M2.1 earthquake 21km SSW of Carpinteria, CA

Magnitude

2.1 (Mc), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Wed, Apr 6, 1983, 7:25 PM PST

UTC

1983-04-07 03:25:01 UTC

Depth

13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.241° N, 119.639° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

118°

Stations used

12

• Summerland, CaliforniaPopulation 1,448. Forecast20 kmSSW
• Santa Barbara, CaliforniaPopulation 91,842. Forecast21 kmSSE
• Oxnard, CaliforniaPopulation 207,254. Forecast43 kmW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast130 kmW

After

1. 1.87km W of Malibu, CASat, Apr 9, 5:46 AM PST · 15881 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
2. 2.09km W of Malibu, CASat, Apr 9, 5:46 AM PST · 15881 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
3. 1.64km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CASun, Apr 10, 1:06 PM PST · 15880 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
4. 2.114km S of Carpinteria, CAMon, Apr 11, 6:11 AM PST · 15879 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
5. 1.75km SW of Valencia, CAThu, Apr 14, 4:45 AM PST · 15876 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
6. 2.58km NW of Granada Hills, CASat, Apr 16, 3:53 AM PST · 15874 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
7. 1.55km N of Chatsworth, CASat, Apr 16, 3:54 AM PST · 15874 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
8. 3.57km NW of Granada Hills, CASat, Apr 16, 4:25 AM PST · 15874 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
9. 2.28km NNE of Chatsworth, CASat, Apr 16, 4:32 AM PST · 15874 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
10. 1.99km NNE of Chatsworth, CASat, Apr 16, 4:58 AM PST · 15874 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
11. 1.96km NE of Chatsworth, CASat, Apr 16, 5:01 AM PST · 15874 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
12. 1.96km NNE of Chatsworth, CASat, Apr 16, 5:02 AM PST · 15874 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
13. 1.612km NNE of Pine Mountain Club, CASat, Apr 16, 2:43 PM PST · 15874 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
14. 2.28km NW of Granada Hills, CASat, Apr 16, 7:26 PM PST · 15874 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
15. 1.819km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CASun, Apr 17, 6:42 AM PST · 15873 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
16. 2.739km S of Santa Rosa Is., CAMon, Apr 18, 6:31 PM PST · 15872 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
17. 2.215km SSE of Isla Vista, CAFri, Apr 22, 11:36 AM PST · 15868 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
18. 2.011km SE of Isla Vista, CASat, Apr 23, 4:30 PM PST · 15867 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
19. 2.26km SE of Malibu, CASun, May 1, 9:14 AM PDT · 15859 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
20. 1.53km SSW of Valencia, CAWed, May 4, 9:49 AM PDT · 15856 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
21. 1.619km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, May 6, 8:41 AM PDT · 15854 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
22. 1.71km S of Santa Ynez, CASat, May 7, 9:38 PM PDT · 15853 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
23. 2.619km ENE of Santa Cruz Is. (NW end), CASun, May 8, 9:58 AM PDT · 15852 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
24. 2.420km SSW of Carpinteria, CASun, May 15, 8:42 AM PDT · 15845 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
25. 1.636km NNW of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, May 18, 1:30 AM PDT · 15843 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
26. 1.921km SSE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAWed, May 18, 3:22 AM PDT · 15842 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
27. 1.52km SE of Ojai, CASat, May 21, 12:09 PM PDT · 15839 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
28. 1.719km N of Goleta, CASun, May 22, 8:12 AM PDT · 15838 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
29. 1.65km SW of Santa Barbara, CATue, May 24, 6:39 AM PDT · 15836 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
30. 2.419km E of Maricopa, CAFri, May 27, 10:00 AM PDT · 15833 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
31. 1.517km S of Santa Barbara, CASat, May 28, 5:59 AM PDT · 15832 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
32. 1.85km ESE of Malibu, CASun, May 29, 9:37 AM PDT · 15831 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
33. 1.517km W of Malibu, CATue, May 31, 7:30 PM PDT · 15829 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away

Before

1. 1.75km SW of Valencia, CATue, Apr 5, 1:19 AM PST · 15886 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
2. 2.44km SW of Valencia, CAMon, Apr 4, 11:55 PM PST · 15886 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
3. 1.65km SW of Valencia, CAMon, Apr 4, 10:53 PM PST · 15886 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
4. 1.85km WSW of Valencia, CAMon, Apr 4, 10:20 PM PST · 15886 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
5. 2.219km S of Malibu Beach, CASun, Apr 3, 8:21 AM PST · 15887 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
6. 3.225km S of San Miguel Is., CAWed, Mar 30, 10:45 PM PST · 15891 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
7. 2.628km NE of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Mar 30, 12:04 AM PST · 15892 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
8. 1.92km ENE of Malibu, CATue, Mar 29, 9:59 AM PST · 15892 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
9. 2.74km SSE of Malibu Beach, CAThu, Mar 24, 11:19 AM PST · 15897 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
10. 2.33km SW of Valencia, CAWed, Mar 23, 4:02 PM PST · 15898 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
11. 2.612km WNW of Grapevine, CATue, Mar 22, 2:11 AM PST · 15899 days ago · -1 km deep · 100 km away
12. 2.619km SSW of Carpinteria, CAMon, Mar 21, 4:36 PM PST · 15900 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
13. 1.620km SSW of Carpinteria, CAMon, Mar 21, 4:17 PM PST · 15900 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
14. 2.45km S of Castaic, CAWed, Mar 16, 7:27 PM PST · 15905 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
15. 1.517km S of Camarillo, CAWed, Mar 16, 7:41 AM PST · 15905 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
16. 1.834km SSW of Maricopa, CAFri, Mar 11, 5:13 PM PST · 15910 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
17. 1.924km NNE of Santa Barbara Is., CAThu, Mar 10, 7:38 AM PST · 15911 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
18. 2.114km SSW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAMon, Mar 7, 9:29 PM PST · 15914 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci1104541. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC.