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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

12km NE of Carpinteria, CA

· 0.7 km deep · released about 46 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ventura County 30 kmSanta Barbara County 56 kmLos Angeles County 111 kmKern County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
0.7 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Ventura County, 30 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2333 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 46 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 330,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 21× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 46 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 34.4710, -119.4283. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ventura County, CA 30 km (19 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 56 km (35 mi) E of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Los Angeles County, CA 111 km (69 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Kern County, CA 116 km (72 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kern County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 138 km (86 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.5 6km WSW of Ojai, CA
  2. 2.0 7km W of Ojai, CA
  3. 2.0 6km WSW of Ojai, CA
  4. 2.3 7km WSW of Ojai, CA
  5. 1.5 11km NE of Carpinteria, CA
  6. 1.5 8km SW of Ojai, CA
  7. 1.6 8km SW of Ojai, CA
  8. 2.6 10km WNW of Ventura, CA
  9. 2.0 10km WNW of Ventura, CA
  10. 1.9 8km W of Ventura, CA
  11. 1.7 12km E of Ojai, CA
  12. 2.9 11km NNW of Santa Paula, CA
  13. 1.6 8km NW of Santa Paula, CA
  14. 2.6 12km E of Ojai, CA
  15. 1.6 10km NW of Santa Paula, CA

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.1 on 2016-03-12 — it released about 1,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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