M2.3 earthquake 26km SW of Lompoc, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 26km SW of Lompoc, CA on Thu, Jul 1, 2021, 8:26 AM PDT (15:26 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 42km SW 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-01 15:26:14 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.462° N, 120.652° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.7 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 200°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.26km WSW of Isla Vista, CA · 1915 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 2.03km ENE of Vandenberg Village, CA · 1900 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.424km NW of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA · 1894 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.442km SW of Lompoc, CA · 1878 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.013km SW of Guadalupe, CA · 1866 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39725895. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC.