M1.8 earthquake 1km ESE of Malibu, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 1km ESE of Malibu, CA on Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 2:15 PM PST (22:15 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 2km E of Lennox, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-14 22:15:09 UTC
- Depth
- 11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.001° N, 118.798° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.613km N of Fillmore, CA · 2054 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.713km N of Fillmore, CA · 2053 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.815km WNW of Malibu, CA · 2053 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 1.813km N of Fillmore, CA · 2053 days ago · -1 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.95km NNW of Chatsworth, CA · 2052 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.519km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 2052 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.82km SSW of Sylmar, CA · 2046 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.03km E of Simi Valley, CA · 2046 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1,486
- 2.46km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA · 2045 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 17
- 1.820km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 2045 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.820km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 2045 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.67km SSE of Littlerock, CA · 2042 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 27
- 1.57km SW of Pearblossom, CA · 2041 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.520km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.75km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA · 2040 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86km WSW of Gorman, CA · 2039 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.77km WSW of Malibu, CA · 2039 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Agoura Hills, CA · 2037 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
- 1.54km NNE of Montebello, CA · 2035 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.63km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 2034 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.31km WNW of Pacoima, CA · 2034 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 11
- 2.50km NW of Pacoima, CA · 2033 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 256
- 2.32km SE of Frazier Park, CA · 2029 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.64km NE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 2028 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
- 2.04km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 2027 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
- 1.96km W of Manhattan Beach, CA · 2027 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 1.87km SW of Pearblossom, CA · 2026 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.121km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 2025 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.712km NNE of Piru, CA · 2024 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.03km SW of San Pedro, CA · 2017 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 15
- 1.65km SE of Frazier Park, CA · 2013 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.01km ENE of Huntington Park, CA · 2012 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 619
- 1.91km W of Piru, CA · 2011 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.120km SSE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 2010 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.72km SE of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 3.02km ENE of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1,055
- 2.42km NW of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 90
- 4.02km E of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 7,217 · tsunami flag
- 2.02km NW of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.82km WNW of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.02km WNW of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.41km NE of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 82
- 1.62km ENE of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.72km WNW of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.63km W of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.01km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 18
- 1.62km W of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.61km SW of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.62km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.81km SSE of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 38
- 1.91km N of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.71km N of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 1.92km W of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 47
- 1.61km SW of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.61km W of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.71km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 10
- 1.61km ESE of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.51km SE of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.91km SSE of Inglewood, CA · 2008 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.32km E of Lennox, CA · 2008 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 92.
Before
- 2.22km NE of Malibu, CA · 2058 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.617km S of San Pedro, CA · 2059 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 16
- 1.67km ESE of Yorba Linda, CA · 2060 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.519km S of Las Flores, CA · 2064 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.61km E of Rolling Hills, CA · 2076 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.97km W of Ojai, CA · 2078 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.214km NNE of Glendora, CA · 2078 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.84km NNE of Elizabeth Lake, CA · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.72km W of Willowbrook, CA · 2082 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.52km W of Willowbrook, CA · 2083 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1,573
- 2.222km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 2083 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 1.619km N of Fillmore, CA · 2086 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.719km N of Fillmore, CA · 2086 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619km NNW of Piru, CA · 2086 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.56km W of Ojai, CA · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39552095. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC.