M2.1 earthquake 12km SSW of San Pedro, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 12km SSW of San Pedro, CA on Sat, Aug 14, 1982, 2:58 PM PDT (21:58 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 5km N of Yorba Linda, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-14 21:58:32 UTC
- Depth
- 0.7 km (0.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.633° N, 118.344° 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
- 117°
- 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 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.08km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16120 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.416km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 16119 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.27km ENE of Villa Park, CA · 16119 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.511km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 16118 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.347km ENE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA · 16117 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.31km S of Artesia, CA · 16117 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.938km WNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16115 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.31km N of Long Beach, CA · 16113 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.424km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16113 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.723km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16112 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.97km SSW of Pearblossum, CA · 16112 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.90km SE of Signal Hill, CA · 16111 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.95km W of Fontana, CA · 16110 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.45km N of Avalon, CA · 16109 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.44km N of Yorba Linda, CA · 16109 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.45km N of Yorba Linda, CA · 16109 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.23km WSW of Westwood, CA · 16109 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.12km SSE of Costa Mesa, CA · 16107 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.72km ESE of Ontario, CA · 16107 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.622km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16106 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.914km NNE of Bradbury, CA · 16106 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.49km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 16103 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.512km WSW of Malibu, CA · 16101 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.413km N of Bradbury, CA · 16097 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.28km ENE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16095 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.017km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16095 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.44km ENE of Newport Beach, CA · 16094 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.54km SE of Carson, CA · 16094 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.24km ESE of Carson, CA · 16093 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.79km ESE of Coto De Caza, CA · 16093 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.96km W of Signal Hill, CA · 16093 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.416km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16091 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.520km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16089 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.628km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16089 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.14km E of Lennox, CA · 16088 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.34km W of Florence-Graham, CA · 16088 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.23km SSW of San Fernando, CA · 16086 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.53km NNE of Granada Hills, CA · 16086 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.46km E of Santa Clarita, CA · 16085 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.97km SSE of Malibu, CA · 16085 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.820km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16083 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.09km N of Foothill Ranch, CA · 16082 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.215km WNW of Malibu, CA · 16080 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.16km S of Avalon, CA · 16080 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.41km NNW of Los Alamitos, CA · 16079 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.14km NNW of Villa Park, CA · 16079 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.82km NNW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 16075 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.421km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 16073 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.020km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16071 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.321km NNE of Avalon, CA · 16070 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.419km SE of Port Hueneme, CA · 16070 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.43km WSW of Malibu, CA · 16070 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.24km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16069 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.33km NE of Granada Hills, CA · 16068 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.94km N of Lake View Terrace, CA · 16067 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.516km WNW of Malibu, CA · 16066 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.64km WNW of Fontana, CA · 16063 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.64km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 16063 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.94km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 16063 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.71km ENE of Walnut, CA · 16063 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
The first 60 of 63.
Before
- 2.712km SSW of San Pedro, CA · 16122 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.211km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 16122 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.711km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA · 16122 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.97km SSW of Littlerock, CA · 16123 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.87km SSW of Pearblossum, CA · 16124 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.616km NNE of Avalon, CA · 16124 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.135km SSW of San Clemente, CA · 16124 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.310km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 16125 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.95km NNW of Mira Loma, CA · 16125 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.97km SSW of Pearblossum, CA · 16126 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.84km S of Anaheim, CA · 16126 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.55km W of Chatsworth, CA · 16127 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.09km E of Villa Park, CA · 16128 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.38km NE of North Tustin, CA · 16128 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.650km WSW of Carlsbad, CA · 16130 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.33km NE of Simi Valley, CA · 16130 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.417km WNW of Malibu, CA · 16131 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.522km NE of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA · 16131 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.534km E of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA · 16132 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.66km SE of Ontario, CA · 16132 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci506549. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:19 AM UTC.