M2.5 earthquake 20km SSW of Carpinteria, CA
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 20km SSW of Carpinteria, CA on Tue, Jul 10, 1984, 9:47 PM PDT (04:47 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 22km SW of Santa Rosa Is., CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-07-11 04:47:01 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.231° N, 119.611° 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
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.018km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 15422 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.811km NW of Piru, CA · 15421 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.220km SSE of Carpinteria, CA · 15419 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.55km NE of Santa Paula, CA · 15419 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.64km S of Santa Ynez, CA · 15416 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.76km ENE of Carpinteria, CA · 15415 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.19km SSW of Ojai, CA · 15410 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.816km N of Fillmore, CA · 15405 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.012km NE of Santa Ynez, CA · 15402 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.17km SSW of Montecito, CA · 15402 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.55km ESE of Goleta, CA · 15397 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.15km ESE of Goleta, CA · 15397 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.018km S of Camarillo, CA · 15396 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.47km SW of Santa Barbara, CA · 15395 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.84km ENE of Agoura Hills, CA · 15394 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.65km W of Malibu, CA · 15379 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.813km NNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 15377 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.210km SW of Los Alamos, CA · 15377 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.822km SW of Santa Rosa Is., CA · 15375 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.29km NNW of Malibu, CA · 15374 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.83km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 15371 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.018km SSW of Port Hueneme, CA · 15369 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.929km S of Malibu, CA · 15368 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.46km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA · 15364 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 3.19km ESE of Piru, CA · 15425 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.08km E of Piru, CA · 15425 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.91km E of Malibu Beach, CA · 15426 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.47km ESE of Carpinteria, CA · 15428 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.56km E of Carpinteria, CA · 15428 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.623km NNW of Fillmore, CA · 15428 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.622km NNW of Fillmore, CA · 15428 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.916km SE of Port Hueneme, CA · 15428 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.79km SW of Taft, CA · 15430 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.411km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 15431 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.57km SE of Orcutt, CA · 15434 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.717km SSE of Port Hueneme, CA · 15434 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.91km WNW of Valencia, CA · 15434 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.56km ENE of Camarillo, CA · 15436 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.418km SW of Carpinteria, CA · 15437 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.418km SE of Port Hueneme, CA · 15439 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.88km NNE of Oxnard, CA · 15439 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.516km SW of Carpinteria, CA · 15439 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.322km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA · 15441 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.720km SSW of Carpinteria, CA · 15446 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
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