M4.0 earthquake 16km WNW of Malibu, CA
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 16km WNW of Malibu, CA on Tue, Apr 13, 1982, 3:02 AM PST (11:02 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 23km SSE of San Pedro, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-04-13 11:02:12 UTC
- Depth
- 11.7 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.063° N, 118.970° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.02km NNE of Buena Park, CA · 16239 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.54km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 16238 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.217km SW of Thousand Oaks, CA · 16238 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.524km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16237 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.012km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16237 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.66km SSW of Littlerock, CA · 16236 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.02km S of Westminster, CA · 16235 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.317km WNW of Malibu, CA · 16234 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.47km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16234 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.715km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16234 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.118km SSE of Malibu, CA · 16234 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.513km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16233 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.55km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 16233 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.416km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16233 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.016km WNW of Malibu, CA · 16233 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.531km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16231 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.414km ESE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16230 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.121km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 16230 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.510km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 16229 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.317km W of Malibu, CA · 16228 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.32km ENE of Norwalk, CA · 16227 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.18km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16227 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.310km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 16227 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.317km SW of Thousand Oaks, CA · 16225 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.81km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 16225 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.514km ESE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16224 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.714km ENE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16223 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.515km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16223 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.217km SSE of Camarillo, CA · 16223 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.219km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16223 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.516km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16223 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.417km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16222 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.516km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16221 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.714km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16221 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.915km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16221 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.015km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16221 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.620km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 16220 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.520km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 16220 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.52km ESE of Chatsworth, CA · 16220 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.99km WNW of Lake Hughes, CA · 16220 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.98km SE of Malibu, CA · 16220 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.617km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16217 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.88km SE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16215 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.323km SW of Malibu, CA · 16214 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.828km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16214 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.316km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16214 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.415km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16214 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.415km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16214 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.316km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16214 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.421km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16213 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.619km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16213 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.419km S of Santa Barbara, CA · 16212 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.94km SSW of Valencia, CA · 16210 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.91km SSE of Highland Park, CA · 16209 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.016km SSW of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA · 16209 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.522km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16208 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.49km ESE of Santa Clarita, CA · 16207 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.122km S of San Pedro, CA · 16207 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.611km WNW of Ojai, CA · 16204 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.719km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16203 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of 101.
Before
- 2.03km NW of West Hills, CA · 16242 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.615km ESE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16242 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.18km SW of Ojai, CA · 16242 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.414km ESE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16243 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.610km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 16243 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.28km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 16244 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.51km WSW of West Hills, CA · 16244 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.17km NNE of Carpinteria, CA · 16245 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.517km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16246 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.312km ENE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16247 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.415km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16247 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.617km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16247 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.616km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16247 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.716km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16247 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.415km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16247 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.117km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16248 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.511km ENE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16248 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.516km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16248 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.716km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16248 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.116km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 16248 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci528652 (also filed as usp0001kpp). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC.