Weak magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 11 km depth
8 Feb 08:42 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 2 minutes.8 Feb 08:42: Now using data updates from USGS8 Feb 08:44: Magnitude recalculated from 2.8 to 2.7.8 Feb 16:09: Magnitude recalculated from 2.7 to 2.8. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.48 to 10.82 km (from 6.5 to 6.7 mi).
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Feb 8, 2026 08:39:47 UTC - 1 day 2 hours ago |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, Feb 8, 2026, at 12:39 am (GMT -8) |
| Status | confirmed (manually revised) |
| Shaking intensity | III Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky 16.2°C (61 F), humidity: 35%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from NNE |
Nearby places
The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Santa Clarita, a city with more than 180,000 inhabitants in the United States, in 7.7 km (4.8 mi) distance east of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.
| Place | Max. shaking intensity(*) | Region | Country |
User-reports for this quake (4)
So far, we have received 4 reports for this quake from the United States. Out of these, 3 people indicated they felt it. The quake was reported to have been felt in up to approx. 20–40 km (12.4–25 mi) distance, with isolated cases to have felt the quake even 42 km (26 mi) away.
Most reports came from Santa Clarita (2 reports), a city with more than 180,000 inhabitants in California in 7.7 km (4.8 mi) distance east of the epicenter, United States, and Los Angeles (1 report) (51 km or 31 mi to the southeast), a city of 3.8 million people. Further below is a list of places where most people reported this quake. This section is being updated as new data comes in.
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Stevenson Ranch (7.7 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single vertical bump / 1-2 s : Felt first one sharp like something grabbed all 4 sides of my house. Then came a second one same but stronger. This was not a shake and not a roll it was a very strong punch. Was sitting at table doing a puzzle. | One user found this interesting.
Lancaster, Los Angeles, California (59 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
The amount of shaking that occurs on the surface due to an earthquake is called the intensity. It is commonly measured on the so-called Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) ranging from 1 (not felt) to 10 (extreme shaking), and given in Roman numerals as I,II,...IX, X, and often displayed with color codes ranging from light blue to dark red.Earthquake intensity depends mainly on the magnitude and depth of the quake as well as the distance from the epicenter: The further away, the less shaking intensity occurs.Read more about the MMI scale!
| Shaking intensity | Number of reports | Min-Max distance from epicenter (*) | Average distance (*) |
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| I: Not felt | 1 | 59–59 km (37–37 mi) | 59 km (37 mi) |
| II: Very weak shaking | 2 | 7.7–42 km (4.8–26 mi) | 25 km (15 mi) |
| IV: Light shaking | 1 | 7.6–7.6 km (4.7–4.7 mi) | 7.6 km (4.7 mi) |
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Compare Quake Data
The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Mag | Depth | Time GMT2026-02-8 | Epicenter | Agency |
| 2.8 ± 0.13 | 10.8 km6.7 mi±0.3 km | 08:39:47.85 | 10 km SSW of Valencia, CAEpicenter uncertainty: ± 0.2 km | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| 2.8 ± 0.13 | 10.8 km6.7 mi | 08:39:47.85 | GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIF.0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with USGSEpicenter uncertainty: ± 0.7 km | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| 2.7 | 10.8 km6.7 mi | 08:39:47 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with USGS | IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) |
Based on data from the past 56 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 1,500 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):
The area where this quake occurred has a high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 4 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 30 to 35 years.
Previous quakes in the same area of this earthquake
The earthquake occurred 4 weeks after a magnitude 3.0 earthquake had hit on Sunday, Jan 11, 2026, at 11:02 pm (GMT -8 local time) in 83 km (51 mi) distance to the northwest: The largest quake near the epicenter of this quake during the 10 years before was an event of magnitude 7.1. It had occurred 7 years earlier, on Friday, Jul 5, 2019, at 08:19 pm local time (America/Los Angeles GMT -7) in California, United States: The strongest-ever (since 1900) recorded quake in this area measured magnitude 7.5. It had occurred 74 years ago earlier, on Monday, Jul 21, 1952, at 04:52 am local time (America/Los Angeles GMT -7) in California, United States: Below is a list and map of larger or recent quakes that had occurred near the epicenter before this earthquake (within up to 100 km/61 mi distance, up to 300 km/183 mi for very large quakes above mag. 7). Filter and sort the list by magnitude or time.
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