M1.7 earthquake 2km E of Carson, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 2km E of Carson, CA on Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 3:09 AM PST (11:09 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 7km S of Lytle Creek, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-27 11:09:15 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.830° N, 118.260° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 51
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 24 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.65km SSE of Loma Linda, CA · 1771 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.61km ESE of Baldwin Hills, CA · 1771 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.51km SW of Rossmoor, CA · 1768 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93km N of Loma Linda, CA · 1767 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.611km W of Corona, CA · 1766 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.210km NNE of Bradbury, CA · 1766 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93km ESE of Ontario, CA · 1765 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
- 2.76km SSW of Redlands, CA · 1764 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 35
- 3.67km S of Lytle Creek, CA · 1761 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 994
- 1.86km SSW of Redlands, CA · 1756 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97km ESE of San Pedro, CA · 1756 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
- 1.65km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 2.32km SE of Orange, CA · 1755 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 145
- 2.54km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 1750 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 24
- 1.64km N of Fontana, CA · 1749 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.62km W of Devore, CA · 1747 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.88km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43km ENE of Lytle Creek, CA · 1746 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 22
- 2.815km SE of Malibu, CA · 1744 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 19
- 1.914km SE of Malibu, CA · 1742 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.315km SE of Malibu, CA · 1742 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.64km NW of Fontana, CA · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 88
- 2.12km SE of Carson, CA · 1740 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 46
- 1.822km SSW of Seal Beach, CA · 1740 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.03km SE of Carson, CA · 1740 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 2.23km SE of Carson, CA · 1740 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 27
- 2.59km N of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1738 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 70
- 3.43km SW of Redlands, CA · 1738 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 509
- 1.63km W of Redlands, CA · 1738 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.64km SE of Lytle Creek, CA · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.12km W of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1734 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.716km S of San Clemente, CA · 1733 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.416km S of San Pedro, CA · 1731 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
- 2.519km S of San Pedro, CA · 1731 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
- 1.72km ESE of Carson, CA · 1731 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 1.64km WNW of Pomona, CA · 1731 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.68km WNW of Fillmore, CA · 1730 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 303
- 2.08km NW of Fillmore, CA · 1730 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 1.613km NNW of Piru, CA · 1730 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.819km S of San Pedro, CA · 1730 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.62km SE of Carson, CA · 1729 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.82km WNW of Marina del Rey, CA · 1728 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.83km SSE of Carson, CA · 1727 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 455
- 1.50km SE of Carson, CA · 1727 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
- 1.84km ESE of Carson, CA · 1727 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.52km SE of Carson, CA · 1727 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.53km SE of Carson, CA · 1727 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 126
- 1.93km ESE of Carson, CA · 1727 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 14
- 2.211km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 1727 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 1.91km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1726 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.04km ENE of Colton, CA · 1725 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.52km ESE of Carson, CA · 1725 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 1.74km SSW of Moorpark, CA · 1723 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.33km ESE of Carson, CA · 1721 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 30
- 1.62km ESE of Loma Linda, CA · 1721 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.022km SW of Huntington Beach, CA · 1720 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72km NNW of Loma Linda, CA · 1720 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.61km ENE of Carson, CA · 1720 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.62km W of Inglewood, CA · 1719 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.73km ENE of Moreno Valley, CA · 1718 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of 68.
Before
- 2.30km SSE of San Fernando, CA · 1773 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 27
- 2.119km NNE of Avalon, CA · 1779 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.220km S of Port Hueneme, CA · 1779 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.63km WNW of Sylmar, CA · 1780 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
- 1.930km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1780 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.52km SSW of San Dimas, CA · 1781 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.87km ESE of San Pedro, CA · 1781 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77km SE of San Pedro, CA · 1781 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.74km NNE of Moreno Valley, CA · 1783 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15km W of Devore, CA · 1784 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 2.24km W of Pomona, CA · 1786 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 42
- 1.64km NNE of Diamond Bar, CA · 1787 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
- 1.61km SE of Sylmar, CA · 1789 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84km WSW of East Los Angeles, CA · 1793 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.85km SSW of Redlands, CA · 1794 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.62km SSE of Chatsworth, CA · 1795 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58km NNW of Malibu, CA · 1797 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 20
- 2.111km SSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 1797 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.62km SSW of Sherman Oaks, CA · 1799 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 6
- 1.62km ESE of Anaheim, CA · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39871535. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC.