M2.0 earthquake 30km S of Malibu, CA

Magnitude

2.0 (mh), micro

Local time

Wed, Aug 26, 1981, 4:52 PM PDT

UTC

1981-08-26 23:52:16 UTC

Depth

5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.731° N, 118.823° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.5 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

221°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

9

• Malibu, CaliforniaPopulation 12,965. Forecast33 kmS
• Torrance, CaliforniaPopulation 143,592. Forecast46 kmWSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast64 kmWSW

After

1. 1.519km SSE of Carpinteria, CASun, Sep 6, 8:37 AM PDT · 16452 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
2. 3.023km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 11:30 AM PDT · 16452 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
3. 2.019km SSE of Carpinteria, CASun, Sep 6, 1:06 PM PDT · 16452 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
4. 1.822km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 2:58 PM PDT · 16452 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
5. 1.926km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 6, 8:46 PM PDT · 16452 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
6. 1.530km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 5:43 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
7. 1.835km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 5:44 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
8. 2.221km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 8:21 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
9. 1.720km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 9:19 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
10. 1.624km E of Avalon, CAMon, Sep 7, 9:37 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
11. 1.918km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 11:58 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
12. 1.924km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 12:10 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
13. 2.220km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 12:42 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
14. 1.721km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 6:22 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
15. 1.923km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 9:25 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
16. 1.819km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAMon, Sep 7, 10:27 PM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
17. 2.131km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 3:30 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
18. 2.719km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 3:36 AM PDT · 16451 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
19. 1.829km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 4:33 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
20. 1.724km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 8:43 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
21. 1.820km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 1:08 PM PDT · 16450 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
22. 1.720km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 9:30 PM PDT · 16450 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
23. 1.622km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 11:24 PM PDT · 16450 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
24. 1.623km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 11:26 PM PDT · 16450 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
25. 2.714km N of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Sep 8, 11:33 PM PDT · 16450 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
26. 1.726km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 2:25 AM PDT · 16450 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
27. 1.720km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 12:57 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
28. 1.620km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 4:36 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
29. 1.818km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 5:50 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
30. 2.118km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 6:53 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
31. 2.222km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 6:58 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
32. 3.123km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 9, 10:45 PM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
33. 2.325km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 1:54 AM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
34. 2.333km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 2:44 AM PDT · 16449 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
35. 2.617km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 6:56 AM PDT · 16448 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
36. 2.922km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 11:08 AM PDT · 16448 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
37. 1.822km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 8:10 PM PDT · 16448 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
38. 1.931km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 8:30 PM PDT · 16448 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
39. 3.523km NW of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 10:58 PM PDT · 16448 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
40. 1.620km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Sep 10, 11:50 PM PDT · 16448 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
41. 2.330km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 11, 2:58 AM PDT · 16448 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
42. 2.416km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 11, 3:40 AM PDT · 16448 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
43. 1.710km S of Las Flores, CAFri, Sep 11, 4:46 AM PDT · 16447 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
44. 2.331km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 11, 10:31 AM PDT · 16447 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
45. 2.227km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 11, 1:53 PM PDT · 16447 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
46. 2.023km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 11, 3:49 PM PDT · 16447 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
47. 2.123km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 11, 10:34 PM PDT · 16447 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
48. 2.225km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAFri, Sep 11, 11:26 PM PDT · 16447 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
49. 2.32km ENE of Newport Beach, CASat, Sep 12, 2:12 AM PDT · 16447 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
50. 1.525km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 12, 5:23 AM PDT · 16446 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
51. 1.926km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 12, 8:35 AM PDT · 16446 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
52. 2.022km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 12, 9:19 AM PDT · 16446 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
53. 2.422km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 12, 10:32 AM PDT · 16446 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
54. 1.924km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 12, 11:17 AM PDT · 16446 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
55. 1.923km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 12, 1:29 PM PDT · 16446 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
56. 2.420km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 12, 4:14 PM PDT · 16446 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
57. 2.718km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Sep 12, 5:06 PM PDT · 16446 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
58. 1.94km SSE of Carpinteria, CASun, Sep 13, 5:29 AM PDT · 16445 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
59. 2.317km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Sep 13, 4:36 PM PDT · 16445 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
60. 2.214km W of Malibu, CAMon, Sep 14, 10:30 AM PDT · 16444 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci521761. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC.