M1.7 earthquake 19km S of Carpinteria, CA

Magnitude

1.7 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Wed, Jul 12, 1978, 1:42 PM PDT

UTC

1978-07-12 20:42:02 UTC

Depth

15.5 km (9.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.228° N, 119.508° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

102°

Stations used

8

• Carpinteria, CaliforniaPopulation 13,727. Forecast19 kmS
• Oxnard, CaliforniaPopulation 207,254. Forecast31 kmW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast118 kmW

After

1. 1.718km N of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAWed, Jul 12, 1:51 PM PDT · 17613 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
2. 1.919km S of Carpinteria, CAThu, Jul 13, 1:57 AM PDT · 17613 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
3. 1.616km NNW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAFri, Jul 14, 2:30 AM PDT · 17612 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
4. 1.916km N of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAFri, Jul 14, 2:59 AM PDT · 17612 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
5. 2.213km SSW of Santa Rosa Is., CAFri, Jul 14, 6:44 PM PDT · 17611 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
6. 1.75km ENE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Jul 15, 1:30 AM PDT · 17611 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
7. 1.816km ENE of Ojai, CASat, Jul 15, 4:30 PM PDT · 17610 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
8. 1.830km NW of Santa Cruz Is. (NW end), CASun, Jul 16, 1:52 PM PDT · 17609 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
9. 2.422km SSE of Port Hueneme, CAMon, Jul 17, 8:31 AM PDT · 17609 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
10. 2.13km SE of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jul 18, 1:58 AM PDT · 17608 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
11. 2.419km S of Carpinteria, CATue, Jul 18, 6:41 PM PDT · 17607 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away
12. 1.916km N of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CATue, Jul 18, 6:46 PM PDT · 17607 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
13. 1.54km WNW of Malibu Beach, CAThu, Jul 20, 7:28 AM PDT · 17606 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
14. 1.818km W of Ventura, CAFri, Jul 21, 2:35 AM PDT · 17605 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
15. 2.810km NW of Malibu, CAFri, Jul 21, 6:24 AM PDT · 17605 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
16. 1.77km ESE of Malibu, CASun, Jul 23, 1:25 AM PDT · 17603 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
17. 2.08km S of Las Flores, CASun, Jul 23, 5:20 PM PDT · 17602 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
18. 2.39km S of Las Flores, CASun, Jul 23, 5:50 PM PDT · 17602 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
19. 1.814km SSE of Camarillo, CAFri, Jul 28, 1:31 PM PDT · 17597 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
20. 1.63km S of Frazier Park, CASat, Jul 29, 8:08 AM PDT · 17597 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
21. 2.334km SSE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAWed, Aug 2, 6:13 AM PDT · 17593 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
22. 1.812km SSW of Valencia, CAFri, Aug 4, 1:30 PM PDT · 17590 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
23. 2.310km WSW of Grapevine, CASat, Aug 5, 4:56 PM PDT · 17589 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
24. 2.012km WSW of Malibu, CASun, Aug 6, 12:38 AM PDT · 17589 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
25. 2.428km S of Port Hueneme, CASun, Aug 6, 10:26 PM PDT · 17588 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
26. 1.77km S of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Aug 7, 5:12 AM PDT · 17588 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
27. 2.421km SSE of Port Hueneme, CAMon, Aug 7, 5:37 PM PDT · 17587 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
28. 2.520km S of Carpinteria, CASun, Aug 13, 12:02 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
29. 5.1The 1978 Santa Barbara, California EarthquakeSun, Aug 13, 3:54 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 18 km deep · 20 km away
30. 2.77km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:01 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
31. 2.09km SW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:01 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
32. 2.87km SW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:02 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
33. 2.39km SW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:06 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
34. 2.38km SSE of Goleta, CASun, Aug 13, 4:06 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
35. 2.37km SE of Goleta, CASun, Aug 13, 4:07 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
36. 2.816km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:08 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
37. 2.39km SW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:09 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
38. 2.57km SE of Isla Vista, CASun, Aug 13, 4:10 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
39. 2.27km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:10 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
40. 2.38km SW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:11 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
41. 3.48km SW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:11 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
42. 3.17km SW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:15 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
43. 2.14km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:16 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
44. 2.311km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:18 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
45. 2.07km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:18 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
46. 2.89km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:18 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
47. 1.714km S of Isla Vista, CASun, Aug 13, 4:22 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
48. 2.28km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:22 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
49. 2.48km S of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:22 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
50. 2.97km SE of Goleta, CASun, Aug 13, 4:23 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
51. 3.313km S of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:23 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
52. 2.26km SW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:25 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
53. 2.310km S of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:28 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
54. 1.74km WSW of Isla Vista, CASun, Aug 13, 4:29 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
55. 1.710km SW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:30 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
56. 2.17km SE of Isla Vista, CASun, Aug 13, 4:30 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
57. 1.55km SSE of Isla Vista, CASun, Aug 13, 4:31 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
58. 2.311km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:31 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
59. 2.07km WSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:34 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
60. 1.511km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Aug 13, 4:35 PM PDT · 17581 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 179.

Before

1. 2.020km S of Carpinteria, CAWed, Jul 12, 1:41 PM PDT · 17613 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
2. 3.221km N of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Jul 11, 12:05 PM PDT · 17614 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
3. 2.020km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CATue, Jul 11, 11:27 AM PDT · 17614 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
4. 1.55km S of Malibu, CATue, Jul 11, 3:55 AM PDT · 17615 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
5. 1.59km S of Malibu Beach, CAMon, Jul 10, 10:41 PM PDT · 17615 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
6. 1.620km SSE of Malibu, CAMon, Jul 10, 10:07 PM PDT · 17615 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
7. 2.615km SSW of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Jul 10, 12:34 PM PDT · 17615 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
8. 1.83km S of Frazier Park, CASun, Jul 9, 8:47 PM PDT · 17616 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
9. 1.915km ENE of Ojai, CASun, Jul 9, 9:48 AM PDT · 17616 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
10. 1.619km SSE of Malibu, CASun, Jul 9, 9:17 AM PDT · 17616 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
11. 1.623km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CATue, Jul 4, 10:21 AM PDT · 17621 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
12. 3.222km S of Santa Rosa Is., CAMon, Jul 3, 1:15 AM PDT · 17623 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
13. 1.613km SW of Carpinteria, CASat, Jul 1, 11:35 AM PDT · 17624 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
14. 1.86km SSE of Santa Barbara, CASat, Jul 1, 10:49 AM PDT · 17624 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
15. 3.06km WNW of Castaic, CAWed, Jun 28, 4:48 PM PDT · 17627 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
16. 2.512km SSE of Isla Vista, CAWed, Jun 28, 11:09 AM PDT · 17627 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
17. 1.62km SE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Jun 28, 6:43 AM PDT · 17628 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
18. 1.53km SE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Jun 28, 5:50 AM PDT · 17628 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
19. 2.37km SSW of Westlake Village, CATue, Jun 27, 3:07 AM PDT · 17629 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
20. 2.515km S of Santa Rosa Is., CAMon, Jun 26, 12:19 PM PDT · 17629 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci10079926. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC.