M2.8 earthquake 21km SSW of Carpinteria, CA
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 21km SSW of Carpinteria, CA on Tue, Nov 2, 1948, 12:06 PM GMT-7 (19:06 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 14km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1948-11-02 19:06:44 UTC
- Depth
- 0.4 km (0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.229° N, 119.619° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.9 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 244°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.43km SW of Valencia, CA · 28446 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.320km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 28424 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.57km WNW of Malibu, CA · 28420 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.114km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA · 28416 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.916km SSW of Carpinteria, CA · 28415 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 2.88km NNW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 28452 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.320km SW of San Miguel Is., CA · 28452 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.815km WSW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 28453 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.813km S of Frazier Park, CA · 28459 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.64km SSW of Piru, CA · 28476 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.723km WSW of Malibu, CA · 28477 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3357134. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.