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M2.4 earthquake 19km S of Carpinteria, CA

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 19km S of Carpinteria, CA on Sun, Jun 18, 1978, 8:44 PM PDT (03:44 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 The 1978 Santa Barbara, California Earthquake. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (Mh), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1978-06-19 03:44:34 UTC
Depth
11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.232° N, 119.494° W
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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.918km N of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17637 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.116km ENE of Ojai, CA · 17635 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.71km WSW of Frazier Park, CA · 17634 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.224km W of Palos Verdes Estates, CA · 17633 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.716km ENE of Ojai, CA · 17633 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.017km N of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17633 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.030km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17632 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.87km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA · 17631 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.718km N of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17630 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.712km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 17629 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 1.717km N of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17629 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.515km S of Santa Rosa Is., CA · 17629 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 2.37km SSW of Westlake Village, CA · 17629 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.69km NE of Santa Clarita, CA · 17628 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.53km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 17628 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.62km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 17628 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.512km SSE of Isla Vista, CA · 17627 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 3.06km WNW of Castaic, CA · 17627 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.86km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA · 17624 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 1.613km SW of Carpinteria, CA · 17624 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 3.222km S of Santa Rosa Is., CA · 17623 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 1.623km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17621 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  23. 1.619km SSE of Malibu, CA · 17616 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 1.915km ENE of Ojai, CA · 17616 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 1.83km S of Frazier Park, CA · 17616 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 2.615km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA · 17615 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 1.620km SSE of Malibu, CA · 17615 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 1.59km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 17615 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 1.55km S of Malibu, CA · 17615 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.020km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA · 17614 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 3.221km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 17614 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.020km S of Carpinteria, CA · 17613 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 1.719km S of Carpinteria, CA · 17613 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 1.718km N of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17613 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  35. 1.919km S of Carpinteria, CA · 17613 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
  36. 1.616km NNW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17612 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  37. 1.916km N of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17612 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 2.213km SSW of Santa Rosa Is., CA · 17611 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.75km ENE of Santa Clarita, CA · 17611 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.816km ENE of Ojai, CA · 17610 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 1.830km NW of Santa Cruz Is. (NW end), CA · 17609 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.422km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 17608 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 2.13km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 17608 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 2.419km S of Carpinteria, CA · 17607 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 1.916km N of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17607 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 1.54km WNW of Malibu Beach, CA · 17605 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 1.818km W of Ventura, CA · 17605 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  48. 2.810km NW of Malibu, CA · 17605 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.77km ESE of Malibu, CA · 17603 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 2.08km S of Las Flores, CA · 17602 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 2.39km S of Las Flores, CA · 17602 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 1.77km NE of Santa Clarita, CA · 17599 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.814km SSE of Camarillo, CA · 17597 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  54. 1.63km S of Frazier Park, CA · 17596 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.334km SSE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17593 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.812km SSW of Valencia, CA · 17590 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 2.310km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 17589 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.012km WSW of Malibu, CA · 17589 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 2.428km S of Port Hueneme, CA · 17588 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 1.77km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 17588 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 177.

Before

  1. 1.820km S of Carpinteria, CA · 17637 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.419km S of Carpinteria, CA · 17637 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.922km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 17640 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 4.221km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 17640 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.89km SSW of Valencia, CA · 17642 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.18km NE of Santa Clarita, CA · 17644 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.820km N of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 17645 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.919km S of Carpinteria, CA · 17645 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.612km W of Grapevine, CA · 17646 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.217km NW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 17648 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.923km S of Port Hueneme, CA · 17649 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.88km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 17649 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.820km S of Carpinteria, CA · 17654 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.714km W of Malibu, CA · 17654 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.136km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 17654 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 1.917km SSE of Carpinteria, CA · 17655 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.29km NNE of Simi Valley, CA · 17659 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.627km S of Port Hueneme, CA · 17662 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.426km S of Port Hueneme, CA · 17662 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.710km WNW of Neenach, CA · 17663 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3340063. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC.