M1.6 earthquake 1km E of Rolling Hills, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 1km E of Rolling Hills, CA on Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 9:41 AM PST (17:41 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 2km ESE of Ontario, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-27 17:41:49 UTC
- Depth
- 14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.758° N, 118.343° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 23
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 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.519km S of Las Flores, CA · 2064 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.611km WNW of Corona, CA · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.67km ESE of Yorba Linda, CA · 2059 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.617km S of San Pedro, CA · 2058 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 16
- 2.22km NE of Malibu, CA · 2057 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.81km ESE of Malibu, CA · 2057 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.17km N of Fontana, CA · 2057 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.613km N of Fillmore, CA · 2053 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.815km WNW of Malibu, CA · 2052 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.813km N of Fillmore, CA · 2052 days ago · -1 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.95km NNW of Chatsworth, CA · 2052 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.519km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 2051 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.82km SSW of Sylmar, CA · 2045 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.03km E of Simi Valley, CA · 2045 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1,486
- 2.46km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA · 2044 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 17
- 2.97km NNE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA · 2043 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 332
- 1.81km WNW of Fontana, CA · 2042 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
- 2.67km SSE of Littlerock, CA · 2041 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 27
- 1.57km SW of Pearblossom, CA · 2040 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.64km N of Fontana, CA · 2040 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.75km WSW of Hermosa Beach, CA · 2039 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77km WSW of Malibu, CA · 2038 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Agoura Hills, CA · 2036 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
- 1.96km N of Fontana, CA · 2036 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.54km NNE of Montebello, CA · 2035 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.63km SSE of Charter Oak, CA · 2033 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.31km WNW of Pacoima, CA · 2033 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 11
- 2.50km NW of Pacoima, CA · 2033 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 256
- 1.64km NE of View Park-Windsor Hills, CA · 2028 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 8
- 2.04km NE of Yorba Linda, CA · 2026 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
- 1.96km W of Manhattan Beach, CA · 2026 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 1.87km SW of Pearblossom, CA · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.712km NNE of Piru, CA · 2024 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.02km ESE of Ontario, CA · 2023 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 524
- 1.84km SE of Dana Point, CA · 2021 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 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 · 5 km away · felt by 15
Before
- 3.126km WSW of Carlsbad, CA · 2077 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 29
- 2.214km NNE of Glendora, CA · 2077 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.75km WSW of Lytle Creek, CA · 2079 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.512km ENE of Trabuco Canyon, CA · 2080 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13km NNW of Lakeland Village, CA · 2080 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 6
- 2.23km NNW of Lakeland Village, CA · 2080 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 9
- 2.13km NNW of Lakeland Village, CA · 2080 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 8
- 1.83km W of Lake Elsinore, CA · 2080 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.42km NNW of Lakeland Village, CA · 2080 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 17
- 1.72km W of Willowbrook, CA · 2082 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.52km W of Willowbrook, CA · 2082 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1,573
- 2.222km SSE of San Pedro, CA · 2082 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 1.510km SW of Corona, CA · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.26km NE of Chatsworth, CA · 2090 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 7
- 1.93km SSE of Malibu, CA · 2093 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.15km W of Devore, CA · 2094 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.08km E of Yorba Linda, CA · 2095 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
- 2.24km ESE of Altadena, CA · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 79
- 1.81km ENE of Baldwin Hills, CA · 2101 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 29
- 1.94km NNW of Orange, CA · 2102 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 8
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39533455. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC.