Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 9:15 AM
2026-08-18 01:15 UTC · 33.681°, -118.225°
Magnitude
2.3 ml
Minor
Depth
8 km
Shallow
Energy
43 kg of TNT
Gutenberg–Richter
Coordinates
33.681°, -118.225°
Felt reports
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Tsunami
No
Source
USGS
Region
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Generally not felt, but recorded by seismographs.
At 8 km this was a shallow earthquake. Shallow quakes concentrate shaking near the epicentre and tend to be the most damaging.
This event sits in the Minor range of the moment magnitude scale.
Nearest mapped structure: Casiguran Fault (~11543 km away). Last major event: 1968 Casiguran Earthquake (M7.3).
Area seismic-hazard score: 8/100 (low).
No other recent earthquakes nearby.
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