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M 2.3ml

21km N of Santa Barbara Is., CA

· 9.4 km deep · released about 91 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ventura County 78 kmLos Angeles County 96 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
9.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ventura County, 78 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2595 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 91 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 91 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 33.6592, -119.0775. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ventura County, CA 78 km (48 mi) S of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Los Angeles County, CA 96 km (60 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Santa Barbara County, CA 132 km (82 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 3km SSE of Malibu, CA
  2. 2.4 22km WSW of Manhattan Beach, CA
  3. 1.7 21km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA
  4. 2.4 9km WSW of Malibu, CA
  5. 1.7 2km S of Malibu, CA
  6. 1.8 8km SSE of Malibu, CA
  7. 1.5 16km WNW of Malibu, CA
  8. 2.5 18km SSE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), CA
  9. 1.9 1km S of Malibu, CA
  10. 1.6 10km SE of Port Hueneme, CA
  11. 2.1 2km S of Malibu, CA
  12. 1.6 13km SE of Port Hueneme, CA
  13. 1.8 14km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA
  14. 1.6 10km S of Malibu Beach, CA
  15. 2.5 22km SE of Santa Cruz Is. (E end), 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.

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