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M 2.9ml

5km ESE of Carpinteria, CA

· 5.9 km deep · released about 720 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ventura County 31 kmSanta Barbara County 55 kmLos Angeles County 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
5.9 km below the surface
Felt
78 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Ventura County, 31 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1950 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 78 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 720 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 21,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 15,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 720 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 34.3792, -119.4747. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ventura County, CA 31 km (20 mi) W of here earthquakes near Ventura County
Santa Barbara County, CA 55 km (34 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County
Los Angeles County, CA 113 km (70 mi) W of here earthquakes near Los Angeles County
Kern County, CA 127 km (79 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kern County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 143 km (89 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

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

  1. 2.0 12km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA
  2. 1.9 12km W of Isla Vista, CA
  3. 1.7 10km SSE of Ojai, CA
  4. 1.5 6km W of Ojai, CA
  5. 1.7 15km NW of Fillmore, CA
  6. 2.0 4km WNW of Fillmore, CA
  7. 1.6 6km NE of Ventura, CA
  8. 3.3 13km W of Isla Vista, CA
  9. 1.5 7km WSW of Ojai, CA
  10. 2.0 15km SSE of Santa Barbara, CA
  11. 1.7 9km ENE of Ventura, CA
  12. 1.5 6km WSW of Santa Paula, CA
  13. 2.1 6km WSW of Santa Paula, CA
  14. 1.8 5km W of Ojai, CA
  15. 1.9 5km WSW 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 65 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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