M2.1 earthquake 7km ENE of Oxnard, CA

Magnitude

2.1 (mh), micro

Local time

Thu, Dec 27, 1979, 11:56 AM PST

UTC

1979-12-27 19:56:53 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.217° N, 119.116° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.8 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

306°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

2

• El Rio, CaliforniaPopulation 7,198. Forecast5 kmESE
• Oxnard, CaliforniaPopulation 207,254. Forecast6 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast82 kmWNW

After

1. 2.314km N of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Dec 29, 9:16 AM PST · 17069 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
2. 1.832km S of Malibu, CAMon, Dec 31, 4:05 PM PST · 17066 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
3. 2.431km S of Malibu, CAMon, Dec 31, 4:05 PM PST · 17066 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
4. 1.712km N of Sunland, CATue, Jan 1, 1:05 AM PST · 17066 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
5. 1.87km E of Santa Clarita, CATue, Jan 1, 1:35 AM PST · 17066 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
6. 2.011km NE of Pine Mountain Club, CATue, Jan 1, 6:47 AM PST · 17066 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
7. 2.04km WSW of Florence-Graham, CAWed, Jan 2, 12:33 AM PST · 17065 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
8. 3.14km NNE of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Jan 2, 9:40 AM PST · 17065 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
9. 2.05km NNW of Sunland, CAThu, Jan 3, 3:25 PM PST · 17064 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
10. 1.78km E of Santa Clarita, CASat, Jan 5, 10:37 PM PST · 17061 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
11. 1.713km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Jan 6, 12:17 PM PST · 17061 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
12. 2.31km ENE of Santa Monica, CAMon, Jan 7, 9:43 PM PST · 17059 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
13. 1.66km NNW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Jan 11, 7:09 AM PST · 17056 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
14. 1.612km NE of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, Jan 11, 9:50 AM PST · 17056 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
15. 1.618km S of Malibu Beach, CAFri, Jan 11, 3:24 PM PST · 17056 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
16. 1.627km SSE of Port Hueneme, CASun, Jan 13, 1:20 PM PST · 17054 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
17. 1.94km SSE of Malibu, CAWed, Jan 16, 2:28 AM PST · 17051 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
18. 2.33km E of Carson, CAThu, Jan 17, 1:31 AM PST · 17050 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
19. 1.76km W of Signal Hill, CAThu, Jan 17, 2:12 AM PST · 17050 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
20. 1.511km S of Malibu Beach, CAFri, Jan 18, 3:27 PM PST · 17048 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
21. 1.97km SE of Isla Vista, CASun, Jan 20, 7:44 PM PST · 17046 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
22. 2.09km SW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Jan 20, 9:08 PM PST · 17046 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
23. 2.915km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Jan 23, 2:21 AM PST · 17044 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
24. 1.76km SSE of Agua Dulce, CAThu, Jan 24, 3:58 PM PST · 17042 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
25. 1.923km SSE of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Jan 25, 11:40 AM PST · 17042 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
26. 2.23km SW of Los Angeles, CASat, Jan 26, 5:26 PM PST · 17040 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
27. 1.62km SSW of Neenach, CASat, Jan 26, 7:29 PM PST · 17040 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
28. 1.62km E of Inglewood, CASun, Jan 27, 1:24 PM PST · 17040 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
29. 2.16km S of Malibu Beach, CAWed, Jan 30, 6:47 AM PST · 17037 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
30. 1.918km S of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Feb 1, 10:35 AM PST · 17035 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
31. 1.68km E of Santa Clarita, CASun, Feb 3, 5:01 PM PST · 17032 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
32. 1.69km SSW of Agua Dulce, CATue, Feb 5, 7:01 AM PST · 17031 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
33. 2.33km NE of Hollywood, CAWed, Feb 6, 12:47 AM PST · 17030 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
34. 1.67km ESE of Santa Clarita, CAWed, Feb 6, 3:26 AM PST · 17030 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
35. 1.62km NNE of Las Flores, CAWed, Feb 6, 10:17 AM PST · 17030 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
36. 2.011km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CAWed, Feb 6, 12:10 PM PST · 17030 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
37. 2.212km NNE of Lake View Terrace, CAThu, Feb 7, 5:55 AM PST · 17029 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
38. 1.57km NNE of Ventura, CAThu, Feb 7, 3:24 PM PST · 17029 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
39. 1.616km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, Feb 8, 12:38 AM PST · 17028 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
40. 1.612km N of Grapevine, CAFri, Feb 8, 8:34 AM PST · 17028 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
41. 1.617km S of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Feb 8, 5:56 PM PST · 17027 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
42. 1.69km E of Santa Clarita, CASat, Feb 9, 5:01 PM PST · 17026 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
43. 2.46km S of Montecito, CAMon, Feb 11, 6:19 AM PST · 17025 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
44. 2.39km SSW of Malibu Beach, CATue, Feb 12, 10:09 PM PST · 17023 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
45. 1.63km SE of Ojai, CAFri, Feb 15, 2:37 AM PST · 17021 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
46. 3.116km SW of Carpinteria, CAFri, Feb 15, 5:45 PM PST · 17020 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
47. 2.518km SSE of Santa Barbara, CAFri, Feb 15, 9:15 PM PST · 17020 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
48. 1.51km NE of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Feb 18, 1:11 AM PST · 17018 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
49. 2.915km W of Malibu, CAWed, Feb 20, 12:53 AM PST · 17016 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
50. 1.67km NW of Malibu, CAThu, Feb 21, 8:14 AM PST · 17015 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
51. 1.74km NNW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Feb 22, 8:42 AM PST · 17014 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
52. 1.716km SSE of Arvin, CAFri, Feb 22, 11:25 AM PST · 17014 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
53. 2.03km SSE of Carson, CAFri, Feb 22, 5:14 PM PST · 17013 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
54. 1.62km NE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Feb 23, 4:04 AM PST · 17013 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
55. 2.26km SSE of Malibu Beach, CASat, Feb 23, 4:48 AM PST · 17013 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away

