M3.3 earthquake 15km SSW of Carpinteria, CA

Magnitude

3.3 (ml), minor

Local time

Thu, Dec 2, 1982, 2:44 PM PST

UTC

1982-12-02 22:44:25 UTC

Depth

5.2 km (3.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.274° N, 119.572° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

103°

Stations used

0

• Carpinteria, CaliforniaPopulation 13,727. Forecast15 kmSSW
• Oxnard, CaliforniaPopulation 207,254. Forecast37 kmWNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast125 kmWNW

After

1. 1.913km SSW of Carpinteria, CAThu, Dec 2, 6:51 PM PST · 16000 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.417km N of Santa Paula, CASat, Dec 4, 7:56 AM PST · 15999 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
3. 2.917km SSW of Carpinteria, CASat, Dec 4, 5:28 PM PST · 15998 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
4. 2.59km S of Las Flores, CAWed, Dec 8, 1:42 AM PST · 15995 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
5. 2.418km ESE of Maricopa, CAFri, Dec 10, 9:47 AM PST · 15992 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
6. 2.214km SSW of Gorman, CASat, Dec 11, 6:11 AM PST · 15992 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
7. 2.716km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Dec 23, 8:29 PM PST · 15979 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
8. 2.72km WSW of Carpinteria, CASun, Dec 26, 2:45 AM PST · 15977 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
9. 2.814km S of Santa Barbara, CAMon, Dec 27, 9:47 AM PST · 15975 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
10. 2.824km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CATue, Dec 28, 4:27 AM PST · 15975 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
11. 2.726km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CATue, Dec 28, 2:05 PM PST · 15974 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
12. 3.65km S of Malibu, CAWed, Dec 29, 8:00 PM PST · 15973 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
13. 2.26km SSW of Malibu, CAWed, Dec 29, 8:15 PM PST · 15973 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
14. 3.05km SSW of Malibu, CAWed, Dec 29, 8:49 PM PST · 15973 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
15. 2.610km N of Santa Paula, CAThu, Dec 30, 3:51 AM PST · 15973 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
16. 2.96km S of Malibu, CAThu, Dec 30, 2:30 PM PST · 15972 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
17. 2.78km SSW of Malibu, CAFri, Dec 31, 11:13 AM PST · 15971 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
18. 2.28km S of Malibu, CAFri, Dec 31, 7:56 PM PST · 15971 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
19. 2.115km NW of Grapevine, CAMon, Jan 3, 1:20 AM PST · 15969 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
20. 1.612km NNE of Piru, CAMon, Jan 3, 7:46 AM PST · 15969 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
21. 2.518km S of Malibu Beach, CAMon, Jan 3, 11:22 AM PST · 15968 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
22. 2.411km N of Goleta, CAWed, Jan 5, 10:38 AM PST · 15966 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
23. 2.67km NE of Santa Paula, CAThu, Jan 6, 5:06 PM PST · 15965 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
24. 2.216km W of Malibu, CAFri, Jan 7, 4:34 PM PST · 15964 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
25. 2.58km NNW of Grapevine, CASat, Jan 8, 1:56 PM PST · 15963 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
26. 2.96km SSW of Malibu Beach, CASun, Jan 9, 8:46 PM PST · 15962 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
27. 2.08km ESE of Malibu, CASun, Jan 9, 8:47 PM PST · 15962 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
28. 2.05km E of Malibu, CASun, Jan 9, 10:31 PM PST · 15962 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
29. 2.36km SW of Malibu Beach, CASun, Jan 9, 11:08 PM PST · 15962 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
30. 1.86km SW of Malibu Beach, CASun, Jan 9, 11:21 PM PST · 15962 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
31. 1.53km S of Frazier Park, CAMon, Jan 10, 10:46 PM PST · 15961 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
32. 2.83km SSE of Frazier Park, CAMon, Jan 10, 10:47 PM PST · 15961 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
33. 1.93km SE of Frazier Park, CAMon, Jan 10, 10:50 PM PST · 15961 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
34. 1.63km SSE of Frazier Park, CAMon, Jan 10, 11:23 PM PST · 15961 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
35. 1.810km SSW of Maricopa, CATue, Jan 11, 3:31 AM PST · 15961 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
36. 2.110km SW of Ojai, CATue, Jan 11, 7:15 AM PST · 15961 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
37. 1.720km S of Maricopa, CATue, Jan 11, 8:30 PM PST · 15960 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
38. 3.545km S of Santa Rosa Is., CAWed, Jan 12, 8:56 AM PST · 15960 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
39. 3.846km S of Santa Rosa Is., CAWed, Jan 12, 9:19 AM PST · 15960 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
40. 2.40km SW of West Hills, CAWed, Jan 12, 1:56 PM PST · 15959 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
41. 1.519km S of Camarillo, CAWed, Jan 12, 5:08 PM PST · 15959 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
42. 1.512km NW of Grapevine, CASun, Jan 16, 4:52 PM PST · 15955 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
43. 2.56km WNW of Granada Hills, CATue, Jan 18, 6:21 AM PST · 15954 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
44. 2.55km NNE of Malibu, CASat, Jan 22, 8:14 AM PST · 15950 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
45. 1.88km W of Castaic, CAMon, Jan 24, 9:11 AM PST · 15948 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
46. 3.611km S of Malibu Beach, CAFri, Jan 28, 6:54 AM PST · 15944 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
47. 1.54km ESE of Valencia, CASat, Jan 29, 10:32 PM PST · 15942 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
48. 2.56km WNW of Goleta, CASun, Jan 30, 8:07 PM PST · 15941 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
49. 2.211km SSW of Malibu Beach, CAMon, Jan 31, 7:37 AM PST · 15941 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away

Before

1. 2.520km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Nov 28, 6:58 PM PST · 16004 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
2. 2.518km NNE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAFri, Nov 26, 6:39 AM PST · 16007 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
3. 2.93km NW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Nov 26, 4:30 AM PST · 16007 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
4. 2.619km WSW of Ventura, CAFri, Nov 26, 1:14 AM PST · 16007 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
5. 2.528km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Nov 25, 4:40 AM PST · 16008 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
6. 2.415km W of Malibu, CAThu, Nov 25, 12:47 AM PST · 16008 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
7. 2.21km WNW of West Hills, CASun, Nov 21, 8:02 AM PST · 16012 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
8. 2.415km N of Castaic, CAWed, Nov 17, 11:03 PM PST · 16015 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
9. 2.422km ESE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CASat, Nov 13, 6:13 PM PST · 16019 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
10. 2.823km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CASat, Nov 13, 2:40 PM PST · 16019 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
11. 2.31km WSW of Malibu Beach, CAFri, Nov 12, 1:14 PM PST · 16020 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
12. 2.44km E of Malibu, CAThu, Nov 11, 9:44 PM PST · 16021 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
13. 2.412km W of Malibu, CAThu, Nov 11, 6:48 PM PST · 16021 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
14. 2.510km S of Malibu Beach, CAWed, Nov 10, 12:18 AM PST · 16023 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
15. 2.22km NW of Frazier Park, CASun, Nov 7, 5:10 PM PST · 16025 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
16. 2.411km WSW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 5, 4:47 PM PST · 16027 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
17. 2.59km SSW of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Nov 4, 10:11 PM PST · 16028 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
18. 1.810km SW of Valencia, CAThu, Nov 4, 2:21 AM PST · 16029 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci511156 (also filed as usp0001r8a). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.