M2.3 earthquake 1km WNW of Pacoima, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 1km WNW of Pacoima, CA on Wed, Mar 10, 2021, 10:32 AM PST (18:32 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-10 18:32:20 UTC
- Depth
- 11.3 km (7.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.268° N, 118.429° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 11
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
11 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.50km NW of Pacoima, CA · 2032 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 256
- 1.56km WNW of Rosamond, CA · 2028 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.32km SE of Frazier Park, CA · 2028 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.64km NE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 2027 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 8
- 2.04km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 2026 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 1.96km W of Manhattan Beach, CA · 2026 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 1.87km SW of Pearblossom, CA · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.712km NNE of Piru, CA · 2023 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.02km ESE of Ontario, CA · 2023 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 524
- 1.53km NW of Fontana, CA · 2019 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.03km SW of San Pedro, CA · 2016 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 15
- 1.65km SE of Frazier Park, CA · 2012 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.01km ENE of Huntington Park, CA · 2011 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 619
- 1.91km W of Piru, CA · 2010 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.612km W of Mojave, CA · 2007 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.72km SE of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 3.02km ENE of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1,055
- 2.42km NW of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 90
- 4.02km E of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7,217 · tsunami flag
- 2.02km NW of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.82km WNW of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.02km WNW of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.41km NE of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 82
- 1.62km ENE of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.72km WNW of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.63km W of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.01km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 18
- 1.62km W of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.61km SW of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.62km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.81km SSE of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 38
- 1.91km N of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.71km N of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 1.92km W of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 47
- 1.61km SW of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.61km W of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.71km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 10
- 1.61km ESE of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.51km SE of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.91km SSE of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.32km E of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
- 2.41km SSE of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 26
- 1.62km ENE of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
- 1.81km S of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.31km ENE of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 10
- 1.61km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.51km NW of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.81km NNE of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 2.01km E of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 14
- 2.01km WSW of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 10
- 1.61km SW of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
- 1.61km NNE of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.70km NW of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.91km SW of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 2.01km SE of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 19
- 1.61km ENE of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
- 1.82km ESE of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 8
- 1.92km E of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 19 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 14
- 1.61km S of Inglewood, CA · 2007 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.70km W of Lennox, CA · 2007 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of 103.
Before
- 1.63km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 2033 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.54km NNE of Montebello, CA · 2034 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.96km N of Fontana, CA · 2036 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Agoura Hills, CA · 2036 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
- 1.77km WSW of Malibu, CA · 2038 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.86km WSW of Gorman, CA · 2038 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.75km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA · 2039 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.520km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 2039 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.64km N of Fontana, CA · 2039 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.912km N of Grapevine, CA · 2040 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.57km SW of Pearblossom, CA · 2040 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.67km SSE of Littlerock, CA · 2041 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 27
- 1.81km WNW of Fontana, CA · 2042 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
- 2.97km NNE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 2042 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 332
- 1.820km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 2044 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.820km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 2044 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.46km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA · 2044 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 17
- 3.03km E of Simi Valley, CA · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1,486
- 1.82km SSW of Sylmar, CA · 2045 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.519km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 2051 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39576703. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.