{"id":189814,"date":"2026-02-23T09:43:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189814\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:43:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:43:30","slug":"magnitude-3-5-earthquake-recorded-off-catalina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189814\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude 3.5 earthquake recorded off Catalina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported at 9:40 p.m. Sunday 13 miles from Rancho Palos Verdes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake occurred 13 miles from Los Angeles, 14 miles from Palos Verdes Estates, 14 miles from Rolling Hills Estates and 14 miles from Avalon on Catalina Island.<\/p>\n<p>In the last 10 days, there has been one earthquake of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.<\/p>\n<p>An average of five earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.0 to 4.0 occur per year in the Greater Los Angeles area, according to a recent three-year data sample.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.8 miles. Did you feel this earthquake? Consider <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/ci41401864\/tellus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reporting what you felt<\/a> to the USGS.<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready for when the Big One hits? Get ready for the next big earthquake by signing up for our <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-06-18\/unshaken-the-complete-l-a-times-newsletter-guide-to-earthquake-readiness-and-resilience\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unshaken newsletter<\/a>, which breaks down emergency preparedness into bite-sized steps over six weeks. Learn more about earthquake kits, which apps you need, Lucy Jones\u2019 most important advice and more at <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/Unshaken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">latimes.com\/Unshaken<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This story was automatically generated by Quakebot, a computer application that monitors the latest earthquakes detected by the USGS. A Times editor reviewed the post before it was published. If you\u2019re interested in learning more about the system, visit our list of <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/la-me-quakebot-faq-20190517-story.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">frequently asked questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported at 9:40 p.m. Sunday 13 miles from Rancho Palos Verdes, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[79114,3047,89087,2949,48,52,51,36270,47,50,49,63,36272,4465,2663,58139,29378,4066,3044,36268,8953],"class_list":{"0":"post-189814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-catalina","9":"tag-com","10":"tag-computer-application","11":"tag-earthquake","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-la-headlines","14":"tag-la-news","15":"tag-latime","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","18":"tag-los-angeles-news","19":"tag-los-angeles-times","20":"tag-lucy-jones","21":"tag-magnitude","22":"tag-mile","23":"tag-occur","24":"tag-rancho-palos-verdes","25":"tag-rolling-hills-estates","26":"tag-story","27":"tag-unshaken-newsletter","28":"tag-usgs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}