M2.2 earthquake 21km SSW of Carpinteria, CA

Magnitude

2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 5:44 AM PST

UTC

2021-12-25 13:44:01 UTC

Depth

1.3 km (0.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

34.218° N, 119.591° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

134°

Stations used

45

• Carpinteria, CaliforniaPopulation 13,727. Forecast21 kmSSW
• Oxnard, CaliforniaPopulation 207,254. Forecast38 kmW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast125 kmW

After

1. 2.815km SE of Malibu, CASat, Dec 25, 4:19 PM PST · 1743 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 19
2. 1.820km NNW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CASat, Dec 25, 7:09 PM PST · 1743 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
3. 1.914km SE of Malibu, CAMon, Dec 27, 4:27 AM PST · 1741 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
4. 2.315km SE of Malibu, CAMon, Dec 27, 4:28 AM PST · 1741 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
5. 3.68km WNW of Fillmore, CAFri, Jan 7, 10:21 PM PST · 1730 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 303
6. 2.08km NW of Fillmore, CAFri, Jan 7, 10:24 PM PST · 1730 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
7. 1.613km NNW of Piru, CASat, Jan 8, 3:03 AM PST · 1729 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
8. 1.622km SSW of Frazier Park, CASun, Jan 9, 8:16 PM PST · 1728 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
9. 1.813km N of Pine Mountain Club, CAMon, Jan 10, 2:36 PM PST · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
10. 2.211km S of Malibu Beach, CATue, Jan 11, 4:24 PM PST · 1726 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
11. 1.825km NNE of Montecito, CAWed, Jan 12, 7:35 AM PST · 1725 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
12. 1.74km SSW of Moorpark, CASat, Jan 15, 5:07 AM PST · 1722 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
13. 3.25km WSW of Ojai, CASun, Jan 16, 4:02 PM PST · 1721 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 217
14. 1.94km WSW of Ojai, CAMon, Jan 17, 2:58 PM PST · 1720 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
15. 1.520km NNE of Carpinteria, CAMon, Jan 17, 11:42 PM PST · 1720 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
16. 1.918km SSW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAWed, Jan 19, 9:37 PM PST · 1718 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
17. 1.98km NW of Malibu, CAThu, Jan 20, 1:02 PM PST · 1717 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
18. 1.818km SSW of Santa Barbara, CASun, Jan 23, 7:06 AM PST · 1714 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
19. 1.625km SSW of Frazier Park, CAMon, Jan 24, 3:44 PM PST · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
20. 2.520km SSE of Port Hueneme, CATue, Jan 25, 6:45 AM PST · 1712 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
21. 2.419km SSE of Port Hueneme, CATue, Jan 25, 9:23 AM PST · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
22. 2.419km SSE of Port Hueneme, CATue, Jan 25, 1:21 PM PST · 1712 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
23. 2.225km N of Santa Barbara Is., CAWed, Jan 26, 5:24 AM PST · 1711 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
24. 2.316km SSE of Port Hueneme, CAWed, Jan 26, 5:32 AM PST · 1711 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
25. 1.91km WSW of Goleta, CAWed, Jan 26, 2:33 PM PST · 1711 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 16
26. 1.710km NNW of Piru, CAThu, Jan 27, 12:24 PM PST · 1710 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
27. 1.66km SE of Piru, CAFri, Jan 28, 5:17 AM PST · 1709 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
28. 1.79km SE of Piru, CAFri, Jan 28, 1:29 PM PST · 1709 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
29. 2.33km SSE of Frazier Park, CAFri, Jan 28, 9:56 PM PST · 1709 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
30. 1.66km W of Ojai, CAFri, Jan 28, 11:04 PM PST · 1709 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
31. 2.38km SE of Piru, CASat, Jan 29, 7:51 AM PST · 1708 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
32. 2.41km NW of Goleta, CASat, Jan 29, 10:06 AM PST · 1708 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 70
33. 1.918km SSE of Port Hueneme, CASun, Jan 30, 9:59 AM PST · 1707 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 21
34. 2.419km SSE of Port Hueneme, CASun, Jan 30, 10:53 AM PST · 1707 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
35. 1.720km SSE of Port Hueneme, CASun, Jan 30, 10:06 PM PST · 1707 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
36. 1.69km SE of Piru, CATue, Feb 1, 4:50 AM PST · 1705 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
37. 2.114km SSW of Lompoc, CAWed, Feb 2, 8:11 AM PST · 1704 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
38. 2.18km SW of Camarillo, CAMon, Feb 7, 7:44 AM PST · 1699 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
39. 2.010km NW of Santa Paula, CAThu, Feb 10, 3:32 PM PST · 1696 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
40. 2.310km NW of Santa Paula, CAThu, Feb 10, 3:52 PM PST · 1696 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
41. 3.910km NW of Santa Paula, CAThu, Feb 10, 4:25 PM PST · 1696 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1,307 · tsunami flag
42. 1.610km NW of Santa Paula, CAThu, Feb 10, 4:34 PM PST · 1696 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
43. 1.710km NNW of Santa Paula, CAThu, Feb 10, 4:35 PM PST · 1696 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
44. 2.610km NW of Santa Paula, CAThu, Feb 10, 4:35 PM PST · 1696 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 41
45. 1.910km NW of Santa Paula, CAThu, Feb 10, 5:24 PM PST · 1696 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
46. 1.510km NW of Santa Paula, CAThu, Feb 10, 6:28 PM PST · 1696 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
47. 2.210km ESE of Ojai, CAFri, Feb 11, 1:31 AM PST · 1695 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
48. 2.011km NNW of Piru, CASun, Feb 13, 3:09 AM PST · 1693 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
49. 3.210km SW of Valencia, CAMon, Feb 14, 8:41 AM PST · 1692 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 367
50. 1.910km NW of Santa Paula, CATue, Feb 15, 12:18 AM PST · 1692 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
51. 1.710km NW of Santa Paula, CAWed, Feb 16, 7:43 AM PST · 1690 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
52. 2.710km NW of Santa Paula, CAWed, Feb 16, 9:18 AM PST · 1690 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
53. 1.510km NW of Santa Paula, CAWed, Feb 16, 9:19 AM PST · 1690 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
54. 2.411km N of Piru, CATue, Feb 22, 9:35 AM PST · 1684 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
55. 1.911km N of Piru, CATue, Feb 22, 9:39 AM PST · 1684 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
56. 2.011km N of Piru, CATue, Feb 22, 4:56 PM PST · 1684 days ago · 14 km deep · 80 km away

Before

1. 1.921km NNW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CASat, Dec 25, 4:27 AM PST · 1743 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.511km NW of Pine Mountain Club, CAFri, Dec 24, 11:55 AM PST · 1744 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
3. 2.936km SSE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CAFri, Dec 24, 9:23 AM PST · 1744 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
4. 3.511km SE of Carpinteria, CAWed, Dec 8, 10:38 PM PST · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 219
5. 2.211km SE of Carpinteria, CAWed, Dec 8, 10:25 PM PST · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
6. 1.614km SW of Taft, CAFri, Nov 26, 2:36 PM PST · 1772 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
7. 1.623km NNE of Ojai, CAFri, Nov 26, 6:06 AM PST · 1772 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
8. 1.79km WSW of Grapevine, CAThu, Nov 25, 11:16 PM PST · 1773 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39896311. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.