Flurry of Small Earthquakes Rattle Southern California

Silent Swarm Jolts South L.A.

Small earthquake swarms in Los Angeles are not portents so much as reminders: the basin sits astride active faults, and even when shaking is minor, the machinery beneath the city is busy. The September 2026 burst around Lennox and Westmont fits that pattern—dense, shallow, and largely unfelt—useful not for drama but for what it teaches about how urban faults load and release stress. At a Glance A brief swarm of mostly micro-quakes clustered in …

A Swarm of More Than 80 Earthquakes Just Hit SoCal as the Entire Pacific Ring of Fire Becomes Much More Active

(End of the American Dream)—Have you noticed that there has been a tremendous amount of shaking along the Ring of Fire lately? If you have not been keeping up with it, I am going to provide numerous examples in this article. For those of us that live in the United States, the seemingly endless shaking […]

A Swarm Of More Than 80 Earthquakes Just Hit Southern California As The Entire Pacific Ring Of Fire Becomes Much More Active

Have you noticed that there has been a tremendous amount of shaking along the Ring of Fire lately? If you have not been keeping up with it, I am going to provide numerous examples in

Southern California rattled by swarm of dozens of small...

Data shows this particular swarm occurred near the Newport-Ingleowood Fault Zone, which runs through part of Southern California. A swarm of small earthquakes rattled parts of Southern California from Friday night into Saturday, with activity concentrated around Lennox and Westmont. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) defines an earthquake swarm as a series of earthquakes that occur in a relatively small area over a period of time. Unlike a typica…

Southern California rattled by swarm of dozens of small earthquakes in a day's span

A swarm of small earthquakes rattled parts of Southern California from Friday night into Saturday, with activity concentrated around Lennox and Westmont.

Swarm of 90 micro-quakes rattles residents in Lennox, Westmont

A series of 90 small earthquakes, ranging in magnitude from 1.0 to 2.7, hit South L.A. on Friday night into Saturday.