M2.7 earthquake 17km SSE of Carpinteria, CA

Magnitude

2.7 (mc), micro

Local time

Sat, Aug 22, 1981, 7:47 AM PDT

UTC

1981-08-22 14:47:53 UTC

Depth

5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.250° N, 119.480° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.4 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

154°

Stations used

24

• Carpinteria, CaliforniaPopulation 13,727. Forecast17 kmSSE
• Oxnard, CaliforniaPopulation 207,254. Forecast28 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast116 kmWNW

After

1. 1.85km NW of Frazier Park, CASat, Aug 22, 10:07 AM PDT · 16475 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
2. 2.520km S of Carpinteria, CASat, Aug 22, 2:39 PM PDT · 16475 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
3. 2.44km WSW of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Aug 22, 11:58 PM PDT · 16474 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
4. 2.310km ESE of Santa Clarita, CATue, Aug 25, 10:33 AM PDT · 16472 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
5. 2.030km S of Malibu, CAWed, Aug 26, 4:52 PM PDT · 16471 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
6. 1.66km NNW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Aug 28, 12:48 PM PDT · 16469 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
7. 2.09km W of El Segundo, CAFri, Aug 28, 6:57 PM PDT · 16469 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
8. 2.67km ENE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Aug 29, 8:05 AM PDT · 16468 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
9. 2.28km N of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Aug 31, 5:06 AM PDT · 16466 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
10. 5.511km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 8:50 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
11. 3.419km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 8:57 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
12. 1.922km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:04 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
13. 2.023km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:07 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
14. 2.220km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:09 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
15. 2.018km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:13 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
16. 1.621km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:16 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
17. 2.122km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:17 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
18. 1.728km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:19 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
19. 1.722km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:25 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
20. 2.023km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:27 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
21. 1.620km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:32 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
22. 1.927km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:42 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
23. 2.220km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:46 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
24. 2.122km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:51 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
25. 1.719km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 9:58 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
26. 3.011km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 10:04 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
27. 1.622km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 10:17 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
28. 2.913km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 10:22 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
29. 2.019km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 10:46 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
30. 1.720km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 11:29 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
31. 1.521km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 11:31 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
32. 2.220km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 11:59 AM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
33. 2.118km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 12:11 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
34. 1.825km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 12:35 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
35. 2.420km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 12:36 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
36. 2.319km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 12:43 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
37. 2.222km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 12:48 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
38. 1.56km S of Malibu Beach, CAFri, Sep 4, 12:52 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
39. 2.619km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 1:10 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
40. 1.523km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 1:14 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
41. 2.217km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 1:16 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
42. 2.120km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 1:22 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
43. 1.715km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 1:25 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
44. 1.820km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 1:26 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
45. 2.017km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 1:51 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
46. 2.821km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 1:51 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
47. 2.624km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 2:00 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
48. 1.920km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 2:33 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
49. 1.621km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 3:02 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
50. 1.824km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 4:23 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
51. 2.417km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 5:00 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
52. 1.618km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 5:01 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
53. 2.022km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 5:39 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
54. 3.716km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 5:41 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
55. 2.026km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 5:54 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
56. 2.025km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 6:33 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
57. 1.924km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 6:48 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
58. 2.218km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 6:49 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
59. 2.325km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 7:33 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
60. 2.817km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 4, 8:41 PM PDT · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

1. 2.019km S of Carpinteria, CASat, Aug 22, 7:27 AM PDT · 16475 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
2. 2.417km SSE of Carpinteria, CASat, Aug 22, 7:21 AM PDT · 16475 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
3. 1.517km NW of Grapevine, CAFri, Aug 21, 11:01 PM PDT · 16476 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
4. 1.616km WSW of Isla Vista, CAFri, Aug 21, 7:43 AM PDT · 16476 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
5. 2.041km NNW of San Nicolas Is., CAThu, Aug 20, 12:16 PM PDT · 16477 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
6. 1.515km SW of Carpinteria, CAWed, Aug 19, 3:54 PM PDT · 16478 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
7. 1.618km SSE of Malibu, CATue, Aug 18, 6:16 AM PDT · 16479 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
8. 3.124km SSE of Malibu, CATue, Aug 18, 2:23 AM PDT · 16479 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
9. 1.717km WNW of Malibu, CASat, Aug 15, 5:11 PM PDT · 16482 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
10. 2.320km S of Port Hueneme, CASat, Aug 15, 5:31 AM PDT · 16482 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
11. 2.29km NNW of Los Alamos, CAFri, Aug 14, 4:35 PM PDT · 16483 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
12. 3.110km SW of Santa Monica, CAThu, Aug 13, 6:09 PM PDT · 16484 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
13. 2.54km NNW of Topanga, CAWed, Aug 12, 3:58 PM PDT · 16485 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
14. 1.618km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Aug 10, 7:49 PM PDT · 16487 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
15. 1.612km NW of Grapevine, CASat, Aug 8, 9:00 PM PDT · 16489 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
16. 1.78km ESE of Santa Clarita, CASat, Aug 8, 3:27 AM PDT · 16489 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
17. 1.615km S of Malibu Beach, CAThu, Aug 6, 6:43 PM PDT · 16491 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
18. 3.65km N of Los Alamos, CAThu, Aug 6, 4:10 AM PDT · 16491 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
19. 2.228km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAWed, Aug 5, 11:59 PM PDT · 16491 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
20. 1.515km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CAWed, Aug 5, 9:42 PM PDT · 16492 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci521551. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:48 PM UTC.