Minor earthquake, 2.83 mag has occurred near Santa Barbara in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Santa Barbara in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.84 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:12:30 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -119.7448333° West, 34.4266667° North, depth 14.84 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/01/25 / 2025-01-31 07:12:30 / January 31, 2025 @ 7:12 am. Unique identifier: ci40176402. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40176402.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Oxnard Shores (c. 187 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ventura (c. 96 800 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 88 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Camarillo (c. 65 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fillmore, Vandenberg Village, Lompoc (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km W of Santa Barbara, CA.

CA Camarillo Fillmore Lompoc Oxnard Oxnard Shores Santa Barbara United States Vandenberg Village Ventura

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.83 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.7448333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.4266667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.84 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km W of Santa Barbara, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-31 07:12:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-31 07:16:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	124	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ci	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ci,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	66	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02844	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.27 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	93	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci40176402	Id of event.
Event Code	40176402	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40176402,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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