Port Hueneme, CA · 16058 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
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