M1.5 earthquake 5km SE of Goleta, CA

Magnitude

1.5 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Fri, Oct 13, 1978, 11:01 AM PDT

UTC

1978-10-13 18:01:33 UTC

Depth

2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.400° N, 119.789° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.8 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.28

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

199°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

10

• Goleta, CaliforniaPopulation 30,944. Forecast5 kmSE
• Oxnard, CaliforniaPopulation 207,254. Forecast61 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast147 kmWNW

After

1. 1.88km SE of Isla Vista, CATue, Oct 17, 9:39 AM PDT · 17518 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
2. 1.77km WSW of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Oct 19, 2:17 PM PDT · 17516 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
3. 2.128km S of Santa Rosa Is., CAFri, Oct 20, 3:00 AM PDT · 17515 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
4. 3.419km SW of Malibu, CAFri, Oct 20, 7:06 PM PDT · 17514 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
5. 1.520km SW of Malibu, CAFri, Oct 20, 7:07 PM PDT · 17514 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
6. 2.43km S of Frazier Park, CASun, Oct 22, 9:03 AM PDT · 17513 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
7. 1.510km SE of Isla Vista, CAWed, Oct 25, 7:04 PM PDT · 17509 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
8. 2.514km WNW of Grapevine, CAThu, Oct 26, 11:50 AM PDT · 17509 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
9. 1.79km SW of Grapevine, CASat, Oct 28, 2:42 PM PDT · 17507 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
10. 2.08km SE of Goleta, CATue, Oct 31, 12:47 PM PST · 17504 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
11. 2.07km SE of Isla Vista, CAThu, Nov 2, 7:55 PM PST · 17501 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
12. 2.98km SSE of Santa Barbara, CATue, Nov 7, 4:42 PM PST · 17496 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
13. 2.48km WSW of Ojai, CAThu, Nov 9, 1:36 AM PST · 17495 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
14. 2.110km WSW of Ojai, CAThu, Nov 9, 1:49 AM PST · 17495 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
15. 1.96km ESE of Goleta, CAThu, Nov 9, 2:10 AM PST · 17495 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
16. 1.711km WSW of Ojai, CAThu, Nov 9, 5:11 AM PST · 17495 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
17. 1.76km SSE of Goleta, CAThu, Nov 9, 8:32 AM PST · 17495 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
18. 2.26km SE of Isla Vista, CAFri, Nov 10, 3:51 PM PST · 17493 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
19. 1.710km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Nov 11, 9:08 PM PST · 17492 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
20. 2.624km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (NW end), CAMon, Nov 13, 1:36 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
21. 2.11km WNW of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Nov 13, 8:49 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
22. 3.20km WSW of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Nov 13, 8:49 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
23. 1.52km NW of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Nov 13, 8:50 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
24. 3.21km SSE of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Nov 13, 8:50 AM PST · 17491 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
25. 2.219km NE of Santa Cruz Is. (NW end), CATue, Nov 14, 12:27 AM PST · 17490 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
26. 2.46km SE of Isla Vista, CATue, Nov 14, 11:31 AM PST · 17490 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
27. 2.38km SSW of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Nov 16, 10:26 AM PST · 17488 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
28. 1.813km SE of Isla Vista, CAThu, Nov 16, 11:48 AM PST · 17488 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
29. 2.322km SE of Santa Rosa Is., CAThu, Nov 16, 12:27 PM PST · 17488 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
30. 1.86km SE of Isla Vista, CAThu, Nov 16, 4:11 PM PST · 17487 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
31. 1.83km W of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Nov 17, 8:38 AM PST · 17487 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
32. 2.40km S of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Nov 17, 8:46 AM PST · 17487 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
33. 2.212km SE of Carpinteria, CAFri, Nov 17, 3:51 PM PST · 17486 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
34. 1.63km E of Goleta, CAFri, Nov 17, 5:04 PM PST · 17486 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
35. 1.79km WSW of Ojai, CASun, Nov 19, 6:36 AM PST · 17485 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
36. 1.613km N of Fillmore, CATue, Nov 21, 7:21 PM PST · 17482 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
37. 1.52km NNW of Frazier Park, CASat, Nov 25, 8:52 PM PST · 17478 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
38. 2.09km SSE of Goleta, CAWed, Nov 29, 8:57 PM PST · 17474 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
39. 2.09km SE of Isla Vista, CAWed, Nov 29, 8:57 PM PST · 17474 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
40. 1.810km SSE of Goleta, CAWed, Nov 29, 9:38 PM PST · 17474 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
41. 1.713km SW of Ojai, CAThu, Nov 30, 2:11 PM PST · 17474 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
42. 1.830km SSW of Simmler, CAThu, Nov 30, 4:02 PM PST · 17473 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
43. 1.93km WSW of Port Hueneme, CAThu, Nov 30, 10:54 PM PST · 17473 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
44. 2.310km WSW of Isla Vista, CATue, Dec 5, 1:00 AM PST · 17469 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
45. 1.98km WSW of Isla Vista, CATue, Dec 5, 1:07 AM PST · 17469 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
46. 3.36km SW of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Dec 6, 2:03 AM PST · 17468 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
47. 1.76km SSW of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Dec 6, 2:41 AM PST · 17468 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
48. 2.38km SW of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Dec 6, 3:21 AM PST · 17468 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
49. 1.721km SSW of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Dec 7, 1:46 AM PST · 17467 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
50. 1.714km SSW of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Dec 8, 3:55 PM PST · 17465 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
51. 1.912km S of Isla Vista, CAMon, Dec 11, 7:32 PM PST · 17462 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
52. 2.05km SE of Isla Vista, CAMon, Dec 11, 8:11 PM PST · 17462 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away

Before

1. 1.624km SW of Maricopa, CAFri, Oct 13, 5:12 AM PDT · 17522 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
2. 1.88km SW of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Oct 13, 2:06 AM PDT · 17522 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
3. 2.110km SSW of Santa Barbara, CATue, Oct 10, 11:31 AM PDT · 17525 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
4. 2.25km SSE of Santa Maria, CATue, Oct 10, 3:14 AM PDT · 17525 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
5. 1.87km WSW of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Oct 9, 2:22 PM PDT · 17526 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
6. 2.410km SE of Isla Vista, CASat, Oct 7, 7:22 PM PDT · 17527 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
7. 1.87km SE of Isla Vista, CAFri, Oct 6, 9:26 AM PDT · 17529 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
8. 2.312km ESE of Maricopa, CAWed, Oct 4, 9:08 PM PDT · 17530 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
9. 2.830km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CATue, Oct 3, 10:56 PM PDT · 17531 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
10. 2.614km NW of Santa Rosa Is., CATue, Oct 3, 8:01 AM PDT · 17532 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
11. 1.710km SE of Isla Vista, CAFri, Sep 29, 6:35 PM PDT · 17535 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
12. 1.95km SE of Isla Vista, CAFri, Sep 29, 4:06 AM PDT · 17536 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
13. 1.77km SE of Goleta, CAThu, Sep 28, 2:23 PM PDT · 17537 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
14. 2.07km SSW of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Sep 28, 8:36 AM PDT · 17537 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
15. 1.89km SE of Isla Vista, CAMon, Sep 25, 5:02 PM PDT · 17539 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
16. 3.56km SW of Santa Barbara, CASat, Sep 23, 7:04 PM PDT · 17541 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
17. 2.011km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASat, Sep 23, 10:40 AM PDT · 17542 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
18. 1.712km SSW of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Sep 22, 7:57 AM PDT · 17543 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
19. 1.71km ENE of Isla Vista, CAThu, Sep 21, 8:05 PM PDT · 17543 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
20. 1.713km SSW of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Sep 21, 3:25 AM PDT · 17544 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3342964. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC.