M1.5 earthquake 2km E of El Segundo, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 2km E of El Segundo, CA on Wed, Jun 23, 2021, 5:12 PM PDT (00:12 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 4km NNW of Fontana, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-06-24 00:12:36 UTC
- Depth
- 14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.916° N, 118.392° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 280°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 52 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.73km NE of Placentia, CA · 1929 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.33km NNE of El Segundo, CA · 1928 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 25
- 2.82km E of Wrightwood, CA · 1928 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 17
- 2.95km SSE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1927 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 339
- 2.230km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1927 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.66km SW of Fontana, CA · 1924 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.112km NNW of Piru, CA · 1924 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.611km NNW of Piru, CA · 1924 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.63km NE of Malibu, CA · 1922 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.518km NW of San Clemente Is. (NW tip), CA · 1922 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 2.05km SW of Fontana, CA · 1922 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.22km ENE of Gardena, CA · 1921 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 12
- 1.713km N of Piru, CA · 1920 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.24km NW of Fontana, CA · 1920 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 25
- 1.86km SE of Ontario, CA · 1920 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.44km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1919 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1,244
- 1.91km SW of Sherman Oaks, CA · 1917 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 111
- 1.617km W of Manhattan Beach, CA · 1916 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.311km E of Yorba Linda, CA · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 1.517km N of Fillmore, CA · 1915 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.75km SW of Fontana, CA · 1915 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.96km S of Lytle Creek, CA · 1914 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.515km SSE of Malibu, CA · 1913 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 1.96km SW of Fontana, CA · 1912 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.85km NNW of Fontana, CA · 1912 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.55km NW of Fontana, CA · 1910 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.57km NW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1910 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.66km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 1906 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.78km E of Yorba Linda, CA · 1905 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.811km NNE of Trabuco Canyon, CA · 1904 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.721km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 1903 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.75km ENE of Villa Park, CA · 1903 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.93km WSW of Compton, CA · 1901 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.09km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA · 1901 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.810km ESE of Ojai, CA · 1900 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.76km NW of Corona, CA · 1900 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.54km SE of Ontario, CA · 1900 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
- 1.622km SSW of Seal Beach, CA · 1899 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.118km N of Fillmore, CA · 1899 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.61km NNW of South Gate, CA · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.10km W of Brea, CA · 1894 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 1.910km SSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 1889 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.52km WSW of Costa Mesa, CA · 1887 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.65km WNW of Muscoy, CA · 1886 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.53km SSE of Piru, CA · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.013km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.53km WSW of Fontana, CA · 1879 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 83
- 1.81km NNW of La Puente, CA · 1875 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.825km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.55km NNE of Fontana, CA · 1874 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.64km N of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1870 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.916km NNE of Avalon, CA · 1869 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 3.24km NNE of El Segundo, CA · 1929 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2,309
- 1.814km W of Malibu, CA · 1929 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.410km SSW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 1931 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 2.24km NW of Muscoy, CA · 1931 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 1.920km SW of Huntington Beach, CA · 1932 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05km SW of Sherman Oaks, CA · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 12
- 2.84km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA · 1935 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 589
- 1.62km SE of Granada Hills, CA · 1938 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.73km WNW of Sylmar, CA · 1938 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.85km S of Devore, CA · 1939 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.84km NW of Villa Park, CA · 1940 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.62km N of Claremont, CA · 1940 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.62km WNW of Lennox, CA · 1940 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.94km NW of Villa Park, CA · 1941 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
- 1.811km W of Corona, CA · 1942 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.95km NW of Huntington Beach, CA · 1942 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 1.58km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA · 1943 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.63km WSW of Yorba Linda, CA · 1943 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 1.91km SW of Sherman Oaks, CA · 1943 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 110
- 1.83km E of Anaheim, CA · 1945 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 9
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39716871. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.