Before

1. 2.516km SSE of Isla Vista, CAWed, Dec 26, 11:55 AM PST · 17072 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
2. 1.616km N of Piru, CATue, Dec 25, 1:07 AM PST · 17073 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
3. 1.716km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Dec 23, 8:53 AM PST · 17075 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
4. 1.923km S of Frazier Park, CAThu, Dec 20, 8:33 AM PST · 17078 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
5. 1.519km SW of Carpinteria, CAThu, Dec 20, 6:03 AM PST · 17078 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
6. 2.016km S of Santa Barbara, CAWed, Dec 19, 4:23 PM PST · 17078 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
7. 2.512km S of Malibu Beach, CAMon, Dec 17, 7:18 PM PST · 17080 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
8. 1.55km NNW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Dec 17, 3:28 PM PST · 17080 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
9. 1.81km NNE of Caltech, Pasadena, CAMon, Dec 17, 11:35 AM PST · 17081 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
10. 2.317km S of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Dec 17, 11:24 AM PST · 17081 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
11. 2.38km S of Malibu Beach, CAMon, Dec 17, 10:31 AM PST · 17081 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
12. 1.71km S of Downey, CAMon, Dec 17, 4:41 AM PST · 17081 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
13. 2.28km WSW of Grapevine, CASun, Dec 16, 12:45 AM PST · 17082 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
14. 3.19km SSE of Malibu Beach, CASat, Dec 15, 10:00 PM PST · 17082 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
15. 2.116km W of Malibu, CASat, Dec 15, 6:44 PM PST · 17082 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
16. 2.99km NE of Grapevine, CASat, Dec 15, 10:03 AM PST · 17083 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
17. 2.28km S of Malibu Beach, CAThu, Dec 13, 12:20 AM PST · 17085 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
18. 1.620km SSE of Isla Vista, CATue, Dec 11, 3:09 AM PST · 17087 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
19. 2.22km SSE of Grapevine, CATue, Dec 11, 12:27 AM PST · 17087 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
20. 2.214km SE of Malibu, CAMon, Dec 10, 10:53 PM PST · 17087 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci12336419. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.