California earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 3km SE of Carson, CA

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 3km SE of Carson, CA on Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 5:06 PM PST (01:06 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 13km NE of Trabuco Canyon, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2021-12-30 01:06:39 UTC
Depth
11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.815° N, 118.260° W
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.23km SE of Carson, CA · 1740 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 27
  2. 2.59km N of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1739 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 70
  3. 1.63km W of Redlands, CA · 1738 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.64km SE of Lytle Creek, CA · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.12km W of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1734 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.716km S of San Clemente, CA · 1733 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.416km S of San Pedro, CA · 1732 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.519km S of San Pedro, CA · 1732 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6
  9. 1.72km ESE of Carson, CA · 1731 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  10. 1.64km WNW of Pomona, CA · 1731 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 3.68km WNW of Fillmore, CA · 1731 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 303
  12. 2.08km NW of Fillmore, CA · 1731 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  13. 1.613km NNW of Piru, CA · 1731 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 1.819km S of San Pedro, CA · 1730 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.62km SE of Carson, CA · 1730 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.82km WNW of Marina del Rey, CA · 1728 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.83km SSE of Carson, CA · 1728 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 455
  18. 1.50km SE of Carson, CA · 1728 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  19. 1.84km ESE of Carson, CA · 1728 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 1.52km SE of Carson, CA · 1728 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.53km SE of Carson, CA · 1728 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 126
  22. 1.93km ESE of Carson, CA · 1727 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 14
  23. 2.211km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 1727 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  24. 1.91km SE of Loma Linda, CA · 1726 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.04km ENE of Colton, CA · 1725 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.52km ESE of Carson, CA · 1725 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  27. 1.74km SSW of Moorpark, CA · 1723 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.33km ESE of Carson, CA · 1721 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 30
  29. 1.62km ESE of Loma Linda, CA · 1721 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  30. 2.022km SW of Huntington Beach, CA · 1721 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.72km NNW of Loma Linda, CA · 1720 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.61km ENE of Carson, CA · 1720 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 1.62km W of Inglewood, CA · 1720 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 1.73km ENE of Moreno Valley, CA · 1718 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.98km NW of Malibu, CA · 1718 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 1.51km E of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 1717 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.75km SSE of Lytle Creek, CA · 1716 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  38. 1.923km WSW of Dana Point, CA · 1714 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.63km ENE of La Mirada, CA · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 2.520km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1713 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  41. 2.419km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 2.419km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1713 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.225km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 1712 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.316km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1712 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 1.54km SSE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1711 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.710km NNW of Piru, CA · 1711 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 1.66km SE of Piru, CA · 1710 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.79km SE of Piru, CA · 1710 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 2.38km SE of Piru, CA · 1709 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 1.918km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1708 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 21
  51. 2.419km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1708 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.720km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.69km SE of Piru, CA · 1706 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 3.31km SE of South Gate, CA · 1706 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1,137
  55. 2.11km WSW of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 1705 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 27
  56. 2.04km NW of Fontana, CA · 1704 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 44
  57. 2.64km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1704 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 58
  58. 1.92km S of Devore, CA · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 2.12km S of Devore, CA · 1704 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 1.74km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1702 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 1.822km SSW of Seal Beach, CA · 1740 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.12km SE of Carson, CA · 1740 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 46
  3. 2.64km NW of Fontana, CA · 1741 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 88
  4. 2.315km SE of Malibu, CA · 1742 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.914km SE of Malibu, CA · 1742 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.815km SE of Malibu, CA · 1744 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 19
  7. 2.43km ENE of Lytle Creek, CA · 1746 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 22
  8. 1.88km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1747 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.62km W of Devore, CA · 1747 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.64km N of Fontana, CA · 1749 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.54km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 1750 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 24
  12. 2.32km SE of Orange, CA · 1755 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 145
  13. 1.65km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1756 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  14. 1.97km ESE of San Pedro, CA · 1756 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
  15. 1.86km SSW of Redlands, CA · 1757 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.67km S of Lytle Creek, CA · 1762 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 994
  17. 2.76km SSW of Redlands, CA · 1765 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 35
  18. 1.93km ESE of Ontario, CA · 1765 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
  19. 2.210km NNE of Bradbury, CA · 1766 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.611km W of Corona, CA · 1767 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39898767. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC.