A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Isla Vista in California. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.22 km (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:33:49 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/17 / 2017-10-21 18:33:49 / October 21, 2017 @ 6:33 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -120.0070038 West, latitude 34.4181671 North, depth = 0.22 km. Event id: ci38029344. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38029344, nc72912371.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Oxnard Shores (c. 187 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 99 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ventura (c. 96 800 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 88 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guadalupe, Oxnard, El Rio (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km W of Isla Vista, California.
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