Earthquake Now: 3.5 Magnitude Quake Near Rancho Palos Verdes Shakes LA County Coast — Who Felt It First

Coastal neighborhoods from Rancho Palos Verdes to Avalon on Catalina Island and communities as far inland as Fullerton felt the tremor late Sunday night — a local shake that landed squarely on residents' doorsteps and mobile alerts. Earthquake Now matters here because the jolt registered across multiple nearby points, triggered at least one smaller aftershock, and arrived amid other recent regional temblors that different feeds summarize differently.

Earthquake Now — immediate impact along the Los Angeles County coastline and beyond

Residents along the Los Angeles County coastline and pockets of northern Orange County near Fullerton reported feeling the shaking after the event that registered magnitude 3. 5. There have been no reports of injuries or damage. Did you feel this earthquake? Consider reporting what you felt to the U. S. Geological Survey.

Here’s the part that matters: the tremor was strong enough to be felt across multiple municipalities and to prompt a brief aftershock sequence, but it has not produced verified harm to people or structures in the available feed.

Event details and readings

The seismic event registered magnitude 3. 5 and was recorded at 9: 40 p. m. Sunday. Location details in the available material list the epicenter as 13 miles from Rancho Palos Verdes and 13 miles from Los Angeles; other distance figures in parallel accounts place it just over 14 miles off the coast near Catalina Island and 14 miles from Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills Estates and Avalon on Catalina Island. The event was followed minutes later by a smaller 1. 9-magnitude aftershock.

Depth values are listed as 6. 8 miles in one feed and as nearly seven miles in another — unclear in the provided context which phrasing will become the standard reference. The U. S. Geological Survey also produced a "Did You Feel It?"-style summary indicating felt reports along the coast and eastward toward Fullerton.

Recent seismic activity: counts and conflicting summaries

One account notes that in the last 10 days there has been one earthquake of magnitude 3. 0 or greater centered nearby. A separate feed characterizes this as the third earthquake reported off the Southern California coast in the last week, listing two other recent quakes: a 3. 0-magnitude event 11 miles southeast of Port Hueneme in Ventura County and a 2. 9-magnitude temblor four miles west of Malibu. Those two summaries cannot both be reconciled cleanly from the material provided; unclear in the provided context which chronology is authoritative.

• Magnitude and timing: 3. 5 at 9: 40 p. m. Sunday; aftershock of 1. 9 minutes later.
• Depth: 6. 8 miles (one feed) and nearly seven miles (another feed).
• Distances: 13 miles from Rancho Palos Verdes and Los Angeles; 14 miles from Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills Estates and Avalon; one account says just over 14 miles off the coast near Catalina Island.
• Nearby quakes cited: 3. 0 (11 miles SE of Port Hueneme) and 2. 9 (4 miles west of Malibu) in a separate summary.

Automated reporting, preparedness prompts and editorial notes

This feed was generated by an automated monitoring system called Quakebot that watches U. S. Geological Survey detections; the post was reviewed by an editor before publication. The automated voice that reads the item also advises readers: "This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. " The item also encourages preparedness a six-week newsletter called Unshaken that breaks down emergency steps, covers earthquake kits and recommended apps, and highlights the most important advice from expert Lucy Jones.

What’s easy to miss is that the automated process and the human review step are both noted in the material, underscoring that this combination frames the initial public picture even while factual details differ across feeds.

Related newsroom items included in the same feed

Other distinct items that appeared alongside the seismic report in the original feed include: an episode taped Jan 8, 2026, a year after the Eaton Fire, featuring Ondi Timoner; notes that after losing her home Timoner began documenting displacement and financial struggles of neighbors and joined My Tribe Rise to help Altadena rebuild and recover; a legal summary noting attorney Frank Carson defended the accused for decades, that the accused was framed for murder and later acquitted after a star witness admitted lying, and that Stanislaus County paid $22. 5M to settle his estate's lawsuit; and a specially released bonus episode in which Madison McGhee and Jami Rice offer strongly held opinions about everything from the Menendez Brothers to Jax Taylor, described in the feed as "absolutely, one hundred percent right about everything. "

Updated on: February 22, 2026 / 10: 26 PM PST. This is a developing story. Check back for details.