M2.6 earthquake 9km SSE of Carpinteria, CA
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 9km SSE of Carpinteria, CA on Sat, Jan 7, 1950, 8:22 AM GMT-8 (16:22 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 18km W of Manhattan Beach, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1950-01-07 16:22:50 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.323° N, 119.494° 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 20.6 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 354°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 3
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.618km W of Manhattan Beach, CA · 28014 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.018km SW of Malibu, CA · 28008 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.92km SSE of Fillmore, CA · 28000 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.22km SE of Fillmore, CA · 27999 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.49km NW of Fillmore, CA · 27997 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.512km SW of Marina del Rey, CA · 27974 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.510km SE of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 27968 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.16km SSW of Port Hueneme, CA · 27968 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 2.711km N of Ojai, CA · 28019 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.127km WNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 28019 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.83km ESE of Reseda, CA · 28035 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.54km W of Santa Monica, CA · 28042 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.04km W of Marina del Rey, CA · 28043 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.14km S of Santa Monica, CA · 28045 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3361913. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC.