M1.8 earthquake 22km SSW of Carpinteria, CA

Magnitude

1.8 (mc), micro

Local time

Mon, Oct 18, 1982, 4:17 PM PDT

UTC

1982-10-18 23:17:07 UTC

Depth

4.9 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.217° N, 119.627° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

136°

Stations used

0

• Carpinteria, CaliforniaPopulation 13,727. Forecast23 kmSSW
• Oxnard, CaliforniaPopulation 207,254. Forecast41 kmW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast129 kmW

After

1. 2.513km W of Malibu, CATue, Oct 19, 2:06 AM PDT · 16051 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
2. 2.69km W of Malibu, CATue, Oct 19, 3:27 PM PDT · 16050 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
3. 2.510km SE of Santa Ynez, CAWed, Oct 20, 4:59 PM PDT · 16049 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
4. 2.012km N of Goleta, CAWed, Oct 20, 7:53 PM PDT · 16049 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
5. 2.13km SW of Castaic, CASat, Oct 23, 4:19 PM PDT · 16046 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
6. 3.68km SSW of Port Hueneme, CASun, Oct 24, 12:23 PM PDT · 16045 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
7. 2.69km WSW of Grapevine, CAMon, Oct 25, 12:12 PM PDT · 16044 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
8. 2.411km W of Ventura, CASat, Oct 30, 10:47 PM PDT · 16039 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
9. 1.810km SW of Valencia, CAThu, Nov 4, 2:21 AM PST · 16035 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
10. 2.59km SSW of Santa Barbara, CAThu, Nov 4, 10:11 PM PST · 16034 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
11. 2.411km WSW of Grapevine, CAFri, Nov 5, 4:47 PM PST · 16033 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
12. 2.22km NW of Frazier Park, CASun, Nov 7, 5:10 PM PST · 16031 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
13. 2.510km S of Malibu Beach, CAWed, Nov 10, 12:18 AM PST · 16029 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
14. 2.412km W of Malibu, CAThu, Nov 11, 6:48 PM PST · 16027 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
15. 2.44km E of Malibu, CAThu, Nov 11, 9:44 PM PST · 16027 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
16. 2.31km WSW of Malibu Beach, CAFri, Nov 12, 1:14 PM PST · 16026 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
17. 2.823km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CASat, Nov 13, 2:40 PM PST · 16025 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
18. 2.422km ESE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CASat, Nov 13, 6:13 PM PST · 16025 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
19. 2.21km WNW of West Hills, CASun, Nov 21, 8:02 AM PST · 16018 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
20. 2.415km W of Malibu, CAThu, Nov 25, 12:47 AM PST · 16014 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
21. 2.528km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Nov 25, 4:40 AM PST · 16014 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
22. 2.619km WSW of Ventura, CAFri, Nov 26, 1:14 AM PST · 16013 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
23. 2.93km NW of Frazier Park, CAFri, Nov 26, 4:30 AM PST · 16013 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
24. 2.518km NNE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAFri, Nov 26, 6:39 AM PST · 16013 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
25. 2.520km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Nov 28, 6:58 PM PST · 16010 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
26. 3.315km SSW of Carpinteria, CAThu, Dec 2, 2:44 PM PST · 16006 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
27. 1.913km SSW of Carpinteria, CAThu, Dec 2, 6:51 PM PST · 16006 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
28. 2.417km N of Santa Paula, CASat, Dec 4, 7:56 AM PST · 16005 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
29. 2.917km SSW of Carpinteria, CASat, Dec 4, 5:28 PM PST · 16004 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
30. 2.59km S of Las Flores, CAWed, Dec 8, 1:42 AM PST · 16001 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
31. 2.418km ESE of Maricopa, CAFri, Dec 10, 9:47 AM PST · 15998 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
32. 2.214km SSW of Gorman, CASat, Dec 11, 6:11 AM PST · 15998 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away

Before

1. 2.85km NW of Ventura, CASun, Oct 17, 4:23 AM PDT · 16053 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
2. 2.821km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASat, Oct 16, 8:58 AM PDT · 16054 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
3. 3.30km NNE of West Hills, CAFri, Oct 15, 2:57 AM PDT · 16055 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
4. 2.61km SE of West Hills, CAWed, Oct 13, 5:51 PM PDT · 16056 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
5. 2.412km WNW of Grapevine, CAMon, Oct 11, 6:42 PM PDT · 16058 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
6. 2.516km WNW of Malibu, CAFri, Oct 8, 10:08 PM PDT · 16061 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
7. 2.43km WSW of Malibu, CATue, Oct 5, 9:10 AM PDT · 16065 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
8. 2.419km SE of Port Hueneme, CATue, Oct 5, 6:29 AM PDT · 16065 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
9. 2.020km N of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Oct 3, 9:11 PM PDT · 16066 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
10. 2.417km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Oct 3, 3:14 PM PDT · 16066 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
11. 2.421km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CASat, Oct 2, 3:05 AM PDT · 16068 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
12. 2.41km SSE of Gorman, CATue, Sep 28, 10:05 PM PDT · 16071 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
13. 2.620km SSW of Carpinteria, CAMon, Sep 27, 2:43 AM PDT · 16073 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
14. 3.311km ENE of Orcutt, CASat, Sep 25, 10:20 PM PDT · 16074 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
15. 2.215km WNW of Malibu, CAFri, Sep 24, 7:58 PM PDT · 16075 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
16. 2.017km N of Los Alamos, CAThu, Sep 23, 2:09 PM PDT · 16076 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
17. 2.820km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Sep 22, 3:32 PM PDT · 16077 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
18. 3.24km ESE of Goleta, CATue, Sep 21, 11:17 AM PDT · 16078 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
19. 1.97km SSE of Malibu, CAMon, Sep 20, 11:20 AM PDT · 16079 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci511733. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC.