{"id":470383,"date":"2026-09-20T23:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470383\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T23:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:45:22","slug":"update-earthquake-of-3-1-magnitude-registered-close-to-compton-in-los-angeles-county-on-sept-17-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470383\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Earthquake of 3.1 magnitude registered close to Compton in Los Angeles County on Sept. 17 \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIF. \u2014 A 3.1 magnitude quake rattled near Compton, about 6.6 miles north of Long Beach, on Thursday around midday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/ci41334231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the U.S. Geological Survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The tremor shook the area at 1:32 p.m. It occurred at a depth of 8 miles with the epicenter about 2 miles south-southeast of Compton.<\/p>\n<p>Did you feel it? <\/p>\n<p>If you experienced the earthquake, you can report it via the USGS <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/ci41334231\/tellus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Felt Report form<\/a>. 496 people have submitted responses through the agency\u2019s online form, saying they felt weak shaking. According to the USGS DYFI report, residents in several cities, including Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Fullerton and Whittier, reported experiencing the quake.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789947922_592_1789687300600_ci41334231_ciim_geo.jpg\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Tremors past week <\/p>\n<p>Over the last week, there have been six earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or greater centered nearby. The strongest, a 3.3 magnitude quake, was reported close to Avalon on Sep. 12.<\/p>\n<p>The five largest nearby quakes from last week:<\/p>\n<p>3.3, east-southeast of Avalon on Sept. 12\u2022 3.0, east-southeast of Avalon on Sept. 12\u2022 2.6, west-northwest of Willowbrook on Sept. 12\u2022 2.6, east of Lennox on Sept. 12\u2022 2.6, south-southeast of Malibu on Sept. 12<\/p>\n<p>Source: The U.S. Geological Survey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIF. \u2014 A 3.1 magnitude quake rattled near Compton, about 6.6 miles north of Long&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[3934,131,133,132,334],"class_list":["post-470383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-earthquakes","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-weather-advisory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470383","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=470383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}