{"id":467241,"date":"2026-09-17T22:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T22:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/467241\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T22:28:10","slug":"southern-california-rattled-by-3-1-magnitude-earthquake-near-compton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/467241\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern California rattled by 3.1 magnitude earthquake near Compton"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 3.1-magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles<\/a> area Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The tremor struck at 1:32 p.m., with its epicenter about 2.5 miles southeast of Compton.<\/p>\n

It comes after another 3.2-magnitude quake struck overnight on September 6<\/a> near the same city at eight miles below the surface. Thursday\u2019s earthquake was felt as far away as Long Beach, Downey and Paramount, according to the USGS.<\/p>\n

\"MapThe tremor struck at 1:32 p.m., with its epicenter about 2.5 miles southeast of Compton.<\/p>\n

\"AerialAn aerial view of Compton is seen from a window seat in an airplane on Thursday, July 27, 2017, in California. Kit Leong \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

Dozens of small earthquakes rattled Southern California <\/a>over the weekend, with a concentrated cluster in South Los Angeles. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, more than 60 low-magnitude quakes were recorded throughout Saturday, the vast majority registering under magnitude 2.0. <\/p>\n

The localized cluster included a magnitude 2.7 quake near Westmont at around 2:30 a.m., followed by a magnitude 2.6 temblor in the same area shortly after 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

The regional seismic uptick extended beyond the LA Basin. Offshore, a pair of earthquakes struck southeast of Catalina Island within minutes of each other just before 4:15 a.m. Overnight Saturday, a separate magnitude 3.4 earthquake shook parts of the San Francisco<\/a> Bay Area.<\/p>\n

The relatively small tremor comes as Southern California remains under the shadow of some of the nation\u2019s most notorious earthquake faults \u2014 and scientists continue to warn that a much larger quake could eventually strike the region.<\/p>\n

A crucial corridor sits above two major fault lines where\u00a0scientists say tectonic stress<\/a>\u00a0has reached its highest level in 1,000 years \u2014 raising fears of the devastation that could\u00a0follow the region\u2019s next major earthquake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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