M1.9 earthquake 6km NW of Pacoima, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6km NW of Pacoima, CA on Tue, Apr 1, 2003, 6:54 PM PST (02:54 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 0km NE of Compton, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-02 02:54:50 UTC
- Depth
- 3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.325° N, 118.478° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.61km S of Yorba Linda, CA · 8585 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.76km S of Encino, CA · 8584 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.06km NNE of Claremont, CA · 8583 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.86km S of Encino, CA · 8583 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.52km W of San Fernando, CA · 8583 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.61km ENE of Baldwin Hills, CA · 8582 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.73km SSW of Culver City, CA · 8582 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.710km WSW of Corona, CA · 8581 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.619km SSW of Port Hueneme, California · 8581 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.514km SE of Tehachapi, CA · 8581 days ago · -1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.86km SW of Valencia, CA · 8576 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.720km NW of Grapevine, California · 8576 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.912km NW of Fillmore, CA · 8575 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.10km NE of Compton, CA · 8575 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 526
- 2.21km NNW of Compton, CA · 8575 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.01km NNE of Compton, CA · 8575 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.82km SE of Paramount, CA · 8575 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.59km SW of Corona, CA · 8574 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.42km ENE of Compton, CA · 8573 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.67km SSE of Piru, CA · 8572 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.73km WSW of Willowbrook, California · 8570 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.610km NE of Simi Valley, CA · 8570 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.03km S of Fountain Valley, CA · 8569 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.92km E of Granada Hills, CA · 8569 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.88km WNW of Palos Verdes Estates, California · 8568 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.621km SSW of Seal Beach, California · 8568 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.51km NW of El Segundo, CA · 8567 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.74km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 8564 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.80km S of El Monte, CA · 8562 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.61km S of El Monte, CA · 8562 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.72km WNW of North Hollywood, CA · 8560 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.96km SSW of Devore, CA · 8558 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.84km WNW of Van Nuys, CA · 8558 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.54km NNE of Walnut, CA · 8557 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.74km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 8557 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.45km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 8557 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.112km NE of Simi Valley, CA · 8556 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.38km E of Ojai, CA · 8553 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.718km NE of Lebec, CA · 8553 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.52km ENE of Culver City, CA · 8552 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.57km SW of Lytle Creek, California · 8552 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.616km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, California · 8552 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.68km NE of Grapevine, California · 8551 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.87km NNW of Mira Loma, CA · 8551 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.93km W of Costa Mesa, CA · 8550 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.71km ENE of Granada Hills, CA · 8550 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.70km SSW of Malibu, CA · 8548 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.814km SW of Marina del Rey, CA · 8548 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.76km ENE of Oxnard, CA · 8548 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.311km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 8548 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.511km W of El Segundo, California · 8547 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.04km S of Charter Oak, CA · 8546 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.54km NNE of Walnut, CA · 8546 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.56km W of Ojai, California · 8545 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.94km SSE of Frazier Park, CA · 8543 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.717km NE of Lake Los Angeles, CA · 8542 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.010km WSW of Malibu, CA · 8541 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.80km NE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 8541 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.64km S of Charter Oak, CA · 8541 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.921km SE of Port Hueneme, California · 8541 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
The first 60 of 76.
Before
- 1.72km E of Granada Hills, CA · 8588 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.52km SSE of San Fernando, CA · 8590 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.96km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 8592 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.24km N of West Hills, CA · 8592 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.93km S of Encino, CA · 8592 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.54km WSW of Fontana, CA · 8593 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.57km W of Muscoy, California · 8595 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.30km SW of Huntington Park, CA · 8596 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.74km ESE of Marina del Rey, CA · 8596 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.29km S of Carpinteria, CA · 8596 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.68km SE of Carpinteria, California · 8597 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.86km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 8598 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.86km SW of Ojai, CA · 8598 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.45km ESE of Ontario, CA · 8600 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.81km SW of Van Nuys, CA · 8601 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.78km N of Chatsworth, CA · 8603 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.54km NE of Vincent, CA · 8604 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.73km SSE of Westminster, California · 8606 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.430km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 8606 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.621km N of Neenach, California · 8606 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci13951996. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.