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M2.0 earthquake 13km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA on Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 5:44 PM PDT (00:44 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 2km E of Carson, 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
2021-08-11 00:44:50 UTC
Depth
10.2 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.922° N, 118.656° W
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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
37

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.81km NNW of La Puente, CA · 1874 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.825km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1874 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.916km NNE of Avalon, CA · 1869 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.712km WSW of Ventura, CA · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.66km NNW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1865 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.83km SSE of Garden Grove, CA · 1862 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.78km E of Ojai, CA · 1862 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.56km S of Pearblossom, CA · 1862 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.84km NW of Silver Lake, CA · 1861 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  10. 1.91km SSW of Malibu, CA · 1858 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.730km SW of Dana Point, CA · 1856 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.72km NNW of Inglewood, CA · 1856 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 11
  13. 2.030km SW of Dana Point, CA · 1856 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.66km S of Frazier Park, CA · 1856 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.64km NE of Whittier, CA · 1855 days ago · 29 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.85km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 1854 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 17
  17. 2.63km NNW of La Verne, CA · 1849 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 50
  18. 3.65km NNW of Thousand Oaks, CA · 1847 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2,275
  19. 2.91km NNE of San Fernando, CA · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 400
  20. 2.38km SSW of Pearblossom, CA · 1845 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  21. 4.32km E of Carson, CA · 1842 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 10,301 · tsunami flag
  22. 2.82km ESE of Carson, CA · 1842 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 411
  23. 2.02km SE of Carson, CA · 1841 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 70
  24. 2.50km ESE of Carson, CA · 1841 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 160
  25. 1.612km WNW of Malibu, CA · 1840 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 1.62km E of Carson, CA · 1839 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 14
  27. 2.61km ESE of Carson, CA · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 762
  28. 1.97km ESE of San Pedro, CA · 1835 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.52km E of Carson, CA · 1833 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 9
  30. 1.90km S of Carson, CA · 1832 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 85
  31. 1.610km NNE of Ventura, CA · 1831 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.36km NW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1831 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.69km NNW of Piru, CA · 1829 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.77km N of Piru, CA · 1829 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 1.82km E of Carson, CA · 1828 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 10
  36. 1.60km E of Carson, CA · 1822 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 5
  37. 2.015km S of Port Hueneme, CA · 1821 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 1.53km SSE of Piru, CA · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.52km WSW of Costa Mesa, CA · 1887 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.910km SSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 1889 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.313km WSW of Ojai, CA · 1893 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.10km W of Brea, CA · 1894 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.424km NW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1894 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.016km S of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1896 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.61km NNW of South Gate, CA · 1896 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.118km N of Fillmore, CA · 1898 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.622km SSW of Seal Beach, CA · 1899 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.54km SE of Ontario, CA · 1900 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
  12. 1.76km NW of Corona, CA · 1900 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.810km ESE of Ojai, CA · 1900 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.93km WSW of Compton, CA · 1901 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 1.75km ENE of Villa Park, CA · 1902 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.721km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 1903 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.78km E of Yorba Linda, CA · 1904 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.66km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 1905 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 1.57km NW of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 1909 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39770263. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:45 AM UTC.