M2.4 earthquake 2km ENE of Compton, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 2km ENE of Compton, CA on Tue, Apr 15, 2003, 10:14 PM PDT (05:14 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 9km SSW of Newport 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-16 05:14:13 UTC
- Depth
- 13.6 km (8.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.902° N, 118.202° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.67km SSE of Piru, CA · 8572 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.73km WSW of Willowbrook, California · 8570 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.51km ENE of Loma Linda, CA · 8570 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.610km NE of Simi Valley, CA · 8569 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.03km S of Fountain Valley, CA · 8569 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.92km E of Granada Hills, CA · 8569 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.88km WNW of Palos Verdes Estates, California · 8568 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.621km SSW of Seal Beach, California · 8568 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.51km NW of El Segundo, CA · 8566 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.74km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 8564 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.78km SW of Calimesa, CA · 8563 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.92km SW of San Bernardino, CA · 8562 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.80km S of El Monte, CA · 8562 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.63km SSE of Redlands, CA · 8562 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.61km S of El Monte, CA · 8562 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.72km SW of Loma Linda, CA · 8561 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.72km WNW of North Hollywood, CA · 8560 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.96km SSW of Devore, CA · 8558 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.84km WNW of Van Nuys, CA · 8558 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.54km NNE of Walnut, CA · 8557 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.74km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 8557 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.45km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 8557 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.112km NE of Simi Valley, CA · 8556 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.62km S of Loma Linda, California · 8555 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.52km ENE of Culver City, CA · 8552 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.57km SW of Lytle Creek, California · 8552 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.71km SSW of Loma Linda, CA · 8552 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.87km NNW of Mira Loma, CA · 8550 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.83km NE of Colton, CA · 8550 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.93km W of Costa Mesa, CA · 8550 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.71km ENE of Granada Hills, CA · 8549 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.70km SSW of Malibu, CA · 8548 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.814km SW of Marina del Rey, CA · 8548 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.76km ENE of Oxnard, CA · 8548 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.311km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 8547 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.511km W of El Segundo, California · 8546 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.65km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 8546 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.62km E of Loma Linda, CA · 8546 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.04km S of Charter Oak, CA · 8546 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.70km NNW of Loma Linda, CA · 8546 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.54km NNE of Walnut, CA · 8545 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.010km WSW of Malibu, CA · 8541 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.80km NE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 8541 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.64km S of Charter Oak, CA · 8541 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.921km SE of Port Hueneme, California · 8541 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.92km SSW of San Bernardino, CA · 8540 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.54km S of Loma Linda, California · 8539 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.02km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA · 8538 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.52km S of Loma Linda, California · 8537 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.51km N of San Gabriel, CA · 8537 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.54km SSW of Valencia, CA · 8535 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.710km SSW of Corona, CA · 8535 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.64km SSE of Redlands, CA · 8534 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.64km SSE of Redlands, California · 8534 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.96km SSW of Valencia, CA · 8532 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.61km NE of Muscoy, CA · 8532 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.65km E of Agoura Hills, CA · 8531 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.15km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 8531 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.63km N of Moreno Valley, California · 8531 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.52km ENE of Grand Terrace, California · 8531 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
The first 60 of 95.
Before
- 1.59km SW of Corona, CA · 8573 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.82km SE of Paramount, CA · 8574 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.82km WSW of Loma Linda, CA · 8575 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.01km NNE of Compton, CA · 8575 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.21km NNW of Compton, CA · 8575 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.10km NE of Compton, CA · 8575 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 526
- 1.56km SSW of Redlands, CA · 8575 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.912km NW of Fillmore, CA · 8575 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.63km SSW of Loma Linda, CA · 8576 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.86km SW of Valencia, CA · 8576 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.61km NNE of Colton, CA · 8578 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.710km WSW of Corona, CA · 8581 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.73km SSW of Culver City, CA · 8582 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.61km ENE of Baldwin Hills, CA · 8582 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.52km W of San Fernando, CA · 8582 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.86km S of Encino, CA · 8583 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.06km NNE of Claremont, CA · 8583 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.76km S of Encino, CA · 8584 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.74km N of Moreno Valley, CA · 8584 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.80km SW of Loma Linda, California · 8585 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
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