M2.5 earthquake 19km S of Carpinteria, CA
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 19km S of Carpinteria, CA on Wed, Apr 25, 1990, 1:24 PM PDT (20:24 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 26km S of Lompoc, 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
- 1990-04-25 20:24:36 UTC
- Depth
- 14.9 km (9.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.231° N, 119.538° 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
- 111°
- 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: 55 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.119km S of Carpinteria, CA · 13310 days ago · 14 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.05km WNW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 13309 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.910km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 13307 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.016km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 13306 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.131km SSE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 13304 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.08km ESE of Lompoc, CA · 13304 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.621km S of Maricopa, CA · 13302 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.88km ESE of Lompoc, CA · 13302 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.311km N of Piru, CA · 13300 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.514km N of Castaic, CA · 13300 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.14km NNW of Malibu, CA · 13298 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.99km ESE of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 13297 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.214km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA · 13296 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.79km ESE of Lompoc, CA · 13292 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.82km WSW of Granada Hills, CA · 13289 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.77km S of Frazier Park, CA · 13288 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.07km SSW of Frazier Park, CA · 13288 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.88km N of Malibu Beach, CA · 13283 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.611km WSW of Grapevine, CA · 13282 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.06km WNW of Grapevine, CA · 13282 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.96km SSW of Las Flores, CA · 13280 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.326km S of Lompoc, CA · 13279 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.123km SSW of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 13279 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.97km WNW of Fillmore, CA · 13279 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.718km SW of Thousand Oaks, CA · 13277 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.27km SSW of Malibu, CA · 13276 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.214km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA · 13276 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.99km W of Castaic, CA · 13273 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.210km W of Castaic, CA · 13272 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.79km W of Castaic, CA · 13272 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.010km W of Castaic, CA · 13272 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.79km NE of Piru, CA · 13272 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.010km W of Castaic, CA · 13272 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.58km W of Castaic, CA · 13272 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.510km W of Castaic, CA · 13272 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.310km W of Castaic, CA · 13271 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.310km W of Castaic, CA · 13271 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.78km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 13271 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.410km W of Castaic, CA · 13271 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.812km S of Las Flores, CA · 13269 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.99km ESE of Lompoc, CA · 13268 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.316km N of Fillmore, CA · 13265 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.516km N of Fillmore, CA · 13265 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.924km SW of Maricopa, CA · 13262 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.720km SSW of Carpinteria, CA · 13262 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.43km WSW of Malibu Beach, CA · 13262 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.17km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 13260 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.87km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 13260 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.76km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 13260 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.89km ENE of Pine Mountain Club, CA · 13259 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.813km WSW of Marina del Rey, CA · 13256 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.010km WNW of Malibu, CA · 13256 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.56km S of Malibu Beach, CA · 13256 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.714km WNW of Malibu, CA · 13256 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.312km N of Fillmore, CA · 13251 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 1.618km S of Carpinteria, CA · 13310 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.019km S of Carpinteria, CA · 13310 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.218km S of Carpinteria, CA · 13310 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.213km WSW of Marina del Rey, CA · 13311 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.29km E of Lompoc, CA · 13312 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.614km WSW of Lake Hughes, CA · 13313 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.41km NW of Frazier Park, CA · 13316 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.821km NNE of Carpinteria, CA · 13317 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.016km WSW of Isla Vista, CA · 13318 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.524km SSE of Santa Rosa Is., CA · 13319 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.21km WSW of Woodland Hills, CA · 13322 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.87km SSE of Santa Clarita, CA · 13322 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.118km NE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 13325 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.018km W of Malibu, CA · 13326 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.412km S of Las Flores, CA · 13332 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.511km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA · 13332 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
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